Insight Out is a choreopoem about identities—it was a collaborative process in words and movement and the music is our voices and silence. A collaborative creation in words and movement choreographed by Jess Huggett with Robert Chartier, Elizabeth Emond-Stevenson, Rachel Gray, Moni Hoffman, Dylan Phillips, Maureen Shea, Renata Soutter, Shara Weaver, Elizabeth Winkelaar, and Russell Winkelaar. Creative consultants: Rachel Gray (text), Maureen Shea (movement), Bryce Morison (smudging music), and Elizabeth Emond-Stevenson (rehearsal director and support). Audio editing by Rachel Gray. Video editing and closed captioning by Matthieu Hallé. Insight Out was created through Propeller Dance’s Emerging Choreographers Program under the mentorship of Shara Weaver. Jess Huggett gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the City of Ottawa.

Jessie Huggett (Director)

Jessie Huggett is a dancer, visual artist, advocate, and public speaker living and working in Ottawa, Canada on the traditional unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishanaabeg People. For over 14 years, she has been a member of Propeller Dance, one of Canada’s foremost integrated contemporary dance companies. Jess has received numerous arts grants and awards including recent professional development grants from the Ontario Arts Council and the City of Ottawa. Jess is also a member of Ghost Rooster Collective. In 2005, Jessie received the Jane Cameron Award for an artist with Down syndrome.

Propeller Dance Producer
Jess Huggett Director
Moni Hoffman Dancer / Collaborator
Renata Soutter Dancer / Collaborator
Russell Winkelaar Dancer / Collaborator
Robert Chartier Dancer / Collaborator
Liz Winkelaar Director
Dylan Phillips Dancer / Collaborator
Elizabeth Emond-Stevenson Rehearsal Director & Support
Rachel Gray Collaborator & Audio Editor
Matthieu Hallé Video Editor & Closed Captioner
Maureen Shea Movement Consultant
Bryce Morison Musician
Shara Weaver Outside Eye