Spooky Action

Project Description

An interdisciplinary dance project inspired by particle entanglement, Spooky Action is inspired by Einstein's famous phrase “spooky action at a distance” referring to particles that are so closely linked, they share the same existence. These particles affect each other even when light years apart in a way that can only be explained through quantum physics.

A collaboration with poet/performer Barbara Adler, this interdisciplinary work weaves together dance, poetic storytelling and original composition to extend the theory to human connections and how are we inexplicably linked beyond physical proximity. Entanglement proves that ‘our world is not local’. On one level, this concept is easy to understand. Simply by living in increasingly networked societies our daily lives show us that our actions have impact at a distance. The scientific fact of ‘spooky action at a distance’ excites us because it seems to offer a vibrant new way of thinking through our relationships to each other and the world. In a fundamental sense, the discovery of entanglement is heartening for us, because it seems to suggest that our world is still infinitely surprising.

Inverso Productions respectfully acknowledges that we create and perform on the ancestral and unceded Indigenous territories of the ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations.

Company Profile

Inverso Productions is a platform for the creation of interdisciplinary performance, directed by choreographer Lesley Telford.Founded in Madrid in 2012, Inverso is now a Vancouver-based company. Inverso is a platform for exchange, with the goal of creating and building interdisciplinary works alongside other artists. Inverso has toured with the work “Brittle Failure” in Spain, the Netherlands and in Canada and has performed in the Festival de Madrid en Danza, the Cadance Festival and the Chutzpah Festival. Inverso is now performing the full length Spooky Action and is open to touring engagements .