Le Radeau

In Bottommost (2026), Emile and Baco approach vulnerability as a playground, where failure becomes a raw material for wayward performances of pleasure and paradox. Bottommost finds value at the bottom of the barrel. Sinking into fragility and decline, they dig a choreographic hole where degradation leads to learning and becoming. With its rough companionship and a tenderness beneath sharp claws, a complicity emerges through submission. In a back-and-forth between desire and failure, instinct and listening, they reframe what it means to hit rock bottom; they summons the wild energy of dogs to invite us to open outwards, and inhabit what might otherwise seem abject

Credits

• Choreography and performance Emile Pineault
• Co-creation and performance Baco Lepage-Acosta
• Composition and Sound Design Simon Grenier-Poirier
• Lighting Design and Technical Direction Darah Miah
• Dramaturgical Support Gui B.B
• Movement Support Justin de Luna
• Scent Design Raed Moussa
• Costumes and props Fanny Jane + Emile Pineault
• Set Design Emile Pineault with the support of Marie-Audrey Jacques + Morris Fox
• Contribution to the lyrics Gabriel Cholette
• Vocal Coach Jacobi Vanderham
• Graphic Design Richard Kahwagi / Si Six Scies STUDIOS
• Touring and Development Manager Santiago Lopez Alzate
• Executive Producer Le Radeau
• Co-production Festival TransAmériques
• Residencies L’Écart (Rouyn-Noranda), workspacebrussels (Brussels), Parbleux (Montréal), ANTI—SPACE (Montréal), Salon58 (Marsoui), la Cité-des-Hospitalières / Le Radeau (Montréal), Circuit-Est (Montréal)

Presentations

• 2026, Festival TransAmériques, Montréal, QC

Financial support

• Canada Council for the Arts
• Conseil des arts de Montréal
• Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec