[CANCELED] Chœur et chorégraphes provokes exceptional encounters between dance and song in a commingling of vocal music with the melodies of bodies in movement.
For this 9th edition of the project, the choreographers Charles Brecard, Lucie Grégoire, Maria Kefirova, Kyana Lyne and James Viveiros were invited to incorporate the nine singers of the choral ensemble plus music into their group dances, music specially composed for them. Percussion, along with invented or classical instruments, support and punctuate this rich rendezvous of dancing bodies, singing bodies and poetry.
An interdisciplinary artist, it was through his role as a choir director that André Pappathomas was able to further develop his work as a composer and stage director. As director of the Ensemble vocal Mruta Mertsi, he has created and produced a large number of performances that make use of different disciplines: visual arts, theatre, literature and dance (over 40 choreographers-dancers have collaborated on several editions of Chœur et chorégraphes). In conjunction with these presentations he has also explored with choir members, soloists and musicians a method of controlled improvisation that has become a distinctive feature of his musical expression.
Canceled
April 6, 7, 8, 2022 - 7 p.m.
April 9, 2022 - 4 p.m.
Duration : 70 minutes
29$ | 35$
Company Ensemble Mruta Mertsi
Concept and direction André Pappathomas
Choreography / performers Charles Brecard, Lucie Grégoire, Maria Kefirova, Kyana Lyne, James Viveiros
Music André Pappathomas
Rehearsal director Isabelle Poirier
Lighting design Mathieu Roy
Sound design Raymond Legault
Musicians onstage Zoé Dumais (Violin), Rachel Burman (Cello), Christine Hoerning (Bass & B♭ clarinet), Luzio Altobelli (Accordion and percussion), André Pappathomas (Bass and invented instruments) and Ensemble Mruta Mertsi
Co-production Agora de la danse
Creative residencies Compagnie Marie-Chouinard, Agora de la danse
