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Performer. Producer. Creator.
Dancer. Theatre maker. 🌈

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Interesting, but not pretty. Honestly - too accurate. 😆

This is the moment Renoir discovers La Goulue, from ✨Louise: The Last Dance✨ live at the Edinburgh Fringe. And yes, I FINALLY have the full footage of the show! I’ll be sharing it soon for anyone who couldn’t make it to Toronto or Scotland. If you want to see it, let me know and I’ll make sure you get the link.

For now, I’m deep in the post-run spiral. Trying to absorb everything Edinburgh taught me, figuring out what’s next for Louise, and trying very hard not to let the whole “being a working artist is a beautiful impossibility” thing get me hella down. Next step is finding a director to help me take this show further, so if that’s you (or you know who it should be), my inbox is wide open. Artist netowrk, do your thing?!

In the meantime, if any Renoirs out there want to discover me, I’m so available. And my rates are reasonable. 💃 by @saintstella

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2 days ago

Fall breeze being a paid actor 🍂
(This time of year makes you sentimental, non?) by @saintstella

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Happy International Lesbian Day, to all those who celebrate. I do! ❤️
I'm so happy to call myself a proud dyke, sapphic, queer - but most of all a ✨Lesbian✨
I've tried on many labels (bi, pan, etc) but this one is it. I finally feel the clarity of who I am and what I want. I might be far away from a lot of my goals, but I now know what they are, and who I am.
Late bloomer? Yeah, I guess you could call it that. I'd rather think of it as a long road that I had to walk to find my home.
Whatever label you have - honour it and celebrate it. Love hard. Love loudly whenever you can. 💖

And also, fellow lesbians; wanna date? 👀

Photos by @sylwia_kowalczyk_ at @croandkow by @saintstella

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6 days ago

Last time I checked. 😆 by @saintstella

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12 days ago

Or insta, I guess?
#wlw by @saintstella

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Looking ahead.
Now that I'm back to real life. And I'm trying to figure out what's next. I completed one of the biggest dreams of my life (a few of them actually). And, for one of the first times in my life, I'm willing to say; I'm proud of myself. There is something different about bringing a show across the world, and doing it for arts people, for complete strangers, for critics, for a festival, for people who do not know you and have no reason to support you. And they like it. They give you good feedback. This was not my friends, not my community being nice. They were just people, who came to see my show and they saw beauty in it. They were moved by it. And it was absolutely spectacular to do that. For almost a month, I could pretend that I was a working artist. I went to a theatre everyday and performed a piece I wrote, that I put blood, sweat and tears into and people came. And people liked it. I was so in love with that.
But, now - I'm back to reality. Back to a place where I honestly feel like no one gives a sh!t about my art. I know that sounds like whining and I'm trying really hard not to. But I don't know what to do now. Well, that's not true. My mind is absolutely spinning with ideas, but I have no resources or support to make that happen and I feel like I'm starting at the ground again, when I've already done so much.
But I'll pick myself up, I'll save up again, and I'll keep making art. By myself, on my own, with others when I can and with every spare penny - because love it or hate it - that's who I am.
Fall feels, am I right!?

Photo by the amazing @sylwia_kowalczyk_ at @croandkow by @saintstella

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13 days ago

#badbitchduo
#wlw #girlsnight #friends5eva by @saintstella

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18 days ago

It's my spot. The art runs deep. 🥹 by @saintstella

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"No one can dance without solid ground... And if the ground is no longer reliable, don't wait for it to collapse, go waltz deeper into the catacombs, where the new animal seething in your movements will emerge from a lake." These words are from the artist statement from '(La) Horde' a dance piece I saw here in Paris a couple days ago that stirred my soul. And it feels so apt. I feel like the ground below me is shaking from this trip and I'm terrified I'm falling into nothingness. But also a tiny bit hopeful the crash will split me and heal me into something new. And yes, the Paris air is making me melancholy and romantic. 😆 It's supposed to!

Also, I think I'm starting to look different, like this picture (by the amazing @croandkow). Older, definitely. But also, like someone with more to give.

A week left here alone in Paris.

J’accepte la grande aventure d’être moi. by @saintstella

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If anyone knows people in Paris, please send me a friend. 😆
(And also, dream of my life grateful. Don't ever want to go back to real life) by @saintstella

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a month ago

Some last wonderful audience reviews for my LAST Show of 'Louise' at #edfringe today. What a wild ride this has been. Just such an extreme pleasure and privilege to make art every day, to perform every day and to see so many amazing productions.
I'm going to be processing this for a long time 🥲😅😭.
HUGE thank you to everyone who came out to the show and gave me so much AMAZING feedback. Please, keep supporting the arts and artists. We still need it, so bad.
✨ Louise: The Last Dance✨ closes today at 4:20 at @greensidevenues, George st. Please, come if you can! Message me if you need a comp. I'd LOVE a full house.

My heart is so full! On to the next adventure!

Photo by @kat_dlugosz 💖 by @saintstella

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2 months ago

Leg up. Eyes forward.
Only three performances of 'Louise' and two Burlesque shows to go here at #edfringe!
A lot of us are experiencing the 'end of fest' slump in ticket sales. But, even if there are a few less butts in seats, the amazing reception from the audience remains.
Plus, y'all - I have some wonderful company joining me for the last few days. 🥰 I am SO ready to soak up the joy of the last few days here. Tears, hick kicks, art and a full heart to the end. Let's f@cking go.
Break legs and hearts to everyone doing this crazy thing with me and eternal thanks to everyone coming to see our work. It truly is everything. 💖 by @saintstella

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