Garrett Sour, Co-Artistic Director of Wattanak Dance Troupe, presents Where the Earth Awakens as part of the Walker Art Center’s Choreographers’ Evening, an annual gathering of choreographers and movement artists from across the Twin Cities. This year’s program is curated by choreographer Ashwini Ramaswamy, bringing together a range of artistic voices and perspectives through an evening of dance and movement.
Drawing from ancient Cambodian mythology, Where the Earth Awakens explores the relationship between memory, lineage, and the natural forces that shape our world. Inspired by the mythological origins of the Naga and the union of the earthly and divine, the work reflects on the stories carried across generations and the ways they continue to live within the body. Through classical dance, Sour considers tradition not as something fixed in the past, but as a living inheritance, continually renewed through those who carry it forward. Like the earth itself, these stories hold traces of what came before while making space for what is yet to emerge.