My toes striving till the tips of your fingers
(french title : D'arrache-pied jusqu'au bout de tes doigts)
(french title : D'arrache-pied jusqu'au bout de tes doigts)
World premiere of this work was shown from June 8th to June 16th during the Montreal Fringe Festival 2023.
Synopsis :
My toes striving, while my life is falling of my hands...
Shall I still move towards you ?
Shall we seek our freedom or will one of us stay behind ?
Some body parts will relentlessly repeat the initial movements of walk.
Other kinds of limbs will draft gestures of love.
And yet, some bodys will remain aloof and alone...
This piece testifies to Johanne Gour's fascination with the relationship between the forced immobility of those who are sitting and the ability to discover pertaining to all those legs that come and move away. The presence on stage of the choreographer in a wheelchair begets a singular view.
Synopsis :
My toes striving, while my life is falling of my hands...
Shall I still move towards you ?
Shall we seek our freedom or will one of us stay behind ?
Some body parts will relentlessly repeat the initial movements of walk.
Other kinds of limbs will draft gestures of love.
And yet, some bodys will remain aloof and alone...
This piece testifies to Johanne Gour's fascination with the relationship between the forced immobility of those who are sitting and the ability to discover pertaining to all those legs that come and move away. The presence on stage of the choreographer in a wheelchair begets a singular view.
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Distorted classical lines and arbitrary movements that feel intimate, vulnerable and fragile. A new vocabulary that uses technique but is also free of its constraints. - Alexandra MacLean
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While formal yet sensual movements come and go, some tangible and some unrecognizable visions flow during this dance piece, opening a field for images and dreams.
- Sona Pogossian and Esther Gaudette |
Une empreinte chorégraphique polyvalente et abstraite pour traiter du corps comme porteur de sens.
- Léa Villalba, Bible urbaine, 2017
TEAM
CHOREOGRAPHER
Johanne Gour is particularly fascinated by the articulation and shape of the human body. Currently completing a Master's degree in dance creation at UQÀM (Université du Québec à Montréal/University of Quebec in Montreal), she is interested in movement for its mechanicity, rhythm and organization, as well as its expressive capacity. Through subtle modulation, Johanne Gour fashions an abstract work that carries a singular atmosphere. She has presented several works over the past fifteen years. Many were shown at the Gesù Theatre of Montreal, for the Liens et Lieux event which she produced and at several festivals such as the Montreal Fringe Festival.
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Alexandra MacLean studied at the Ailey School in New York with Fordham University and received her BFA in Dance and English in 2012. She danced with the Dakshina/Daniel Pheonix Singh company for two years in Washington, DC and in Quebec, she worked with Eva Kolarova for the show A Fragmented Mind at the Place des Arts and with Valerie Sabbah in Rimouski for a residency of the show Cotillion which was presented at Spect'Art Rimouski. She also worked on a resort in Los Cabos, Mexico as a dancer during 2016. She collaborated with Johanne Gour in two shows: Mon cœur s'allonge comme une éponge and L'imprévisible forme des corps aux lendemains de la vie. She teaches dance for all ages in studios, schools and community centres in Montreal.
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Esther Gaudette is an accomplished dancer. She has danced both here and internationally for such renowned choreographers as Daniel Léveillé, Daina Ashbee and Isabelle Van Grimde. She choreographed Jean Leloup's Pow Wow and worked closely on his feature film Karaoke Dream. On theater stages, she danced for Dominique Champagne's Paradis Perdus and
Loui Mauffette's Poésie, sandwichs et autres soirs qui penchent. Her talent earned her the 2017 Best Performer at the Prix de la Danse de Montréal. In 2022, she founded her own dance company, Goddess Dance Cie, and presented her first solo work, Drive, in June of that year, with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec. |
Lea St-Pierre is a young creator who completed her acting training at the École supérieure de théâtre de l'UQÀM in 2021. During her training, she distinguished herself by her prowess in voice work, her precise and sensitive interpretation, and her artistic vision. After graduating, she was awarded the Bourse d'excellence artistique en art dramatique by UQÀM's Faculty of Arts, presented by director Christian Lapointe. Passionate about the arts in all their forms, Lea's artistic disciplines multiply: in addition to her experience in directing and writing, she is also a singer-songwriter and is training in contemporary dance. Fascinated by the countless facets of the human being, art is for her a way of making sense of this immense and complex world. In 2022, she performed in the play Noli by Joannie Vignola and Virginie Daigle, presented at Théâtre Prospero. In 2023, she performed in Marine Theunissen's Effet d'entraînement, presented at Tangente
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Sona Pogossian is an Armenian performer and choreographer. Sona has taken part in artistic projects in over 10 countries, including Anna Halprin's La danse planétaire in France, a performance reading directed by Klaus Karlbauer in Austria, and Cavalo marinho laboratories in Brazil. At the same time, she is involved in various socio-cultural projects such as the NGO United World College and U-man Radio.
At the same time, Sona is pursuing a doctorate in art studies and practice, with the aim of shedding light on the expressiveness of women in wartime. |