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Photo © Marie Chouinard Dancers Kirsten Andersen, Carla Maruca.
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Photo © Sylvie-Ann Paré. Interprète Carol Prieur.
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Photo © Marie Chouinard Dancers Carol Prieur, Chi Long.
Since its premiere in 2005, bODY_rEMIX/gOLDBERG_vARIATIONS has achieved exceptional renown. Performed 106 times in 58 cities and 22 countries, the work is a powerful expression of the artistic signature that has made the choreographer famous. To the sounds and rhythms of a reinterpretation of J. S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations, 10 dancers perform a set of variations on the theme of freedom. A multitude of prostheses—crutches, ropes, horizontal bars, harnesses—become extensions of their bodies; the devices at times restrict their movements, at others liberate and drive them, creating unusual body shapes and gestural dynamics that capture the imagination. A work at once reckless, extravagant and serious, in which the infinite potential of the moving body is endlessly reinvented. For the pleasure of discovering or rediscovering Marie Chouinard’s astonishing talent.
Photo © Laurence Labat.
The choreographer traveled all over the world as a soloist for 12 years before founding the COMPAGNIE MARIE CHOUINARD in 1990. Her works with their avant-garde signature are nonetheless enduring and appear in the repertoires of major international ballet companies.
Marie Chouinard creates a dance technique and enjoys a great reputation as coach among performers,. She is a director (films, applications, Virtual Reality works)...
Read more about Marie ChouinardMarie Chouinard, choreographer, is the Executive and Artistic Director of COMPAGNIE MARIE CHOUINARD, Founding Chair of the Prix de la Danse de Montréal, and an Associate Dance Artist of the Canada’s National Arts Centre.
Today, COMPAGNIE MARIE CHOUINARD enjoys an international reputation. Its trajectory began in 1978, when Marie Chouinard presented her first creation, Cristallisation. This work was followed by thirty solo...
Read more about COMPAGNIE MARIE CHOUINARDbODY_rEMIX/les_vARIATIONS_gOLDBERG
Ballet en deux actes / Ballet in two acts. Durée / Duration Acte 1 : 45 min.
Entracte / Intermission : 20 min. Acte 2 : 40 min.
Première mondiale Biennale de la danse de Venise, Italie, juin 2005* / World Premiere Venice Biennale of Contemporary Dance, Italy, June 2005*.
Chorégraphie et direction artistique /
Choreography and Artistic Direction Marie Chouinard.
Interprètes / Dancers Michael Baboolal, Adrian W.S. Batt, Jossua Collin-Dufour, Kimberley De Jong, Valeria Galluccio, Motrya Kozbur, Luigi Luna, Sayer Mansfi Scott McCabe, Sacha Ouellette-Deguire, Carol Prieur, Celeste Robbins, Clémentine Schindler.
Musique / Music Louis Dufort, Variations sur les Variations. Jean-Sébastien Bach, Variations Goldberg, Variations 5, 6, 8.
Extraits vocaux de / Vocal Extracts of Glenn Gould (A state of Wonder: The Complete Goldberg Variations (1955 & 1981)). Avec la permission des ayants droit de Glenn Gould et Sony BMG Music (Canada) / With the permission of the Estate of Glenn Gould and Sony BMG Music (Canada).
Lumières, scénographie, accessoires et éléments de costumes / Lighting, Set Design, props and costume elements Marie Chouinard.
Costumes et coiffures / Costumes and Hair Stylist Liz Vandal.
Maquillages / Make-up Jacques-Lee Pelletier.
*Interprètes lors de la première mondiale / Dancers for the world premiere Kirsten Andersen, Mark Eden-Towle, Julio Cesar Hong, Andrea Keevil, Chi Long, Carla Maruca, Lucie Mongrain, Carol Prieur, David Rancourt, James Viveiros.
Production COMPAGNIE MARIE CHOUINARD.
Coproduction Biennale de Venise, Centre national des Arts (Ottawa), Festival Montréal en lumière (Montréal), Schlossfestspiele (Ludwigsburg), Théâtre de la Ville (Paris), White Bird (Portland), avec l’appui de / with support from ImPulsTanz (Vienne).
La COMPAGNIE MARIE CHOUINARD tient à souligner l’importante contribution qu’ont apportée ses partenaires pour lui permettre de réaliser et de diffuser bODY_rEMIX/ les_vARIATIONS_gOLDBERG / The COMPAGNIE MARIE CHOUINARD recognizes the important contribution of its partners for the creation and the dissemination of bODY_rEMIX/gOLDBERG_vARIATIONS.
Partenaires majeurs / Major Partners Hydro-Québec, Power Corporation; Grands donateurs / Main Donors Air France, Bell Canada, Groupe Cossette, Loto-Québec, Mouvement Desjardins.
