Confession publique (Public Confession)
With its title as a promise, Confession publique (Public Confession) explores ambiguity and paradoxes, examines the noble and the vulgar, oscillates between grace and brutality.
Choreographer Mélanie Demers makes faithful collaborator Angélique Willkie her muse. Two creative soulmates explore together the act of telling their story without modesty. The result is a punchy solo, where anecdotes become painful secrets and where the body reveals as much, if not more, than words. The trust that emerges from the encounter between these two artists allows for a total unveiling, a courageous exposure. On the stage, Willkie, the raw material of the show, cannot escape our gaze. Next to her, an enigmatic presence, sometimes devoted, sometimes hostile, manipulates the space and organizes it. With powerful voice and bewitching presence, the performer delivers the beauty and the depths of her soul with strength and fragility.
Mélanie Demers & Angélique Willkie
MAYDAY
Théâtre du Trillium
Ideation and choreography : Mélanie Demers
Interpretation : Angélique Willkie with the participation of Anne-Marie Jourdenais
Rehearsal director : Anne-Marie Jourdenais
Dramaturgy : Angelique Willkie
Original music : Frannie Holder
Additional music : excerpt from The Fairy Queen, composed by Henry Purcell and sung by Angélique Willkie
Scenography : Odile Gamache
Lighting : Claire Seyller
Costumes : Elen Ewing
Technical Direction : Hannah Kirby
Production manager : Mélanie Primeau
Acknowledgments : Éléonore Loiselle
Production and editing of the recording : Sandrick Mathurin
Teaser production : Stefan Verna
1h15min