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Le Projet Migration: Christine Germain and Slater Penney at TEDxUCDavis

4,178 views · Published 24 June 2013 · 6:25 · Indexed 4 October 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2013 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Christine Germain and Slater Penney created "Le Projet Migration" to share onstage that thing we look for in life: genuine human connection. They discovered their shared background in contact improvisation acted as a bridge between her contemporary dance choreography experience and his circus acrobatics performance base. This 6 minute acrobatic dance duet began receiving attention at Dance Mission Theatre and CounterPULSE in San Francisco in 2008, and in 2011, it was then expanded into a 35 minute production that won a Frankie Award for "Most Promising Choreography" at the Montréal Fringe Festival. Christine and Slater continue to work on this project (and their marriage) to this day.

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