![]() | Rotary Centre for the Arts presents URGE/DETOURUrge by Molly McDermott / Detour by Error 404 Dance Found Collective |
Urge is a duet with a jacket, or maybe a ghost. The work, created by Molly McDermott plays with gesture, instinct, and physical memory, revealing what lives in the body, what might be passed on to it. The jacket dances, conjuring up images of a ghost or the fragments left behind by someone no longer with us.
Detour is a dance-theatre work by Zaria Rajha and Mario Lemvar of Error 404 Dance Found Collective that explores life as a series of entrances, where each door opens into something unexpected. We begin our lives wide-eyed and curious, but as we move forward, our paths become layered with responsibilities, social pressures, and unforeseen challenges. These experiences compel us to navigate change, sometimes with courage, and sometimes with hesitation.
The piece explores themes of belonging, adaptability, and resilience. Some detours we choose, while others appear without warning, and we must learn to drift through them in order to continue.
Molly McDermott will facilitate a dance workshop on Thursday, October 8, 2026, from 7 – 8:30 pm in the Salloum Studio at the RCA.
To learn more about Molly McDermott, visit
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To learn more about Error 404 Dance Found Collective, visit
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Artist Bios
Molly McDermott has worked in dance since 2007. She is a collective artist with Good Women Dance Collective alongside her independent projects. Her choreography has been performed at Fluid Festival, Mile Zero Dance, New Dance Horizons, Vines Art Festival, 12 Minutes Max., Nextfest, the Magpie Collection, Connections//Collisions, and Expanse Festival. Alongside dance, Molly is a mother of two small humans and welcomes the gentle chaos that comes with balancing motherhood and everything else.
Zaria Rajha and Mario Lemvar are movement artists and choreographers based in Calgary, Alberta, on Treaty 7, Moh’kinsstis. Graduates of the Higher Institute for Dramatic Arts in Damascus, Syria, they co-founded Error 404 Dance Found Collective, creating innovative works that blend contemporary dance with theatre. Their performances fuse humor and drama, engaging audiences emotionally and visually, and establishing themselves as a vibrant voice in Calgary’s arts scene.
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Pricing
Adult $44.98 ($36.75 base price + $2.36 CIF + $5.87 service charge)
Student w/ID $26.86 ($21.00 base price + $2.36 CIF + $3.50 service charge)
All above prices include GST.
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Mary Irwin Theatre at the Rotary Centre for the Arts event tickets include a $2.36 Capital Improvement Fee (CIF). A service fee is added for box office costs, card processing, and taxes. Urge/Detour tickets and their applicable fees are non-refundable.
