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September 23, 2021 by pixel

Singeries

Two women try to remain true to themselves. Stuck in the centre of a video fresco, where their reflections multiply, morph, and shatter, they compulsively sing and replay themselves in order not to disintegrate. However, their hopes remain poorly anchored to their destiny: they are constantly behind or ahead of themselves, never in true sync with their innermost souls. From one moment to the next, female presences come to their rescue (Marguerite Duras, Chantal Akerman, Martha Rosler, Amy Greenfield, Maya Deren, Lygia Clark), but their rumour ends far and wide. Let’s call it an imposter — a sham.

Written correspondence, video and sound sampling, quotation, improvisation, rest, and repeated singing were at the heart of this creative process.

SINGERIES is the continuation of the friendship between Catherine Levoie-Marcus and Priscilla Guy, a meeting that has neither succeeded nor failed, but which is constantly renewed. The two are riveted to each other, sometimes without really knowing why, in an incessant — and yet reluctant — dialogue.

This show is presented in conjunction with Les employés !

Priscilla Guy, Catherine Lavoie-Marcus

Mandoline Hybride

Co-hosted by Théâtre Catapulte and Théâtre du Trillium

Artistic direction, choreography, and performance Catherine Lavoie-Marcus + Priscilla Guy
Sound creation Michel F Côté
Projection, mapping, and video effects Antoine Quirion Couture
Lighting design Paul Chambers
Set design Julie Vallée-Léger
Costumes Marie-Christine Quenneville
External view Samuel Thériault
Regard extérieur Marie Claire Forté

Photos Svetla Atanasova

With the support of Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ) + Conseil des arts de Montréal (CAM) + Conseil des arts du Canada (CAC)

Residences Usine C, Montréal (2016) + Agora de la danse, Montréal (2015) + L’Animal a l’Esquena, Espagne (2015) + Circuit-Est centre chorégraphique, Montréal (2014) + Centre des arts actuels Skol, Montréal (2014)

September 22, 2021 by pixel

Les employés

*CREATED HERE – WORLD PREMIERE*
Laser-sharp, this creation marks the return of creator Cédric Delorme Bouchard, who continues his journey between body, voice, and machine.

Can I trust my colleague? What do these nightmares mean? Am I (still) human? When mysterious objects are brought aboard the six thousandth ship of a powerful space exploration corporation, the fragile cohabitation of its human and look-alike employees breaks down and descends into violence. Adapted for the stage from the novel by Danish author Olga Ravn, THE EMPLOYEES is a spellbinding work by director and designer Cédric Delorme-Bouchard.

This show is presented in conjunction with Singeries !

Cédric Delorme-Bouchard

CHAMBRE NOIRE

Co-hosted by Théâtre Catapulte and Théâtre du Trillium

Stage direction, lighting, and set design Cédric Delorme-Bouchard
An adaptation of the novel Les employés by Olga Ravn William Durbau + Cédric Delorme-Bouchard
Dramaturgy William Durbau
Assistant director Sabrina Dupras
Sound design and original music Simon GauthierAvec la participation du groupe musical Cydemind Score
Movement design Danielle Lecourtois
Costume design Camille Jupa
Costume design assistance Jade Simard-Lemaire
Performers Mélanie Chouinard+Jennyfer Desbiens + Myriam Foisy + Jonathan Malenfant + Alexis Trépanier
Recorded voices Alex Bergeron + Marie-Anick Blais + Mélanie Chouinard + Nathalie Claude + Luc-Martial Dagenais + Jennyfer Desbiens + Nadia Desroches + Alain Fournier + Gabrielle Lessard + Jonathan Malenfant + Sébastien René + Emanuel Robichaud + Lise Roy
Technical and video direction Samuel Boucher
Laser design Cédric Delorme-Bouchard + Simon Gauthier
Photos Angelo Barsetti
Artistic direction of CHAMBRE NOIR Cédric Delorme-Bouchard
Administrative management Denis Lebel
Co-production CHAMBRE NOIRE et La Chapelle Scènes Contemporaines

1 H 10

August 16, 2021 by pixel

Anima / Darkroom

Between darkness and incandescent light, the power of the gesture springs forth. Galvanizing and liberating.

Raw energy. Jerky movements that look like a fight. Choreographer Lucy M. May meets the explosive force of 7Starr to present krump, a street dance born in the effervescence of the 2000s, within the context of a black box theatre. We dive into it like a volcano: between darkness and incandescent light, the power and gesture gushes out into the space. Galvanizing and liberating.

A pioneer and magnetic emblem of krump, co-choreographer 7Starr stretches time and slides from one figure to another in a dance of pure expression. With a tense, grimacing body, he engages in dialogue with all the different facets of a shared human existence. A call for witnesses before a complicit audience — a quest for reciprocity. The need to be seen and heard. A real space of affirmation, the theatre becomes a dark room, revealing and fixing the chameleon-like presence of the dancer. An alchemy that leaves its mark.

Conception, choreography, and direction : Lucy M. May
Choreography and interpretation : 7Starr

Lucy M. May

Cohosted by Théâtre Catapulte and Théâtre du Trillium

A show from Lucy M. May
Conception, choreography and direction Lucy M. May
Choreography and interpretation 7Starr
Lighting Jon Cleveland
Sound Patrick Conan
Original music Patrick Conan + Big Rulez aka God’sHand (Marion Arinloye)
Costumes Frédérique “Pax” Dumas
Artistic advice Ellen Furey + Alexandra « Spicey » Landé
Outside view Valérie “Taminator” Chartier + Nindy Banks + Etienne Lou
Stage and technical assistance Mathilde Mercier-Beloin
Technical direction Jon Cleveland
Mentoring Ola Maciejewska
Vocal coaching Étienne Lou
Sound consultant Guillaume Côté
Voice Goof + Ja James Britton Johnson + Shean Elie-Leconte AKA Shany Boubou HeavySoul + Tommy “Sin’cere” Nuguid
Communications assistance Andréanne Samson
Administrative assistance Margarita Herrera Domínguez
Photography Elias Touil + Do Phan Hoi + Tommy “Sin’cere” Nuguid
Videographers Matt McKinney + JaKnows + Emily Gan + Matt Maaskant + Kinga Michalska + Kimura Byol + Do Phan Hoi
Video editing Eduardo Menz

Technical residencies La Chapelle Scènes Contemporaines + Centre de Création O Vertigo – CCOV + Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay
Creative residencies Studio 303 + Théâtre Hector-Charland / Centre d’art Diane Dufresne (Repentigny) + Les projets du 3e / Usine C + Danse à la Carte + Studio Illest Drive (Boisbriand) + Maison des arts de Laval

Acknowledgments 7Skopez Fam + Alex MacSween + Andrew Tay + Annie-Claude Coutu Geoffroy + Antoine Bédard + Aude Watier + Daniela Machado + Denis Bergeron + Ellen Furey + Étienne Lou + Grouch Fam + Jigsaw + Kim-Sahn Châu + Lisa Davies + Margie Gillis + Miriam Ginestier + Nicole Mion + Olivier Bertrand + Olivier Toutiras + Otis Hopson + Paul Caskey + Pénélope Gromko + Solow + Spicey + Taminator + West + Yves Sheriff. Merci à la famille élargie du MKA et à Big Mijo & Tight Eyex, les créateurs du Krump. Anima / Darkroom a été créée à Tio’tia:ke. The artists express their gratitude to its traditional custodians, the Kanien’keha:ka and the First Nations, Inuit and Métis who live and trade here.

This work is dedicated to the memory of Sammono Chau.

We thank the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec and the Canada Council for the Arts for their Support.

Creation at La Chapelle Scènes Contemporaines / Gutta Zone, Montréal / Laval, September 26, 2019

Writing Morena Prats
Translation Neil Kroetsch

August 12, 2021 by nouvellescene

Le Trésor

One rainy day, two children — a brother, a sister, and their cat Piano — are stuck inside, their noses stuck to the windows. Boredom quickly gives way to creativity, which magically unfolds before the eyes of the audience. The trio’s creations offer a lucid, poetic, and touching vision of childhood.

Choreographer Pierre-Paul Savoie has drawn on the repertoire of Quebecois song to create THE TREASURE, a dance performance for children that oscillates between passion and poetry, between gentleness and candour. THE TREASURE takes a luminous look at childhood and at the joy, freedom, and spontaneity of play.