In a protean body of work, a vast field of research encompassing, in a single creative impetus, dance, poetry, drawing, photography, cinema, installation art and new technology, Marie Chouinard has never stopped listening to the vital pulse of the body.
More than 30 years after Les trous du ciel, her first ensemble work and a key milestone in a remarkable odyssey, Chouinard returns to a choreographic exploration that begins with the breath and the voice. From micro-movements, from an impulse that stirs the lungs and the bones, the delirious mechanics of being “living men and women” are set in motion: the awakening of emotions ... With rigorous precision, a community moves forward, repeatedly striking at the roots of madness and wisdom. The building blocks of reality crumble; a new disorderly order imposes itself, revealing the compassion- ate and luminous connections of care. Dazzling.
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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 CHOUINARDChoreography and vocal score Marie Chouinard.
With the participation of dancers Carol Prieur, Valeria Galluccio, Motrya Kozbur, Paige Culley, Clémentine Schindler, Luigi Luna, Jossua Collin Dufour, Adrian W.S. Batt, Celeste Robbins, Michael Baboolal, Rose Gagnol and Scott McCabe.
Music Louis Dufort.
Lighting, set design, costumes and wigs Marie Chouinard.
Make-up Jacques-Lee Pelletier.
Production manager Jérémie Boucher.
Rehearsals Lucie Vigneault, Isabelle Poirier, Tony Chong and Amy Shulman.
Lighting assistance Chantal Labonté.
Costume design Philippe Massé.
Wig design Stephane Scotto Di Cesare.
Voice recording Vincent Blain.
Make-up assistant Johanne Viens.
Camera and teaser editing Gabriel Savignac.
Photography Sylvie-Ann Paré.
Video capture Robin Pineda Gould.
Show team
Technical director Jérémie Boucher.
Rehearsers Isabelle Poirier and Kimberley de Jong.
Lighting director Chantal Labonté.
Sound engineer Jérôme Guillaume.
Stage manager Félix Lefebvre.
Help and logistics Martin Coutu.
World premiere on January 26, 2023 at Grand Théâtre de Québec.