ZEUGMA
DANCE
« A true dance phenomenon, ZEUGMA DANCE combines step dancing and percussive dance with contemporary dance, creating an explosive movement vocabulary and a distinctive choreographic identity. »
ZEUGMA DANCE team
« A refreshing gust of wind that sends categories flying in all directions and turns standard definitions of dance styles on their head. ZEUGMA embodies what we forget is at the very core of creation: inventing what doesn’t yet exist. »
- Émilie Coulombe, Les méconnus
ZEUGMA DANCE is a professional company whose signature style is rooted in the Quebec step dancing which is fused with percussive dance and contemporary movement, creating an explosive movement vocabulary and a distinctive choreographic identity.
Active since 2001 on the national and international stage, the company has 12 works in its repertoire: Chantier (2003), Zó (2004), Hypertension (2005), Rapaillé (2008), Sokalo (2012), Sens (2013), R (2014), VII (2015), Cube (2015), Remix (2016) and Aube (2018), as well as the collective coproduction Muses (2017). ZEUGMA DANCE is currently developing two new choreographic works: Errances and Mémoires.
CUBE-2015
PERCUSSIVE DANCE
(youth and general audience)
CHOREOGRAPHY
Frédérique-Annie Robitaille and Yaëlle Azoulay,
with invaluable collaboration from the performers
SOUND Patrick Dugas
PERFORMERS
Sébastien Chalumeau, Maxime Éthier, Chloé Hart and Louis Roy
UNDERSTUDIES
Jonathan C.-Rousseau, Audrey Gaussiran, Vincent-Nicolas Provencher, Gabriel St-Pierre and Antoine Turmine
STYLIST Yaëlle Azoulay
SCENOGRAPHY Louis Gloutnez, Michel Forget and Olivier Arseneault
Discover a brand-new playground for percussive dance ! Created by Canadian dance phenomenon ZEUGMA DANCE, their first in situ creation entitled Cube takes dance out of the theatre and onto the streets.
Feel the rhythm and enjoy the buzz as four dancers and percussionists create a seemingly spontaneous show inspired by the space and spectators around them, transforming their environment, moving from a free and exploded space to a constraining structure. This compression of space will influence the gestural vocabulary
of the performers as much as the emotional charge conveyed.
Power and resilience are at the heart of this percussive work that drives reflection on the ability of humans to face adversity.
DURATION : 30 minutes
CREW : 4 Performers + 1 Rehearsal Director + 1 Tour Manager
STAGE DIMENSIONS : Width 23' / Depth 30' / Height 12' of clearance without slope (7m x 9m x 3,5m)
SET-UP : 1h30 (includes arrival of artists)
AUDIENCE SIZE : 150
OUTREACH : ZEUGMA DANCE offers multiple cultural mediation activities ranging from talkback to master classes.
« This ZEUGMA performance was a must-see. A stunning show blending dance and percussion. The audience quickly let itself be swept up in this powerful and surprising performance. »
- Sophie Delafontaine, Ouest France, May 2019
AUBE-2018
PERCUSSIVE DANCE
(youth andgeneral audience)
MOVEMENT Frédérique-Annie Robitaille
with the valuable collaboration of the performers
ORIGINAL MUSIC Joannie Labelle
ARTISTIC ADVISOR Dominic Desrochers
PERFORMERS Stéphanie Boulay, Lisandre Bourdages,
Audrey Gaussiran and Mélissandre Tremblay-Bourassa
UNDERSTUDIES Chloé Hart, Anne-Marie Kirouac
and Eliane Viens-Synnot
REHEARSAL DIRECTOR Michèle Bastien
COSTUMES Jeanne Dupré
REHEARSAL DIRECTOR Michèle Bastien
SCENOGRAPHY Olivier Arseneault, Mario Boucher
and Atelier Laboutique
DURATION : 30 minutes
CREW : 4 Performers + 1 Rehearsal Director +1 Tour Manager
STAGE DIMENSIONS : Width 16.5' / Depth 16.5' / Height 12' of clearance without slope (5m x 5m x 3,5m)
SET-UP : 1h30 (includes arrival of artists)
AUDIENCE SIZE : 150
OUTREACH : ZEUGMA DANCE offers multiple cultural mediation activities ranging from talkback to master classes.
ZEUGMA DANCE steps into the public sphere with Aube, a dramatic yet exciting choreographic work that has audiences experiencing percussive dance as they never have before !
Immerse yourself in the powerful rhythms and elegant gestures of four performers who artfully play with the elements that constrain them, all in order to escape their hold. This progressive emancipation transforms the dancers’ space, their gestural vocabulary, and the way they are viewed by onlookers.
Passion and determination are at the core of this percussive dance allegory on how we understand the place of women in the 21st century.
WHERE TO SEE
ZEUGMA NEXT
Since COVID-19 has affected the entire 20-21 season – Dates will be announced shortly after the cultural field returns to normal.