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Mountains are Mountains
Montreal choreographer Dana Gingras brings to the stage a never-ending ascent, in which two duets come together in an obsessive and enigmatic climb.
This dance piece transports us to a metaphysical dimension, as dancers scale a mountain looking for the future. They are surrounded by live music performed by renowned Australian drummer Jim White and by poetic imagery from the video installation of artist Erin Weisgerber. Movement, music, light, and imagery converge to create a “visible door to the invisible”. This quest for the future seems impossible and serves as a reminder that life’s purpose isn’t found elsewhere but within life itself, or rather, within ourselves. Dana Gingras pushes boundaries with this remarkable work.
Dana Gingras © Austin Young
Animals of Distinction fosters the creation of cutting-edge works with innovative collaborators across multiple mediums and artistic practices. The work of AOD has been presented nationally and internationally across diverse platforms including live performance, film, design, visual art and new media. Recent live works include the large-scale productions Frontera (2019) and Creation Destruction (2022), both of which were made in collaboration with UK design studio United Visual Artists. In 2020 AOD initiated Jump Cut, a multi-episode series commissioned and recently presented by CTM Festival Berlin in response to the pandemic. Each episode features a unique collaboration of artists traversing sculptural movement, sound, dance and performance. Individual episodes have been screened at prominent international festivals and most recently a retrospective screening of the complete series was featured at <Connected Alienation> a CTM 2022 exhibition at Kunstraum Kreuzberg.
Josh Martin © Max Tamoto
© Max Tamoto
Rob Abubo
© Francesca Chudnoff
Justin De Luna
© Claudia Chan Tak
Company Animals of Distinction
Choreography Dana Gingras
Performers and co-creators Robert Abubo & Josh Martin, Justin De Luna & Louise Michel Jackson
Music Jim White
Sound Design Roger Tellier-Craig
Dramaturge Kathy Casey
Lighting Design Lucie Bazzo
Video Erin Weisgerber
Scenography Simon Guilbault
Costumes Louise Michel Jackson
Outside Eye Daniel Canty
Technical Direction Carlos Ponte
Co-production Agora de la danse
Residencies Orsolina28, Agora de la danse, Progress Lab, Stable