what is us & eternal
Choreographer & Performer: Rachel Helten
Digital artist: Ezequiel Peralta
Music: green to blue – Daniel, retire (final) – Alvedon, Unmade – Thom Yorke, and original live music by Benjamin Helten
Gentle Glory is an interdisciplinary dance solo by Rachel Helten that explores gentleness and empathy as pathways to liberation. Drawing from her personal experience navigating mental health challenges, Rachel examines how a deep connection to self, mother earth, and the wisdom of animism fosters healing and strength in an often violent world. The piece advocates for emotional intelligence as essential for greater awareness, celebrating vulnerability as a courageous act of alchemical transformation. It also reflects on how proximity can humanize or dehumanize, emphasizing the need to lean in and honour the sensitivity, sentience, and humanity of all through care.
Presented at Co.erasga salon series 2025, POMO Arts Outside 2025, North Van Culture days 2025, Off Push 2026, DADAO / Dance West 2026 +
Choreographer & Performer: Rachel Helten
Digital artist: Ezequiel Peralta
Music: green to blue – Daniel, retire (final) – Alvedon, Unmade – Thom Yorke, and original live music by Benjamin Helten
Gentle Glory is an interdisciplinary dance solo by Rachel Helten that explores gentleness and empathy as pathways to liberation. Drawing from her personal experience navigating mental health challenges, Rachel examines how a deep connection to self, mother earth, and the wisdom of animism fosters healing and strength in an often violent world. The piece advocates for emotional intelligence as essential for greater awareness, celebrating vulnerability as a courageous act of alchemical transformation. It also reflects on how proximity can humanize or dehumanize, emphasizing the need to lean in and honour the sensitivity, sentience, and humanity of all through care.
Presented at Co.erasga salon series 2025, POMO Arts Outside 2025, North Van Culture days 2025, Off Push 2026, DADAO / Dance West 2026 +
Photography: Martin Chabbannes