NIEBO HOTEL
Intimate encounter
A totally original experience, NIEBO HOTEL takes the audience on an extraordinary journey into the heart of a hotel, a microcosm where touching scenes of life distil the poetry of the everyday.
Itinerary performance.
Limited number of spectators.
No seating available.
French choreographer Christophe Garcia and Ballets Jazz Montréal invite the public to experience dance in a different way through this fascinating, site-specific immersive work, in association with Le Germain Hotel Montréal. NIEBO HOTEL is designed for the intimacy of a hotel room, a place of transience, impermanent and anonymous. From room to room, a handful of spectators, sometimes complicit voyeurs, sometimes witnesses, find themselves drawn into the pulse of life at the NIEBO HOTEL. In this confined space, stories large and small are played out, fragments of existence where time stands still. Danced moments, stolen moments, fragile dreams, solos or duets that speak of inwardness, the search for love, solitude, desire, sensuality, healing tranquillity… No two people will see exactly the same show. From well off the beaten track comes this invitation to a surprising voyage to the heart of intimacy. Not to be missed!
Artists
Christophe Garcia grew up in a modest environment in Haute-Savoie, where pursuing a career in dance was far from obvious. According to family myth, as soon as he could stand on two legs, he never stopped dancing, before getting others to dance as well. Recognising his thirst for expressiveness, his mother enrolled him in a drama class, and later at the Conservatory of Dance in Annecy.
Company
Founded in 1972 by Geneviève Salbaing, Eva Von Genscy, and Eddy Toussaint, Ballets Jazz Montréal is a contemporary dance repertory company which, under the artistic direction of Alexandra Damiani, creates, produces, and presents on local, national, and international stages. The company collaborates with internationally renowned choreographers who develop their own research to generate a repertoire that reflects BJM's identity and is accessible to all audiences.
Producers
CAPAS
CAPAS produces shows with rigorous and unique movement to bring artists closer to their audience. Founded by Lydie Revez and Mickaël Spinnhirny, CAPAS is Canada's first dance label. Proudly French-speaking and independent in North America, CAPAS represents, produces, promotes and supports professional dance, spreading its excellence worldwide. The label defends talents whose creations aligns with its artistic vision, offering them production, marketing, promotion and touring services to bring their creativity to their audiences. CAPAS is committed to representing the interests of the artists it defends in an ecosystem that it helps to develop, by supporting dance institutions in their strategic, promotional and administrative needs.
Danse Danse
Danse Danse, an associate presenter at Place des Arts, invites dance lovers to discover the best of contemporary dance from here and abroad in the heart of the Quartier des spectacles.Each season, Danse Danse presents a program of some dozen productions in the Théâtre Maisonneuve, Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier and Cinquième Salle, proudly contributing to Montréal’s international reputation as a metropolis of movement. Since 2022, Danse Danse has coproduced a uniquely unifying event as a season opener: the JOAT International Street Dance Festival. This week-long program of free events and activities on the Place des Arts Esplanade features more than 200 artists who immerse the public in the world of street dance.
Danse Danse brings together the great names and new voices of dance in a program that constantly seeks to push the boundaries of the artistic experience to make it ever more unexpected, surprising, and rich in discovery. Celebrating dance in all its forms and diversity, Danse Danse opens the doors of choreographic art to a wide audience and forges special connections between artists and their audiences. In addition to its performances, Danse Danse offers a wide range of ways to experience dance: off-site activities, encounters with artists, dance workshops for the general public, school programs, and much more.
Credits
NIEBO HOTEL
Choreographed and directed by Christophe Garcia in collaboration with the artists.
Music Laurier Rajotte and Jakub Trzepizur.
Lights Marie Bucher and Simon Rutten.
Stage management and sound Bruno Brevet.
Costumes Pascale Guéné.
Artists Ballets Jazz Montréal.
Video, photos Lucie Baudinaud, Baptiste Chevalier.
Puppet creation Einat Landais.
Production Marion Baudinaud, Elodie Biardeau.
Visuals Candice Roger, Nelly Garreau.
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