22 ROOMS
IMAGES TO LIFE
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22 ROOMS is a collaborative performance by vocalist/composer Jessie Rivest and dancer Hailey McCloskey. Drawing tarot cards from the audience, the artists bring archetypal images to life via sound and movement, creating an immersive, dynamic experience.
Using improvisation with structured elements, they explore power, humour, darkness, and more on a vast palette of vocal timbres and physical gestures.
The performance is truly interdisciplinary, offering an abstract, sensual journey without a fixed narrative, inviting the audience to witness as well as participate in the unfolding of meaning through interconnected forms.
“The talented duo’s improvisations showcased a full range of the human condition in a playful setting.”
“I cried in the second piece, The words and the way they both embodied quick moving thoughts was very real for me.”
“It was so engaging to watch them interact with each other, the ability to express themselves so freely is something most people want–what they wish they could do.”
LIVING THINGS FESTIVAL 2025
PALLAS ATHENA + 5 of PENTACLES
ABOUT
JESSIE RIVEST
Vocalist and composer Jessie Rivest creates sound art inspired by contemporary, experimental, interdisciplinary forms. She performs frequently with local musicians and theatre artists, both within conventional presentation venues and in response to public architecture. Jessie has opened and performed as an a cappella singer with artists such as Free Play, Rönninge, and Tanya Tagaq.
Her experience in choirs and quartets has earned her prestigious accolades, including medals in the World Choir Games and the Barbershop World Competition in Germany. Notable choral performances include Game of Thrones: Music is Coming at the Air Canada Centre, the Canadian premiere of Ä’riks Ešenvalds’ Nordic Light Symphony, and the Queen Elizabeth II Commonwealth Tour.
Her compositions have been performed by Pro Coro Canada, The Choral Arts Initiative, Khorikos, NEO Voice Festival, and Maureen Batt on the Crossing Borders Tour in Colombia. Her public art project PSOUNDS supported by the City of Kelowna will premiere in the summer of 2025.
Jessie spent her early years in Woodstock, Ontario, and studied in Toronto, where she earned her Bachelor of Music from York University and an Arts Management Certificate from Humber College. Jessie is the founder of Yin for the Win Archetypal & Intuitive Voice Coaching & Facilitation in Kelowna, B.C.
MOUSE + 9 OF CUPS
HAILEY MCCLOSKEY
Hailey McCloskey is a professional dancer and Registered Massage Therapist in Kelowna, B.C.—her place of birth. She received her formal training at the School of Toronto Dance Theatre and the University of British Columbia (Anthropology). After her formative training, she trained in clown with David McMurray Smith, contact improvisation with Peter Bingham, and with various teachers in developmental movement patterning.
She has worked with Karen Jamieson Dance in a community engaged dance practice in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, danced in the Body Research experimental dance film Accidental Tourists in wilderness areas along the coast of the U.S., and participating in a multi artist residency in a canoe on the Yukon River as part of the Canadian Wilderness Residency Program. Hailey also danced with Compagni V’ni Dansi, and Raven Spirit Dance.
She works to activate the wild body within culturally structured spaces. She has presented and performed work at multiple events and venues in Vancouver, including Vancouver Biennale and BC Buds. Hailey has written for the online arts publication VANDOCUMENT, and for Alex Lazaridis (Fight with a Stick).
Hailey facilitates and produces Contact Improvisation throughout B.C.
EDUCATION & OUTREACH
GETTING IN TOUCH
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We offer a 22 ROOMS adjacent workshop that activates images through sound and movement, creating a safe yet exploratory space for self-discovery.
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Using improvisational exercises, participants expand their vocal and body vocabulary to make the unconscious conscious and deepen self-understanding. We help identify and express hidden thoughts, emotions, and actions.
In addition, Hailey facilitates Contact Improvisation, while Jessie leads intuitive singing and a "Many Hats" archetype workshops for artists and entrepreneurs.
These can be offered separately or combined, depending on community needs.
Please contact to inquire about booking a performance or workshop with Jessie & Hailey.