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Ainsi parlait…

FRÉDÉRICK GRAVEL (MONTREAL)
ÉTIENNE LEPAGE (MONTREAL)

Ainsi parlait…

The brilliant writer Étienne Lepage and the wild choreographer Frédérick Gravel have created an unclassifiable pop piece that is cheeky and devilishly sexy. A good slap to the face of conformism.

AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE

THOMAS OSTERMEIER | SCHAUBÜHNE AM LEHNINER PLATZ (BERLIN)

AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE

A major artist of our time, Thomas Ostermeier grabs a classic play like an insurgent seizing hold of a weapon. A flamboyant spectacle driven by the urgent need to speak out.

Beauty Remained for Just a Moment…

ROBYN ORLIN | MOVING INTO DANCE MOPHATONG (JOHANNESBURG)

Beauty Remained for Just a Moment…

Renowned for her hilarious critiques of South African society, the choreographer Robyn Orlin turns recycling into an art in a sparkling piece full of good humour. Exhilarating.

Bells 13

ROBIN POITRAS (REGINA)

Bells 13

A flock of urban personas traversing the Quartier des spectacles, bells ringing at their every step. A meditative procession, an enchanting passage through the urban space.

Birds with Skymirrors

LEMI PONIFASIO (AUCKLAND)

Birds with Skymirrors

The New Zealand choreographer Lemi Ponifasio once again provokes a new cataclysm in our imaginations with this ceremony, imbued with obscure beauty, of reconciliation with the Earth. Exceptional.

Conte d’amour

MARKUS ÖHRN (MALMÖ + HELSINKI + BERLIN)

Conte d’amour

Extreme love transformed into exclusive and absolute possession, sublimated horror. Incandescent images distill the malaise and the fascination, portraying the unmentionable. A gut-wrenching piece.

Dachshund UN

BENNETT MILLER (PERTH)

Dachshund UN

Welcome to the Dachshund UN assembly where the roles of the representatives of the 47 member states on the UN Human Rights Council are played by… dachshunds!

GANESH VERSUS THE THIRD REICH

BRUCE GLADWIN (MELBOURNE)

GANESH VERSUS THE THIRD REICH

Hitler stole the swastika from India. The Hindu deity Ganesh travels to Nazi Germany to retrieve it, but his worst enemy turns out to be… the play’s director.

IN MUSEUM

MARIE CHOUINARD (MONTRÉAL)

IN MUSEUM

The great Marie Chouinard embodies the dreams that visitors of the Museum of Fine Arts confide in her. This intense and memorable encounter is truly a gift.

KHAOS

GINETTE LAURIN (MONTRÉAL)

KHAOS

The internationally renowned Ginette Laurin is inspired by worldwide social chaos in this highly physical dance piece that combines movement, sound, lighting and digital technology. An explosive cocktail.

L’HOMME ATLANTIQUE (et La maladie de la mort)

CHRISTIAN LAPOINTE (QUÉBEC)

L’HOMME ATLANTIQUE (et La maladie de la mort)

How does one drag Duras out of her writing? Christian Lapointe puts her – and us – in the spotlight on a film set in order to hear once again what she was like in the beginning.

LA GRANDE ET FABULEUSE HISTOIRE DU COMMERCE

JOËL POMMERAT (PARIS)

LA GRANDE ET FABULEUSE HISTOIRE DU COMMERCE

In a hotel room, five exhausted travelling salesmen are mired in the misguided values and hollow words of market ideology. A caustic and desperate saga.

LA JEUNE-FILLE ET LA MORT

LAURENCE BRUNELLE-CÔTÉ + SIMON DROUIN (QUÉBEC)

LA JEUNE-FILLE ET LA MORT

Enter into this cabinet of curiosities, this classroom, this splendid book of images, this concert of eclectic music, this conference, this installation… Welcome to an extraordinary and captivating world.

LE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS

XAVIER LE ROY (MONTPELLIER)

LE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS

The French performer Xavier Le Roy is a bogus orchestra maestro conducting the mythical music of Sacre du printemps. Fearless, effective and laced with humour.

LEVÉE DES CONFLITS

BORIS CHARMATZ (RENNES)

LEVÉE DES CONFLITS

A leading figure of the French new wave, Boris Charmatz leads the spectator into the irrepressible spiral of a dance canon performed by 24 dancers. Trance-like effect guaranteed.

NELLA TEMPESTA

ENRICO CASAGRANDE + DANIELA NICOLÒ (RIMINI)

NELLA TEMPESTA

After the electrifying Alexis. Una tragedia greca and Too Late! (antigone) presented in 2012, Motus is back in Montreal with theatre designed to trigger new political actions.

OUTRAGE AU PUBLIC

PETER HANDKE + CHRISTIAN LAPOINTE (QUÉBEC)

OUTRAGE AU PUBLIC

Christian Lapointe reinvents the art of – literally! – putting the audience face-to-face with itself, thus turning the theatre inside out like a glove.

So Blue

LOUISE LECAVALIER (MONTRÉAL)

So Blue

Louise Lecavalier jumps without a net into this choreography, pushing the body to a point of no return. A plunge, in fact a masterstroke.

TRIESTE

MARIE BRASSARD (MONTRÉAL)

TRIESTE

A whirling odyssey, from the legendary Land of the Dead to the depths of the abyss, Trieste is imbued with mythologies old and new. An enigmatic and undulating stage poem. Captivating.

What we are saying

AME HENDERSON (TORONTO)

What we are saying

Inspired by the Occupy movements, the Torontonian Ame Henderson and her collaborators clear the way for a new territory in dance, reinventing ways for people to be together. An avant-garde, subversive piece.

WINNERS AND LOSERS

JAMES LONG + MARCUS YOUSSEF (VANCOUVER)

WINNERS AND LOSERS

What makes us winners? How far is too far when confronting another person’s values? In this vicious, provocative game, no blow is too low. Anything goes.

Yellow Towel

DANA MICHEL (MONTRÉAL)

Yellow Towel

The performance artist Dana Michel plays with stereotypes of black culture in order to sink her teeth into embodying a strange creature in a disconcerting ritual. A figure of the Montreal underground scene well worth discovering.