Soleil Launière, a multidisciplinary Innu artist, invites us to an unusual performance in which she joins her one-year-old daughter, her 70-year-old mentor and a double bass player on stage.
Aianishkat means from one generation to the next. If there is one essential element that runs through indigenous societies on every continent, it is the notion of intergenerational transmission. From the eldest to the youngest children, we are taught daily lessons vital to the survival of the land and its inhabitants, both human and animal. For Soleil Launière’s generation and those before it, these vital links have been weakened by the forced intergenerational break-up. Every evening, movements and bodies are subjected to the utmost attention, to total adaptability with this child who brings a touching unpredictability.
Originally from the Ilnu community of Mashteuiatsh, Soleil Launière lives and works in Tiöhtià:ke – Mooniyang (Montreal). A transdisciplinary artist combining song, movement, theater, installation and performance art, she sporadically uses experimental multimedia to make spiritual in-betweens felt. Since 2008, Soleil has created a number of performances for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal artistic gatherings and events, both inside and outside traditional dissemination networks, and across continents. Between 2019 and 2021, she presented her first production Umanishish at Usine C, co-directed the play Courir l’Amérique presented at Théâtre Quat’ Sous, presented Sheuetamu, a production resulting from the residency for Aboriginal artists at the National Theatr School of Canada, and directed Meshtitau presented as part of the Festival TransAmérique. Since 2020, she has been Associate Artist and Professor at the National Theatre School of Canada and Director of AUEN Production, the company she founded.
October 2-3-4, 2024 – 7 PM
October 5, 2024 – 4 PM
Duration : 45 minutes
29$ | 35$
Meet the artists, October 3, 2024, after the performance
Midi-coulisses, September 25, 2024, from 12h15 to 12h45
The performance on Thursday, October 3, 2024 is also available with audio description. Equipped with headphones and a phone compatible with the wireless network, participants can connect to the audio description using a QR code. Intended for blind and partially sighted people, this method involves the live transmission of information on the visual and sensory elements of a work.
To reserve: contact Maud at Danse-Cité by phone at 514 525-3595 or by email at communication@danse-cite.org
Choreography Soleil Launière
Performers Soleil Launière, Rasili Botz, Maé-Nitei Launière-Lessard
Dramaturgy Gonzalo Soldi, Anne Lagacé
Staging Soleil Launière
Technical Direction Gonzalo Soldi
Staging Assistant and Stage Manager Érika Maheu-Chapman
Lighting Manager Guillaume Saindon
Lighting Gonzalo Soldi, Anne Lagacé
Sound Direction Laure Anderson
Music Émilou Johnson
Costumes Ange Blédja Kouassi
Direction of production Florence Leguérinel
Production Julie Marie Bourgeois
Co-production Agora de la danse
Creative residencies Agora de la danse
Production AUEN
