Festival of New Dance 2026: Sister Nightlight

George Stamos' transdisciplinary solo show, Sister Nightlight, is a seriously playful conversation between minimalism and magic. In a spellbinding performance, Stamos entwines storytelling, childhood memories of running wild in nature and freaky nightclubbing, with supernatural humour and vulnerability. Sister Nightlight dives us into a mesmerizing space between memory, feral imagination, and actuality. A grounded soliloquy teetering on the tip of a crack, edging toward luminosity. This radiant solo is inspired by the questions: How can queer ideas about magic and kinship nourish connections with the audience? How can story and movement open imaginative portals of delight and intimacy?

Credits
Outside Eye: Fiqiri Ramli
Costumes: Antonio Ortega Couture
Choreographer/Text/Sound Designer: George Stamos

Acknowledgements
Thank you to Agora de La Danse, Companie Nyata Nyata, New Dance Horizons, Decidedly Jazz Danceworks and The Canada Council for the Arts.

Watch the trailer for Sister Nightlight here.

After the performance, join us for a Silent Disco Dance Commute to the Majestic Theatre for An Evening of Odditease.

New this year! Neighbourhood Dance Works, WritersNL, Arts & Culture Centre, and Anna Templeton Centre are pleased to present Writers, Makers, & Illustrators in Residence programming adjacent to the 2026 Festival of New Dance. Please click here to learn more about the residency and sign up for free response labs.

(Photography: Luciana F. D'Anunciação)