When Language Fails | W&M Physical Theatre
Presented by Springboard’s Fluid Fest
BUY TICKETSOctober 24 - 25, 2025
Ticket prices
$25-40
Three intimate portraits trace the wild, civilized, and suppressed in us all. When Language Fails by W&M Physical Theatre explores the fault lines between self and society, where identity is shaped, silenced, and reclaimed through the body.
Content Warnings:
- Language
- Mature Themes
Wojciech Mochniej is Co-Artistic Director of W&M Physical Theatre and Artistic Director of W&M Dance Projects. A choreographer, performer, video artist, and educator, he is a founding artist of Poland’s Silesian Dance Theatre and a long-time professor at the University of Calgary. His work has toured widely across Europe and North America.
Melissa Monteros is Co-Artistic Director of W&M Physical Theatre and Executive Director of the WildDogs International Screendance Festival. Professor Emerita at the University of Calgary, she is a choreographer, educator, and Fulbright recipient whose work has been presented internationally and shaped through deep collaboration across cultures and disciplines.
7:00 PM-8:30 PM
Decidedly Jazz Danceworks, 111 12 Ave SE, Calgary
✨ Coming to multiple shows? Purchase any 4 tickets to any Fluid Fest shows and you will receive an automatic 15% off, adjusted at check out! See four shows or bring your friends! ✨
For more information about Fluid Fest, visit our website: https://springboardperformance.com/programs/fluid-fest-2025
DJD DANCE CENTRE
Parking at DJD
The DJD Dance Centre parkade offers FREE underground parking Monday to Friday after 5PM and on Saturdays and Sundays. The parkade is free to valid ticket holders and students. Please note a code is needed to enter the parkade. (you will receive a code for the parkade 24 hours before the performance you are attending or with your class purchase). You can access the DJD parkade off Centre Street (at the back of the Kahanoff Centre). Walk offs are not permitted, your car can only remain in the DJD parking lot while you are at the DJD Dance Centre.
Please note: There is a 6 foot maximum height restriction for our underground parking.
Additional parking
Two large paid-public parking lots are located at the South and East sides of the building. Two-hour meter street parking is available on Center Street SE, between 12 and 13 Avenue SE. Two disabled parking spaces are available on the south side of the building.