The Body in Question(s)
This creation-exhibition is presented as part of the Festival TransAmériques 2012
Curator: Isabelle Van Grimde
Artists: Cristian Berco, Derek Besant, Caulfield / Mills / Blair, Kate Craig, Foumalade, Dawna Gilchrist, Thom Gossage, Anick La Bissonnière, Nadia Myre, Marilène Oliver, Monique Régimbald-Zeiber, Isabelle Van Grimde
May 23, 2012 - June 16, 2012
Opening: May 22, 2012, 5:30 pm
From the material body to the conceptual body, from the living to the virtual, the various points of view developed in this creation-exhibition by choreographer Isabelle Van Grimde, offer the spectator-visitor an unfamiliar experience and a pathway to perceiving the body in new ways. Dance, text (presented via various media), installations and visual or media works will be placed in resonance and tension within an encompassing architecture that further multiplies the views of the body produced by artists of varying geographical and cultural backgrounds. Designed in collaboration with architect and set designer Anick La Bissonière and composer Thom Gossage, the visual and sound space highlights the path of the performers and the spectator-visitors.
Assistant choreographer Soula Trougakos / Music Thom Gossage / Architect and set design Anick La Bissonnière in association with Éric O. Lacroix / Lighting design Lucie Bazzo / Video Foumalade / Essays Dr Cristian Berco + Dr Dawna Gilchrist / Photo Michael Slobodian
Produced by Van Grimde Corps Secrets
Coproduction Festival TransAmériques + Brian Webb Dance Company + CanDance Canadian Network of Dance Presenters (Toronto) + Festival Danse Canada (Ottawa) + Centennial Theatre (Lennoxville) + University of Alberta / Codiffusion Galerie de l’UQAM / Creative residencies The Banff Centre + Agora de la danse / Material loan CIRMMT