The life cycle of a solar eclipse. A breach opens on cosmic and ancient times. A woman walks into unfamiliar territory. His wandering is driven by the desire to inhabit this invented place where irreconcilable borders converge. Is this the end or the beginning of a world?
The Never Dark is the manifestation of a poetics of light. A scenic writing led by three heads by the designer Marc Parent with the luminous architecture, the composer Michel F Côté with the sound environment and the choreographer-performer Catherine Tardif as guardian of the movement and the female body.
It is said that from the penumbra springs a more subtle, less utilitarian gaze or listening. Some awakenings are better done by candlelight than in broad daylight. In the depths of The Never Dark, perhaps we will perceive otherwise. Maybe we will see something else. Between grace and awe, the ancient mysteries of chiaroscuro are revealed the moment we realize that what we see may have been watching us all this time. Maybe…
Friday show will be followed by a talk with the artists.
Co-creation : Michel F Côté + Catherine Tardif + Marc Parent
Movement design and interpretation : Catherine Tardif
Et Marianne et Simon
Théâtre du Trillium
A show by : Et Marianne et Simon
Co-creation : Michel F Côté + Catherine Tardif + Marc Parent
Movement design and interpretation : Catherine Tardif
Light design : Marc Parent
Sound and music design : Michel F Côté
Costume and make-up : Angelo Barsetti
Artistic advisor : Nicolas Cantin + Marcelle Hudon
Additional music : Walter Schumann, trame musicale du film The Night of the Hunter (extraits) + Gil Slavin/Jean-Claude Cosson, Comme un oiseau qui s’envole, interprétation de Grace Jones + François Couperin, Les Barricades mystérieuses (extrait) + Foodsoon, strike four (extrait)
Co-production : Festival TransAmériques
Creative residencies : Circuit-Est centre chorégraphique + Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal
Presentation in collaboration with Agora de la danse + Tangente
Thanks to : Flex Rigging + José Navas/Compagnie Flak + Pierre Laniel
Creation in Festival TransAmériques, Montréal, le 9 juin 2021
