To My Past, Present and Future…
Nickeshia Garrick
Thursday, October 14, 2021
Factory Theatre
On view from 8pm – 9.30pm
A multidisciplinary solo exploration into Nickeshia’s journey of the de/reconstruction of self through her blackness, her queerness, her brokenness and spirituality.
October 14, 2021 at 8:00 PM
This installation will be viewable from outdoors. Gathering size will be monitored by festival staff.
Performing Artist / Writer / Vocalist
Nickeshia Garrick
Director / Vocalist
Uche McKenzie
Mentor / Dramaturg / Vocalist
Irma Villafuerte
Director of Photography
Alejandra Higuera
Photography / Percussionist
Kevin Jones
About the artist
Nickeshia Garrick is a settler on the stolen land of Tkaronto and has performed on this land for over 25 years. She is unapologetically a Black, Queer Artist, who believes in the healing power of breath through raw emotion and movement. Nickeshia is a Dora Mavor Moore-winning and multi-nominated artist who uses her knowledge of the arts and the body to teach movement at The Toronto Film School and offers discounted/free personal training sessions to the Black and Indigenous communities. She holds her BFA in Dance from Simon Fraser University (Vancouver) and is currently working on the second iteration of her solo exploration, ‘To My Past, Present, and Future…’ which will be part of the Caminos Festival 2021. This continued exploration of what it is to be Black, Queer, Broken, and Spiritual will be adapted to and captured on film and stage.