TouchX Solo1

TouchX Solo1 is an excerpt adaptation of the full evening work TouchX. It was created with and performed by Nickeshia Garrick, and premiered in the Smith Fine Arts Series in Oregon in January 2023. TouchX Solo1 is currently available for touring.

TouchX is a contemporary moving image of what has ‘touched’ us most over our lives - the thought, memory, fragility, ephemeral nature of touch. Directed and choreographed by Karen Kaeja, the dance work is a multi-sensory visual world of what remains in the body through wanted and unwanted touch, contrasted with when our hearts have been touched. TouchX holds a fertile immediacy and essentiality in a time when the human need for touch is unmistakable.

TouchX Solo 1 Credits

Concept & Choreography
Karen Kaeja

Created with & Performed by
Nickeshia Garrick

Composer / Instrumentalist
Gregory Harrison

Original Lighting Design
Simon Rossiter

Solo Lighting Design
Jeff Pybus

Set & Costume Design
Karen Kaeja and Sonja Rainey

Vocalists
Frances Miller & Gregory Harrison

Lyricist
Frances Miller in collaboration with Karen Kaeja

Outside Eye
Allen Kaeja

Video Shot by
Raymond Finnell and Allen Kaeja

Vocalists
Frances Miller, Nickeshia Garrick, Irma Villafuerte, and company

See original full length credits here.

“...bellicose, guttural and elegant depictions of humanity in turmoil and rebirth.”

Geoffery Coulter, Our Theatre Voice
“This is dynamic spectacle that feels both expansive and intimate.”

Istvan Dugalin, Istvan Reviews
“A complex world of fantasy and connection.”

Geoffery Coulter, Our Theatre Voice
“TouchX is associatively structured, spurred on by its exploration of form and touch ... It milks a lot of beautiful images … quite a stunning piece.”

Liam Donovan, Lights Up Toronto
“A deeply moving cumulative effect of minute physical connections.”

Istvan Dugalin, Istvan Reviews