Dog Rising explores the life cycle and the dynamic flow of matter. From primitive impulses to gestures that are at times sexual, at times mechanical, Clara Furey’s new creation comes together like a polyphony of pulsating bodies, in turns dissonant and in unison. Through their tireless movement work, tensions are released in the endless repetition of cyclical gestures. Dog Rising invites us to embark on an extreme journey, a mesmerising, haunting, and penetrating spiral.

Konzept und künstlerische Leitung Clara Furey. Choreografie Clara Furey, in Zusammenarbeit mit Be Heintzman Hope, Brian Mendez & Winnie Ho. Performance Brian Mendez, Baco Lepage-Acosta, Jontae McCrory. Rehearsal Lucie Vigneault. Komposition Tomas Furey. Technische Leitung Jurjen Barel, Lichtdesign Karine Gauthier. Text Coral Short. Advisor Peter Jasko, Dana Michel, Christopher Willes, Caroline Monnet Internationale Distribution A propic | Linie Rousseau & Marion Gauvent

Produziert von: Clara Furey. Ausführende Produzentin: Parbleux. Koproduziert von: Atelier De Paris – Cdcn (Frankreich), Cd Spectacles (Gaspé, Kanada), Centre Chorégraphique National d'Orléans – Direction Maud Le Pladec (Frankreich), Festival Transamériques (Montréal, Kanada), La Briqueterie – Centre de Développement Chorégraphique National du Val-de-Marne (Vitry-Sur-Seine, Frankreich), La Rotonde (Québec, Kanada), New Baltic Dance (Vilnius, Litauen). Mit Unterstützung von: Parbleux (Montréal, Kanada), l'Écart – Art Actuel (Rouyn-Noranda, Kanada), Danse à la Carte (Montréal, Kanada).
The creation of this work was made possible thanks to the financial support of Conseil des Arts du Canada, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec & Conseil des arts de Montréal.

This existential dance experiment feels out the porous boundaries between life and death. A hypnotic work proposed to slip from one state to another and explore interior landscapes, finding radiance within the all-encompassing darkness. A hypnotic work proposed to plunge into our inner depths, An experiment of flirting with a radical disembodiment, the feeling of drifting away completely.

Choreografie & Performance Clara Furey. Sounddesign Jean-Francois Blouin. Bühnenbild Caroline Monnet Dramaturgie Peter Jasko. Internationale Distribution A propic | Linie Rousseau & Marion Gauvent. Produziert von: Clara Furey. Ausführende Produzentin: Par Bleux.

PARTNERS AND CREATION SUPPORT: CENTRO PER LA SCENA CONTEMPORANEA (CSC) DE BASSANO DEL GRAPPA (ITALY / ITALIE), DANSE À LA CARTE (MONTRÉAL, CANADA), LA CHAPELLE – SCÈNES CONTEMPORAINES (MONTRÉAL, CANADA), PARBLEUX (MONTRÉAL, CANADA) COPRODUCTION : FESTIVAL TRANSAMÉRIQUES (MONTRÉAL, CANADA), LA CHAPELLE – SCÈNES CONTEMPORAINES. WITH SUPPORT OF CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS AND CONSEIL DES ARTS ET DES LETTRES DU QUÉBEC, LA CRÉATION DE CETTE OEUVRE A ÉTÉ RENDUE POSSIBLE GRÂCE À L’APPUI, FINANCIER DU CONSEIL DES ARTS DU CANADA ET DU CONSEIL DES ARTS ET DES LETTRES DU QUÉBEC.

Face to Face is a powerful duet created by Chinese-born and Canadian-based dancer Naishi Wang. The conceptual choreography shows two people within the challenges of communicating with each other and expressing oneself authentically. Playing with a mirroring of spaces, between the stage, the room and the outside, the face-to-face is constantly transformed by a transmission of gestures, facial expressions and movements that are constantly copied and inverted. Face to Face appeals against seemingly insurmountable differences in human communication, and for acceptance of the other. Austrian premiere.

Choreografie Naishi Wang, Tanz Naishi Wang, Roberto Soria, Licht Chris Malkowski, Video Ivy Wang, Video Assistenz Henry Mak, Komposition Wen Yang Ho, Kostüme Adam X, Dramaturgie Ginelle Chagnon. Stage Manager Emerson Kafarowski, Management Robert Sauvey, Dance Umbrella of Ontario Koproduzenten: Festival TransAmériques, Citadel + Compagnie

Mit Unterstützung von: Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council, Canada Council for The Arts, Festival TransAmerique

An underground parking lot, an abandoned factory, a deconsecrated church, a crowded shopping centre. Icône Pop is a work in search of unusual settings, where religious and pop iconographies, the sacred and the profane, collide. Inspired by the religious postures of the Pietà and the blazing colours of the voodoo divinity Erzulie, Icône Pop also flirts with the subversive image of the Black Virgin. Between motherly devotion and the sexual allure of a pop star in full control of her powers. Between motherly devotion and the sexual allure of a pop star, we witness an undermining of the female identity, with all its clichés. Austrian premiere.

Choreographie und Performance Mélanie Demers, Musik Mykalle Bielinski – based on Stabat Mater by Dvořák and Survivor by Destiny’s Child, Kostüme Mélanie Demers, Probenleitung Anne-Marie Jourdenais

Icône Pop ist eine Koproduktion des Operaestate Festival – Comune di Bassano del Grappa.

Switch (meditations on crying), an expressive and intensive dance solo between sound, dance and incarnation rituals. Repetitive movement sequences, dissonances and oscillations unearth instinctive impulses that might otherwise lay dormant. “My body is a site for emotional excavation, it is the basis of my work. Unsaid things live on inside bodies, taking up space.” (Be Heintzman Hope)
European premiere

CHOREOGRAPHER & INTERPRETER BE HEINTZMAN HOPE, DRAMATURGY NÈNÈ MYRIAM-KONATÉ, CLARA FUREY, BACO LEPAGE-ACOSTA, NADA KHASHABA, DHALIA LI, MAXINE SEGALOWITZ, K.G. GUTTMAN, CAROL PRIEUR, ASTROLOGICAL CONSULT MALEK ROBANNA, SOUND WEAVER BE HEINTZMAN HOPE, SOUND GUIDES SASHA LANGFORD, TOMAS FUREY, LIGHT FAIRY NIEN TZU WENG, COSTUMES ALICE LEPAGE-ACOSTA, TECHNICAL ASSISTANT/TOUR MANAGER BACO LEPAGE-ACOSTA, TECHNICAL DIRECTOR JURJEN BAREL, PRODUCTION BE HEINTZMAN HOPE, CO-PRODUCTION DANSE-CITÉ, MAI | MONTRÉAL, ARTS INTERCULTURELS, PARBLEUX, CO-PRESENTATION DANSE-CITÉ, MAI | MONTRÉAL, ARTS INTERCULTURELS, PARTNERS AND SUPPORT FOR CREATION CCOV, STUDIO 303

THE CREATION OF THIS WORK WAS MADE POSSIBLE, THANKS TO THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF: CONSEIL DES ARTS DU CANADA, CONSEIL DES ARTS ET DES LETTRES DU QUÉBEC, CONSEIL DES ARTS DE MONTRÉAL

Poetics to Activate the Technology of the Body is a dance video series inspired by guided meditations and work-out video’s “how to” approach. The orientation of these dance videos is a monument to catching one’sbreath, calming the nervous system, and adigital spa.

CHOREOGRAPHER & INTERPRETER BE HEINTZMAN HOPE, S/PERFORMERS BE HEINTZMAN HOPE, KAIDEN DIAZ, LUCY B., BAM TRUONG DRAMATURGY NÈNÈ MYRIAM-KONATÉ, CLARA FUREY, NADA KHASHABA, MAXINE, SEGALOWITZ, K.G. GUTTMAN, CAROL PRIEUR, SOUND WEAVER BE HEINTZMAN HOPE, LIGHT FAIRY NIEN TZU WENIG, COSTUMES ALICE LEPAGE-ACOSTA, VIDEO BACO LEPAGE-ACOSTA, TECHNICAL DIRECTOR SAMUEL THÉRIAULT, PRODUCTION BE HEINTZMAN HOPE, CO-PRODUCTION DANSE-CITÉ, MAI | MONTRÉAL, ARTS INTERCULTURELS, PARBLEUX, CO-PRESENTATION DANSE-CITÉ, MAI | MONTRÉAL, ARTS INTERCULTURELS, PARTNERS AND SUPPORT FOR CREATION CCOV, STUDIO 303

THE CREATION OF THIS WORK WAS MADE POSSIBLE, THANKS TO THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF: CONSEIL DES ARTS DU CANADA, CONSEIL DES ARTS ET DES LETTRES DU QUÉBEC, CONSEIL DES ARTS DE MONTRÉAL