Excerpt from work

Excerpts Lucie Vigneault

Director
Circuit-Est centre chorégraphique
Video recording
Dominique Bouchard
Length
2:42
Choreographer
Louise Bédard
Dancer of the abstract
Lucie Vigneault
Music
Brahms, Kronos Quartet
Musical Research and Sountrack, soundtrack of the given extract
Michel F. Côté
Set design
Richard Lacroix
Costume and makeup
Angelo Barsetti
Lighting design
Lucie Bazzo
Running time of the entire show
70 minutes

Cartes postales de Chimère restaging-handover

A single figure wanders through time and across different paths to imaginary continents; towards vast and opulent places. Movements emerge, like landmarks along the way; worlds are shaped by mature hands, lands made rich by a child’s eyes. Where are we? Who is she and where are we going?

Project

Cartes postales de Chimère Choreographic Toolkit

Production
With Cartes postales de Chimère, Louise Bédard made her mark in the dance world as both a dancer and choreographer, earning rave reviews from critics and audiences alike. In 2015, she remounted the work, passing on her solo role to two reputed dancers ( Isabelle...

Events

Launch of EC2 and three choreographic toolkits

The Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault launched its new digital platform EC2_Espaces chorégraphiques 2 and a unique digital collection of choreographic toolkits on September 21, 2016. These projects, designed to showcase Quebec’s contemporary dance heritage, were carried out in collaboration with Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec,…

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Article

Territoires Partagés – essay by Lucy Fandel (In French and English)

Nous et la classe Lucy Fandel   Last summer, if you showed up to Nous Sommes L’Été (NSL)’s Classes du matin in Montreal, you would be led by three dancers, Corinne Crane, Alexandra Caron, and Marie-Michelle Darveau. Each would propose a different set of exercises,…

Excerpt from work

Le Collier de Sélène, by Louise Bédard

Le Collier de Sélène 2021, video num, 12 min 28 s Le Collier de Sélène is a solo created by choreographer Louise Bédard in complicity with dancer Marie Claire Forté. This solo (2014) has been danced too few times, hence the importance of giving it…

Audio interview

Territoires Partagés – audio interview with Enora Rivière

In this interview from the Territoires partagés series, creator Johanna Bienaise interviews dance artist Enora Rivière about her training. Formed by conceptual dance, particularly her work with Swiss choreographer Gilles Jobin, Enora Rivière gradually set aside technique in favour of a presence on the stage,…

Video interview

En aparté with Sita Ostheimer

Interview with Sita Ostheimer about her career and approach to teaching contemporary dance in an international context.