Choreographer Andrea Peña brings together nine performers and a soprano singer in great physicality to skillfully question the codes that govern us.
With this critical and artistic manifesto in three tableaux, Andrea Peña & Artists tackles our relationship with social and virtual systems, as well as external forces with which every human being must constantly deal. Here, dancers interact in turn with a computer, an opera singer and a DJ to explore the concepts of artifice and artificiality that are deeply rooted in us and dictate the way we live. In daily life, artificiality is intertwined with our bodies and minds; artifice colors our interactions, our collective and individual experiences. It's a pleasure to reconnect with the raw, rigorous and visceral creative energy of the choreographer and her collaborators in this large-scale, vibrant and magnetic piece.
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Artistic direction Andrea Peña Choreography Andrea Peña in collaboration with the artists Performers Nicholas Bellefleur, Veronique Giasson, Gabby Kachan, Jean-Benoît Labrecque, Benjamin Landsberg, Jontae McCrory, Erin O'loughlin, Francois Richard, Frédérique Rodier Soprano Erin Lindsay Sound designer Marc Bartissol alias dull Scenography Andrea Peña & Alexis Gosselin Dramaturgy Mathieu Leroux Artistic advisor Hélène Simard Lighting designer Hugo Dalphond Stage management Roxanne Bédard Technical direction Hugo Dalphond Costumes Polina Boltova, Rodolfo Moraga
Production Andrea Peña & Artists Co-production Banff Center for Creativity – Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award 2018 Creation residencies Agora de la danse, Danse Danse, Arsenal Contemporary Art, Maison de la Culture Claude-Léveillée.
