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REPLICA

Andrea Peña & Artists

A performative journey, REPLICA is influenced by its creative processes in Naples, Sweden, Norway and Montreal; incompatible realities coexist through visceral bodies that question contemporary obsessions with self-copying.

In the artificial and natural world of REPLICA, performers Frédérique Rodier and Jean-Benoît Labrecque embark on a deep exploration of the history of the replica, delving into the essence of body representation through time. This choreographic odyssey unfolds as a captivating archaeological performance of movement, inspired as much by ancient and mythological reproductions of the human form as by digital self-representations and commercial copies of our environments. Set in a scenographic garden that reveals the complexities and nuances of the human form, the performance transforms into a living, breathing axis mundi - a queer Garden of Eden - a world within worlds that challenges gendered notions of the body; a reflection on utopia and dystopia, and that in-between state where the liminal is viscerally represented on stage.



REPLICA becomes a playground that explores the innocence and corruption woven into the fabric of our collective fascination with copying. In this immersive experience, which transforms the stage into a living canvas, the audience is confronted with pictorial states of transformation, reflecting and disrupting a form of sculptural rigor.

credits

Artistic and conceptual direction Andrea Peña Choreography Andrea Peña with the collaboration of Frederique Rodier, Jean-Benoît Labrecque and James Phillips Dancers Frederique Rodier and Jean-Benoît Labrecque Choreographic assistant Francois Richard Rehearsal consultant Emily Gualtieri Musical composition Félix Gourd (Eƨƨe Ran) Lighting design and visual dramaturgy Hugo Dalphond Set design Andrea Peña in collaboration with Jonathan Saucier Production manager Isaïe Richard Logistics and communications Polina Boltova Technical director Conrad St- Gelais Photos Jeanne Tétreault Video Agustina Isidori Co-producers Rüm För Dans, Baerum Kulturhus and Agora de la danse

history

Montréal

Agora de la danse

1 mars 2025

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Montréal

Agora de la danse

28 février 2025

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Montréal

Agora de la danse

27 février 2025

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Montréal

Agora de la danse

26 février 2025

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Kungsbacka

Rum för Dans

21 septembre 2024

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Baerum

Kulturhus

18 septembre 2024

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