The Only Reason I Exist is You
Also : Why dogs are successful on stage? – Maria Kefirova
30 minutes
A screen blocks our view of the stage, and to the left we see an empty chair. In a careful attempt not to reveal the delightful mysteries of this proposal, it may be cautiously be mentioned that the work is about the beauty of the human face, the ways we perform ourselves, and the investigation of sharing and togetherness within a theatre situation. The choreographer will be your mistress of ceremonies, and there are indeed ardent dancers performing for us. Enough said! If you have never before experienced this artist’s interdisciplinary excursions into live performance, this piece provides an ideal starting point. Here, discomfort and epiphany keep company. We promise that your consciousness of spectating will be changed if you choose, willingly, to participate. And so, why is it that dogs are so successful on stage?
PAVLOV morceaux – Natacha Filiatrault
7, 10, 15 minutes
It’s high time to disrupt this time-honoured contract between spectator and performer, to question audience conditioning! Conceived by a choreographer and performed by an actor, this hilarious (and enervating) depiction of the classic television “crowd warmer” will certainly challenge your perceptions of both this heroic figure and our own tolerance for docility. In the style of an outlandish stand-up, the comedian does his utmost best to prepare us for a contemporary dance presentation for which he has only a rudimentary understanding. He’s a control freak! He compels us to applaud, louder and louder still, and rise up for serial standing ovations for a (fictive) performance. What will you do?
Radio Danses – Gaétan Leboeuf
2x7 minutes
How might it possible to create a large star-studded cast, immensely exciting and monumental dance performance –the most ambitious choreography in the world in fact! -on a tiny stage and without funding? The composer has written his Radio Danses projects in response to this imperative. Each 6-minute “dance capsule” spins the tale of a virtual choreography that is heard, but never seen, by way of music, sound effects and the theatrical sports caster-like narration of actress Danièle Panneton. To begin: an old-time radio materializes in front of us on the bare stage. There are no dancers, no décor. We close our eyes as a dynamic voice fires our imagination in the dim half-light. The radio dance gradually takes shape and gains momentum, but only in our vivid mind’s eye.
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