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
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