Video footage: Jessie Fraser

Video editing: Emily Hughes

Concept/co-creator/choreographer/performer

In development

REST is a one-act, duo contemporary circus show that draws on the physical language of hand balancing, partner work, trapeze and aerial fabric through a sensory-rich and immersive audience experience.

Inspired by the 1892 novella The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, REST explores themes of mental health, isolation, female agency and bodily autonomy.

Co-created by Wound Up Circus Collective:

• Jessie Fraser – Direction, dramaturgy

• Britt Howlett – Concept, choreography, performer

• Emily Hughes – Choreography, performer

Original score by Robert Busiakiewicz

Created with support from Canada Council for the Arts, Hercinia Arts Collective and Guelph Arts Council.