Jupiter’s Moon

Rooted in Vanessa‘s generative sonic approach, the work employs live looping, resonance and responsive audio technologies to create a layered sound environment that evolves in real time.

At the heart of the installation, presented as part of the Micro Performance Series and Vancouver International Dance Festival, is a generative physical performance by Goodman, whose movement activates and reshapes the soundscape, folding the body directly into the compositional process. As visitors move through the space, their presence further triggers shifting echoes and tonal changes, producing a continuously transforming sonic field.

Vanessa Goodman is an internationally recognized choreographer and the Artistic Director of Action at a Distance Dance Society. She respectfully acknowledges that she lives and works on the ancestral and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples, including the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, Stó:lō, Səl̓ílwətaʔ, and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm Nations. A Simon Fraser University (BFA) graduate, Goodman creates rigorously crafted, immersive works that integrate generative movement, live sound, and spatial composition. Her practice foregrounds transformation, attention, and the human condition, producing environments of striking intimacy and depth. Goodman’s work has been presented widely across North America, Europe, and Latin America, including major festivals, dance centres, and cultural institutions. Her numerous honours include the Iris Garland Emerging Choreographer Award, multiple Chrystal Dance Prizes, and the Isadora Award.

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