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
« 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 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 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), Aube (2018) and Errances (2021), as well as the collective coproduction Muses (2017) and Grand Quadrille (2022). ZEUGMA DANSE is currently developing several choreographic works.
Photo : Romain Lorraine
Photo : Romain Lorraine
Photo Claude Guigon
Photo : Romain Lorraine
CUBE-2015
PERCUSSIVE DANCE
(youth and general audience)
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
VIDEO | Philippe Meunier
PHOTOS | Vitor Munhoz
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR | Mario Boucher
With Cube, ZEUGMA DANSE moves into the public space, creating a new habitat for percussive dance in proximity to the audience.
In this unique performance, four dancer-percussionists, propelled by driving rhythms, must adapt to a constantly changing environment. Beginning as expansive, the space gradually shrinks until it is compacted and restrained. The mounting pressure transforms the physical vocabulary of the performers and intensifies the emotional charge of the audience.
Strength and resilience are at the heart of this vivacious work that celebrates the capacity of humankind to adapt in the face of adversity.
While Cube can be presented as a stand-alone piece, it is also one of the chapters in the company’s trilogy of site-adaptive works.
DURATION : approx. 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 :
-talkbacks
-masterclasses.
-a virtual masterclass and demonstration is available for school districts
'' 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
Photo : Jodey Hopfinger
Photo : Jodey Hopfinger
Photo : Romain Lorraine
Photo : Jodey Hopfinger
AUBE-2018
PERCUSSIVE DANCE
(youth andgeneral audience)
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 DURING CREATION | Sarah Bronsard, Audrey Gaussiran, Joannie Labelle et Mélissandre Tremblay-Bourassa
PERFORMERS ON TOUR | Stéphanie Boulay, Rachel Carignan, Chloe Hart 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
PHOTOS | Svetla Atanasova, Jodey Hopfinger et Romain Lorraine GRAPHIC ARTIST | Fabienne Baron
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR | Mario Boucher
In Aube, the company once again moves into the public space, in an exploration of passion, resistance and emancipation.
Empowered by bold rhythms, precise gestures, dynamic voices, and their affinity for each other, the four dancer-percussionists skillfully navigate obstacles and constraints, collectively engineering an escape and subsequent celebration. Their gradual liberation transforms their space and physicality, as well as the gaze to which they are subjected.
Intricate and enthralling, Aube is an homage to determined women, united in a struggle against limitation.
While Aube can be presented as a stand-alone piece, i it is also one of the chapters in the company’s trilogy of site-adaptive works.
DURATION : approx. 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 :
-talkbacks
-masterclasses.
-a virtual masterclass and demonstration is available for school districts
'' 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
Alexandre Planchot
Alexandre Planchot
Alexandre Planchot
Alexandre Planchot
ERRANCES-2021
PERCUSSIVE DANCE
(youth and general audience)
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, Sébastien Chalumeau, Rachel Carignan, Chloe Hart, Marianne Larose, Bruno Martinez Gamiz, Régina Reichherzer et Louis Roy
UNDERSTUDY | Audrey Gaussiran, Vincent-Nicolas Provencher et Mélissandre Tremblay-Bourassa
REHEARSAL DIRECTOR | Sophie Lavigne
COSTUMES | Jeanne Dupré
PHOTOS | Alexandre Planchot
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR | Mario Boucher
Errances...And if, over the course of our lives, each of us wanders an inner path that, subjected to questions and uncertainties, constantly deviates, revealing new and unexpected parts of ourselves.
In Errances, the company’s latest percussive dance production, the creative team explores how fragility can act as a catalyst for change. Errances is an odyssey of the internal, uniting the dancers on a journey to self-discovery. Together, they are able to surpass themselves, individually gaining strength from the collective.
After illustrating the capacity of humankind to adapt in the face of adversity in Cube, and celebrating determined women, united against limitation in Aube, Errances brings together the cast of both pieces to form the final chapter of a trilogy of site-adaptive works.
While Errances can be presented as a stand-alone piece, it is also the last chapter of the company’s trilogy of site-adaptive works.
DURATION : approx. 35 minutes
CREW : 8 performers + 1 rehearsal director/technician + 1 tour manager
PERFORMANCE AREA : Width 23’ / Depth 98' / Height 12' of clearance without slope (7m x 30m x 3,5m)
SET-UP : 1h30 (includes the arrival of the artists)
AUDIENCE SIZE : 200
OUTREACH : -
- talkbacks
- masterclasses.
- a virtual masterclass and demonstration is available for school districts