An international co-production of Sylvain Emard Danse, the National Arts Centre (Ottawa), the Banff Centre (Alberta), the Canada Dance Festival and the le Grand Théâtre (Lorient-France)
2005 : Temps de chien, a piece for six dancers, explores the uncertainties, uneasiness and desires provoked by an increasingly unsettled environment. While daily life conspires to keep us off balance, we are distracted with tales of easy bliss. This new work features video in the set design and is grounded in a rigorous language of movement. The choreography underscores the fundamental humanism and sensuality of bodies that are standing witness to such transformations. The bodies alternate between defiance and insouciance, finally leaping into a comfort zone where there is neither memory nor a future. But, with rainfall always comes a resurgence of hope...
CHOREOGRAPHY Sylvain Émard
DANCERS : Éric Beauchesne, AnneBruce Falconer, Kate Holden, David Rancourt, Heidi Strauss, Darryl Tracy
ARTISTIC ADVISER AND REHEARSAL MISTRESS Ginelle Chagnon
ORIGINAL SCORE Michel F. Côté and Tim Hecker
SET DESIGN Richard Lacroix
LIGHTING Etienne Boucher
VIDEO Effe
COSTUMES François Saint-Aubin
MAKE UP Angelo Barsetti
N.B. AnneBruce Falconer and David Rancourt will be taking the role originally performed by Laurence Lemieux and Manuel Roque.
Length: 62 minutes