Dimanche XXIe

Dimanche XXIe is a two-phase project that has grown out of a reflection on Man and his rapport to time and space. Each phase of the project explores a very specific, and different, space-time.

Phase # 1 : Vitrail

Vitrail, the first phase, is presented in a very small performance space in a public urban setting where the passers-by are the spectators. The piece is a collage of images that contrast with or underline the movement in the street and the position of the public.

This first phase, a three-hour work, was premiered in Montreal in October 2003 during the Festival International de Nouvelle Danse. The performance took place in the store window for optician Georges Laoun on St. Denis street. The performance space was a platform in the window, providing a total area of 1.80 m X 2.70 m.

Phase # 2 :Æternam

Æternam, the second phase, will be presented in a conventional theater, where the choreographic premises for Vitrail will be re-created in a completely new concept of space and time.

Æternam, a one-hour piece, will be presented in a space divided into two distinct areas. This choreography for four dancers, preceded by an installation, gives us a taste of the ephemeral for another approach to time, another perspective on the poetic, perishable body.

Æternam will be presented in Montreal from October 6 to 16 at l’Espace Libre, in co-production with Danse-Cité, for its series Volet – Traces Chorégraphes.