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SATURDAY 15 FEBRUARY, 21H30
Marie Chouinard is a Canadian dancer and choreographer, whose career spans over 40 years. She makes her debut in GUIdance with two particularly significant works from her repertoire: The Rite of Spring (1993) and HENRI MICHAUX: MOUVEMENTS (2011).
Unlike many choreographers, Marie Chouinard built her Rite of Spring around solo performances. Seeking to awaken the power of movement in the mysterious intimacy of each dancer, Chouinard combines deep respect for the body with the desire to transgress its possibilities. HENRI MICHAUX: MOUVEMENTS, the other choreographic work in this programme, is inspired by Henri Michaux's book, published in 1951, with poems and Indian ink drawings, which the creator decided to decode in order to create movements on stage featuring the bodies of 11 dancers dressed in black.
“The energy is explosive, instinctual”
in Seattle Met, 2013 (about The Rite of Spring)
“Chouinard's work was innovative and hypnotic”
in Pittsburgh Dance Examiner, 2013 (about HENRI MICHAUX: MOUVEMENTS)
The Rite of Spring
Concept, Choreography and Artistic Direction Marie Chouinard
Music The Rite of Spring, Igor Stravinsky, 1913 (arranged by Boosey & Hawkes, Inc., publisher and copyright owner, 35 min.)
Performers Adrian W.S. Batt, Jossua Collin Dufour, Valeria Galluccio, Motrya Kozbur, Luigi Luna, Sayer Mansfield, Carol Prieur, Celeste Robbins, Clémentine Schindler, Michael Baboolal
Lightning Marie Chouinard
Costumes Liz Vandal
Props Zaven Paré
Make-up Jacques-Lee Pelletier
Hair Stylist Daniel Éthier
Tour artistic direction Annie Gagnon
Tour Manager Martin Coutu
Stage and Technical manager Catherine Renaud-Dessureault
Light engineer Isabelle Garceau
Sound engineer Pierre-Alexandre Poirier-Guay
Production Compagnie Marie Chouinard
Co-produciont National Arts Centre (Ottawa), Festival international de nouvelle danse (Montreal), Kunstentrum Vooruit (Ghent)
Aknowledgements Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, the Canada Council for the Arts e Conseil des arts de Montréal
Created at National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Canadá, at 18 June de 1993
Dancers for the world premiere Marie-Josée Paradis, Mathilde Monnard, Daniel Éthier, Dominique Porte, Pamela Newell, José Navas, Jeremy Weichsel
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HENRI MICHAUX: MOUVEMENTS
Choreography and Artistic Direction Marie Chouinard
Music Louis Dufort
Texts and projected drawings Henri Michaux, from the book "Mouvements" (1951), with the permission of the right-holders Henri Michaux and Editions Gallimard
Performers Adrian W.S. Batt, Jossua Collin Dufour, Valeria Galluccio, Motrya Kozbur, Luigi Luna, Sayer Mansfield, Carol Prieur, Celeste Robbins, Clémentine Schindler, Michael Baboolal
Sound Edward Freedman
Lighting, Set Design Marie Chouinard
Costumes Marie Chouinard
Hairstylist Marie Chouinard
Translation Howard Scott
Voice Gérard Reyes
Production Compagnie Marie Chouinard
Support ImPulsTanz (Viena)
Rehearsal and tou direction Annie Gagnon
Tour Manager Martin Coutu
Stage and sound engineer Catherine Renaud-Dessureault
Light engineer Isabelle Garceau
Sound engineer Pierre-Alexandre Poirier-Guay
Akowledgements Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Canada Council for the Arts, Conseil des arts de Montréal
Created at ImPulsTanz, Vienna International Dance Festival, Vienna, Austria, August 2, 2011
Dancers for the world premiere Kimberley De Jong, Leon Kupferschmid, Lucy M. May, Lucie Mongrain, Mariusz Ostrowski, Carol Prieur, Gérard Reyes, Dorotea Saykaly, James Viveiros, Megan Walbaum
Photo credit Sylvie-Ann Paré
Download CANTIQUE, the application for the iPad and iPhone created by Marie Chouinard, free from the App Store, and choreograph a duet of faces!
Warning: this show contains strobe effects
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Running time 35 min. (The Rite of Spring) + 35 min. (HENRI MICHAUX: MOUVEMENTS)
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