Name: Phantom Limbs
Start: 2026-04-08T00:00:00-06:00
End: 2026-04-23T23:59:59-06:00
Location: Moment Discovery

Created by Kristi Hansen with Moment Discovery

“Phantom Limbs” is a glitch in the machine. A dance with the past. A memory play that may or may not remember correctly.

Part performance, part technological misfire, Phantom Limbs explores what the body remembers even when something is no longer physically present. Through movement, body-based technology, and layered memory, Kristi Hansen plays with absence, sensation, and the poetic tension between what once was and what remains.

What Is the Inspiration For Your Piece? (The seed of inspiration)
The Phantom Limb project began in 2022 as a collaboration between amputee and Edmonton artist Kristi Hansen and Moment Discovery’s Director of Research, Pamela Anthony. The initial spark came from Kristi’s experiments with Moment’s body-sensing technology, which registered a right leg and foot where none physically existed on Kristi’s body—creating a technological “glitch,” or phantom limb. In this new work, Kristi plays with that glitch, exploring how the body remembers what is no longer present and how memory, technology, and sensation intersect.

What Point In Process Is Your Piece At? (What stage of growth is your piece at)
This is a new work pulling together over twenty years of artistic content and collaboration. It is new. It is old. It is of the moment.

Approximate or Estimated Duration
65 minutes

Artist Credits (Whole Team Involved)

Creator / Performer – Kristi Hansen
Body-Based Technology Direction Collaborator – Pamela Anthony
Dramaturgy Collaborator – Mũkonzi Wa Mũsyoki
Movement Collaborator – Ainsley Hillyard
Environmental Design Collaborator & Stage Manager – Tessa Stamp
Show Control Collaborator – Jonah Badger
Sound Design Collaborator – Charffy Wang
Sound Design Mentor and Collaborator – Aaron Macri
Body-Based Technology Consultation & Collaborator – Will Bauer
Producing Collaborator – Meghan Desjardins
Voice Artists – Tyson T. Khalema, Stanislav Zhurbenko, Lebogang Disele, Mũkonzi Wa Mũsyoki, Kristi Hansen
Audio Recording Engineer – Sheldon Elter

Special Thanks

Thank you to the entire Moment Discovery team for their trust, investment, and belief in the Phantom Limbs project. And a huge thank you to the original 2022 research collaborators—Carly Neis, Sissy Thiessen Kootenayoo, and Chris Dodd—who helped explore the concept of phantom limb and the poetry that exists within what our bodies remember.
A large portion of Phantom Limbs draws from Woody: a 2005 commission from the Manitoba Council for International Collaboration with original direction by Sheldon Elter, Sound and Video Design by Clinton Carew, revival direction by Murray Utas and revival dramaturgy by Steve Pirot in 2012.
The Expanse 2026 production of “Phantom Limbs” has been created with the support of the Edmonton Arts Council and the Alberta Foundation for the Arts.

Where to Find the Artist
Website: www.kristihansen.ca
Instagram: @kristi.hansen77

All tickets are Pay What You Will (PWYW). The suggested price is $35 but any amount is accepted.

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