Fragments – Volume I
A Sylvain Émard Danse and Canada Dance Festival co-production, in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut.
Patchwork of insistent urgency. In three solos and a duo, Sylvain Émard has crafted for his dancers roles that are adapted to their most pressing needs, establishing four contrasting worlds where the depth and authenticity of gesture convey the complexity and vulnerability of the individual. Intense and often surprising, the actress Monique Miller slips majestically into this new work.
Her minimalist movement is touchingly eloquent, offering a troubling counterpoint to the raw energy of the three exceptional dancers Laurence Ramsay, Manuel Roque and Catherine Viau. First part of a diptych that places the dancer at the very heart of creation, Fragments – Volume I is like a collage of miniatures. Fragments – Volume I premiered at the Canada Dance Festival in Ottawa in June 2010.
CHOREOGRAPHY Sylvain Émard
DANCERS Monique Miller, Laurence Ramsay, Manuel Roque and Catherine Viau
ORIGINAL SCORES Michel F. Côté, Jan Jelinek
ARTISTIC ADVISOR Ginelle Chagnon
LIGHTING André Rioux
SET DESIGN Richard Lacroix
COSTUMES Denis Lavoie
MAKEUP AND HAIR Angelo Barsetti
PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Judith Allen
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Dave Bourdages
REVIEW EXCERPTS
"[…] a great success." Dfdanse, Montréal, Canada, October, 2011
"[…] Émard never disappoints, and his latest piece Fragments – Volume I is a masterpiece." paulacitron.ca, Toronto, Canada, June, 2010
CALENDAR
CANADA
October 18 to 22 and 25 to 29, 2011, 8 pm – Cinquième salle of the Place des Arts, Danse Danse, Montréal
March 2, 2012, 1pm (matinée) and March 3, 2012, 8pm – Enwave Theatre, DanceWorks,Toronto
March 9 & 10, 2012, 8pm – Timms Centre for the Arts, Brian Webb Dance Company, Edmonton
March 14 to 17, 2012, 8pm – Firehall Arts Centre, Vancouver, Canada
FRANCE
March 24, 2012, 9pm – Auditorium de Gonesse, Escales Danse en Val d'Oise, Gonesse
March 27, 2012, 9pm – Presentation of the solo Émoi, émoi from Fragments – Volume I, Avant-Scène, Danse et Vous, Cognac
March 30, 2012, 9pm – Théâtre Paul Éluard, Escales Danse en Val d'Oise, Bezons
World premiere
June, 2010 – National Arts Centre, Canada Dance Festival, Ottawa, Canada
