Le Radeau

Two women try to stay true to themselves. Trapped in the middle of a videographic fresco in which their image is multiplied and shattered, they ape and compulsively replay their own image so that they don’t completely dissolve. However, their hopes are poorly aligned with their destiny as they are continuously ahead or behind themselves. In close succession, the presence of key women comes to their rescue (Marguerite Duras, Chantal Akerman, Martha Rosler, Amy Greenfield, Maya Deren, Lygia Clark), but their murmurings eventually recede into the distance. You may call this subterfuge.

Credits

• Artistic direction, choreography and performance Catherine Lavoie-Marcus, Priscilla Guy
• Sound composition Michel F. Côté
• Video collaboration Antoine Quirion Couture
• Lighting Paul Chambers
• Scenography Julie Vallée-Léger
• Costumes Marie-Christine Quenneville
• Techical director Samuel Thériault
• Outside eye Marie Claire Forté
• Residencies; Montréal, Canada: Usine C, Agora de la danse, Centre des arts actuels Skol, Circuit-Est centre chorégraphique; Girona, Espagne: L’Animal A L’Esquena

Presentations

• 2016, Usine C, Tangente + Festival Temps d’Images, Montréal, QC
• 2016, Festival Rise à Findhorn, Findhorn, Scotland
• 2016, Maison de la culture de Verdun, Montréal QC
• 2016, Art of Performing Festival, Rotterdam, Netherlands
• 2016, DansBrabant, Theater De Nieuwe VorstTilburg, Netherlands
• 2016, La Rotonde, Québec, QC

Financial support

• Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
• Conseil des arts de Montréal
• Caisse Desjardins de Lorimier de Montréal