NEW CREATION:
aSH, a piece by Aurélien Bory for Shantala Shivalingappa
ZEUGMA
DANSE
« A true dance phenomenon, ZEUGMA DANSE combines step dancing and percussive dance with contemporary dance, creating an explosive movement vocabulary and a distinctive choreographic identity. »
ZEUGMA DANSE team
© Elias Djemil-Matassov
ZEUGMA DANSE is a professional company whose signature style is rooted in the Quebec’s percussive dance tradition which is fused with contemporary dance, creating an explosive movement vocabulary and a distinctive choreographic identity.
Active since 2001 on the national and international stage, the company has 14 works in its repertoire: Chantier (2003), Zó (2004), Hypertension (2005), Rapaillé (2008), Sokalo (2012), Sens (2013), R (2014), VII (2015), Cube (2015), Remix (2016), Aube (2018), Mémoire -1 (2020) and Errances (2021), as well as the collective coproduction Muses (2017) and Projet Quadrille (2022). ZEUGMA DANSE is currently developing several choreographic works.
Photographer : Elias Djemil-Mattasov
Photographer : Romain Lorraine
Photographer : David Wong
Photographer : Elias Djemil-Mattasov
CUBE - 2015
PERCUSSIVE DANCE
MOVEMENT Frédérique-Annie Robitaille and Yaëlle Azoulay
with precious help from the performers
RHYTMICAL ENVIRONMENT Patrick Dugas
PERFORMERS DURING CREATION Olivier Arseneault, Patrick Dugas, Philippe Meunier, Antoine Turmine, Ian Yaworski
PERFORMERS ON TOUR Sébastien Chalumeau, Chloe Hart,
Bruno Martinez Gamiz and Louis Roy
UNDERSTUDY Maxime Éthier et Vincent-Nicolas Provencher
COSTUMES: Yaëlle Azoulay
SCENOGRAPHY Louis Gloutnez, Michel Forget and Olivier Arseneault
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Mario Boucher
DURATION 25 minutes (no intermission)
CREW 4 performers + 1 Production director
+ 1 tour manager
SET-UP 90 minutes (including artists arrival) WIDTH/DEPTH/HEIGHT
7m (23’) / 9m (29’) / 3.5m (10’)
AUDIENCE SIZE 150 to 200
OUTREACH
- Talkbacks
- Masterclasses
- School workshops offered (in person or virtual live)
With Cube, four dancer-percussionists propelled by driving rhythms, must adapt to a constantly changing environment. Beginning as expansive, the space gradually closes in and restrains the movements of the performers.
The mounting pressure transforms their physical vocabulary and intensifies the emotional charge of the space. The audience, drawn closer and closer to the action, experiences with the performers the compression that forces them to reinvent their way of moving.
"More than 200 representations across 3 continents !"
CUBE - TRAILER
Photographer : Elias Djemil-Mattasov
Photographer : Elias Djemil-Mattasov
Photographer : David Wong
Photographer : Elias Djemil-Mattasov
AUBE - 2018
PERCUSSIVE DANCE
MOVEMENT Frédérique-Annie Robitaille with the valuable collaboration of the performers
ORIGINAL MUSIC Joannie Labelle
ARTISTIC ADVISOR Dominic Desrochers
PERFORMERS DURING CREATION Sarah Bronsard, Audrey Gaussiran, Joannie Labelle et Mélissandre Tremblay-Bourassa
PERFORMERS ON TOUR Rachel Carignan, Chloe Hart,
Marianne Larose et Régina Reichherzer
REHEARSAL DIRECTOR Sophie Lavigne
UNDERSTUDY Audrey Gaussiran, Marianne Larose
et Mélissandre Tremblay-Bourassa
COSTUMES Jeanne Dupré
SCENOGRAPHY Mario Boucher and Olivier Arseneault
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Mario Boucher
DURATION 25 minutes (no intermission)
CREW 4 performers
+ 1 production director
+ 1 tour manager
SET-UP 90 minutes (including artists arrival)
WIDTH/DEPTH/HEIGHT
5m (16’) / 5m (16’) / 3.5m (10’)
AUDIENCE SIZE 150 to 200
OUTREACH
- Talkbacks
- Masterclasses
- School workshops offered (in person or virtual live)
Empowered by bold rhythms, precise gestures, dynamic voices and their affinity for each other, four dancer-percussionists skillfully navigate obstacles and constraints in Aube.
Collectively engineering an escape and subsequent celebration, their gradual liberation transforms their physicality, as well as the gaze to which they are subjected.
A strong and committed dance work, like the women who inspired it !
“An intelligent and captivating choreographic work.”
- La Déferlente, France
AUBE - TRAILER
Photographer : Elias Djemil-Mattasov
Photographer : Elias Djemil-Mattasov
Photographer : David Wong
Photographer : Elias Djemil-Mattasov
ERRANCES - 2022
PERCUSSIVE DANCE
MOVEMENT Frédérique-Annie Robitaille
with the valuable collaboration of the performers
ORIGINAL MUSIC Joannie Labelle
ARTISTIC ADVISOR Dominic Desrochers
PERFORMERS DURING CREATION Sarah Bronsard, Stéphanie Boulay, Rachel Carignan, Sébastien Chalumeau, Maxime Éthier, Audrey Gaussiran, Chloe Hart, Joannie Labelle, Marianne Larose, Bruno Martinez Gamiz, Vincent-Nicolas Provencher, Regina Reichherzer, Louis Roy, Gabriel Saint-Pierre, Mélissandre Tremblay-Bourassa, Antoine Turmine et Éliane Viens-Synnott
PERFORMERS ON TOUR Stéphanie Boulay, Rachel Carignan, Sébastien Chalumeau, Chloe Hart, Marianne Larose, Bruno Martinez Gamiz, Regina Reichherzer and Louis Roy.
UNDERSTUDY Árpád-Xavier Bócz
REHEARSAL DIRECTOR Sophie Lavigne
COSTUMES Jeanne Duprét
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Mario Boucher
Imbued with an explosive energy, ZEUGMA DANSE new creation weaves relationships across an expansive scene. A succession of tableaux unfurls, exploring the fragility of the individual and the strength of the collective.
Errances is an odyssey of unity and self-discovery, creating a space of introspection and interaction in which the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
“Not all those who wander are lost.”
- J.R.R. Tolkien
DURATION 40 minutes (no intermission)
CREW 8 performers
+ 1 technician
+ 1 production director
+ 1 tour manager
SET-UP 90 minutes (including artists arrival)
WIDTH/DEPTH/HEIGHT
25m (82’) / 8m (26’) / 3.5m (10’)
AUDIENCE SIZE 200 to 300
OUTREACH
- Talkbacks
- Masterclasses
- School workshops offered (in person or virtual live)
ERRANCES - TRAILER
WHERE TO SEE
ZEUGMA DANSE
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September 30th, 2023, CUBE, Journée de la Culture, Saint-Sulpice Library, Saint-Sulpice, QC