Morin/Leroux · Arts vivants
Kinetic Euphoria
Raw energy, spatial geometries, and electronic pulses. In the intimate setting of Agora de la danse, the Morin/Leroux duo delivers a physical performance in which five dancers search for the tipping point between exhilaration and transcendence.
The duo formed by dancer and choreographer Alexandre Morin, and author, dramaturg, and stage director Mathieu Leroux has cultivated a language where movement and dramaturgy are closely intertwined. Rooted in contemporary dance, their practice reaches across disciplines and reflects a strong penchant for experimentation. Euphoric Thresholds, their eighth collaboration—the first under the Morin/Leroux · Arts vivants banner—explores group momentum and the thresholds of euphoria. Five bodies seek ecstasy in a constantly redefined space. Set to an electronic score, they navigate shifting states—tension, fatigue, elation—each one a limit to expand beyond. Blending athletic figures, popular references, and formal abstraction, the performers evolve in a stylized, deliberately offbeat universe, where endurance fuels intensity and transforms energy into shared matter.
Artist(s)
Company
Morin/Leroux · Arts vivants is the result of the artistic collaboration between creators Alexandre Morin and Mathieu Leroux. Their work is deeply rooted in contemporary dance, yet resolutely transdisciplinary. As projects evolve, roles and mediums shift: choreography, stage direction, production design, dramaturgical research, and performance all merge into a vibrant and porous co-creation process.
Credits
Research, creation and direction Alexandre Morin and Mathieu Leroux.
Performance Rachelle Bourget, Félix Cossette, Carlos Mendoza, Marie-Maxime Ross, Marie-Philippe Santerre.
Understudy Ezra Guerrier.
Costume design Hannah Fisher.
Lighting design Chantal Labonté.
Lighting assistance Catherine Ross.
Sound editing and additional music production Christopher LaPlante
Sound design consulting Steve Lalonde.
Make-up Catherine Lévesque.
Rehearsal direction Lucie Vigneault.
Artistic support Sara Hanley.
Outside eye Emilie Jobin.
Production management Florence Cardinal-Tang – Parbleux.
Technical direction Samuel Thériault.
Executive production Parbleux.
Co-production Morin/Leroux · Arts Vivants and Agora de la danse.
Co-presentation Agora de la danse and Danse Danse.
Creative residencies Agora de la danse, Circuit-Est centre chorégraphique.
This project was made possible thanks to the support of Conseil des arts du Canada, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Conseil des arts de Montréal.
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