Lara Kramer - Gorgeous Tongue
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£13/10
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- Dates and times
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Wednesday 3rd Jun 2026
7:30pm
Tramway and Dance North presents Gorgeous Tongue by Lara Kramer
Anchored in this world while orbiting a universe beyond, For Gorgeous Tongue unfolds remembrance through rhythmic scores. Lara Kramer embodies stories and dreams rooted in her Anishinaabe lineage, inviting audiences into the intimacy of her artistic constellation and toward imagined futures. Born from the chemistry and kinship between two artists, the work emerged through Kramer’s collaboration with Nêhiyaw/Métis dance artist Jeanette Kotowich. In this iteration, Kramer carries the solo forward, offering the work to the public.
The solo oscillates between regulation and transformation, exploring pleasure, instinct, and interior connection—an inner technology carried in the gut that opens portals across time and space and holds ancestral intelligence. Through voice, minimal sound, and material engagement, Kramer traces a metamorphosis of human and non-human, energy and friction. Moments of struggle, play, turmoil, and surrender trace the full arc of a star being’s journey, revealing perseverance, agency, and Indigenous futurity.
“Somewhere amongst all these strands, we are weaving our imagination. Dreaming for hard loving and future journeys. Transporting in soft gorgeous tongue.” — LK
Recommended for ages 12+
ACCESS - Highly Visual- No/Litte Text
Audience Notes
This performance includes loud sound/music and imagery that may evoke intense or heavy emotional themes. Please note this performance includes a brief instance of partial nudity so admission is at parent or guardian’s discretion more information available at box office.
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Co-curated in collaboration with Tramway as part of RISE 2026, Dance North's Festival of Contemporary Dance and Performance. From Sat 23 May to Sat 6 June, RISE will honour global Indigenous artists whose work connects land, story, and movement worldwide. Visit the Dance North website
Produced by Lara Kramer Danse
Conceived, Created, Set and Sound Design by Lara Kramer
Performed by Lara Kramer
Guest artist Jo Vignola
Outside Eye Peter James
Lighting Design and Technical Director Jo Vignola
Knowledge Keeper Ida Baptiste
Elder Emerson Ninigishki’ing
Technical Director Assistant Chloé Depommier
*Originally performed by and created in collaboration with Jeanette Kotowich
Co-produced by Festival TransAmériques + Centre de Création O Vertigo – CCOV
With the support of Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
Creative Residencies Centre de Création O Vertigo – CCOV + Compagnie Marie Chouinard + MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels)
Premiered at the Festival TransAmériques on May 31, 2024, presented in association with Agora de la danse + Tangente
Photo - Mathieu Verreault
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