Choreographer turns tragedy into complex work for Ballet Edmonton

How does a choreographer translate the emotional fallout from two real-life mass tragedies to the medium of contemporary dance?
Back in mid-2017, Edmonton’s internationally celebrated rising star Josh Beamish wasn’t sure how, but he knew he had to try.
“The end of 2016 and the first half of 2017 kind of felt like that’s when the world went insane,” Beamish recalls. “That’s when Trump took office and Brexit also happened. Nothing seemed to make sense anym