Yukon Arts Centre

Photo: Émeraude Dallaire-Robert

  • Currently in mid-creation, this work is scheduled for a technical residency and presentation at the Yukon Arts Centre next September 2025.

    The Way Of the Wind is about 3 women struggling with their own fears, frustrations and hardships. Throughout the piece they learn to share their stories, lean on each other, and ultimately harness their collective strength and power. WOW is about connection - and the care and conflict that comes with it. It is about community, teamwork, and matriarchy. WOW is about instigating change, about momentum in movement - both physical and societal - and lastly, about togetherness.

    The work is created in collaboration with Yukon dance artists Grace Simpson-Fowler, Sadie Segriff, Valérie Herdes and includes music composed by Calla Paleczny and Evan Stepanian. In the summer of 2024, we completed the initial stage of development supported by the Cultural and Creative Career Advancement Fund (Yukon Government).

    The reworked, full-length version of WOW will be presented at the Yukon Arts Centre in Whitehorse, Yukon in September 2025. This project includes the preparation of technical documentation and planning needed to be tour-ready.

Michaëla St-Pierre

Michaëla St-Pierre - Micha for short - was born and raised in Whitehorse, Yukon. In 2017 Micha completed her BFA at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU, formerly Ryerson University). Micha has since worked with VIM VIGOR (NYC), Guy Shomroni & Yaniv Abraham, Garage Collective, Hit & Run Productions, Kylie Thompson, and Mate Mezaros for the Alias Dance Project. Micha is a founding member of Borealis Soul, with whom she performed, created works collaboratively, and toured the territory and the country. As a choreographer, she has been commissioned by TMU with collaborator Valérie Herdes for Ryerson Dances 2020. Micha is a passionate and nostalgic being whose creations of film, on stage, and in non-traditional spaces have been presented nationally. Most recently, Micha is passionate about creating work and training opportunities in the Yukon. She has co-founded the Yukon Contemporary Training Community with collaborator Julian Beairsto to invigorate and strengthen her northern community

Contact info

Email: micha.stpierre@gmail.com