Ian Kaler

11-year-old Violet Baker is the most foul-mouthed and fiery football hooligan you've ever met, but her passion for the beautiful game is more than it seems.

When a father and child go riding on vacation, the boy’s horse begins to gallop, and he falls. The father insists that he get back on, but the child remains on the ground. The Growing Edge blurs the boundaries between choreography and storytelling, exploring the theatrical and staged, the fictional and dreamlike within autobiography. It reflects on the portrayal of lived queer and trans experiences as both personal and political narratives. Set to an eerie soundtrack by music producer rRoxymore, The Growing Edge unfolds as a tender and empathetic dialogue — a dance between past and present memories, timelines, and experiences.

A dreamlike story of coming of age, depicting a transgender protagonist who takes his younger self, KID, on a journey through the woods in summer. Interwoven in different timelines, encounters with a horse and a motocross bike suggest the protagonist's literal and metaphorical coming-of-age as a gesture of friendship with the inner child.