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MIRAGES

A composite installation for public space designed by Emmanuel Jouthe, MIRAGES is an intimate proposal that invents a mise en abyme of the living. It is a modular array of choreographic solos created in close collaboration with the performers and video artist Xavier Curnillon. The solos take place within the musical universe of composer Antoine Berthiaume and are arranged with the help of a digital projection module designed in partnership with HUB Studio. MIRAGES brings us closer— even closer—to the dance and allows us to witness a level of intimacy where bodies are revealed in new proximity, testifying to their strength, beauty, and diversity.

Questioning the notion of intimacy since its early development in 2016, MIRAGES challenges interpersonal relationships through macro shots projected onto the hands, using the unique perspective offered by the camera’s gaze and digital integration. The work gains meaning through its interaction with the spectator, who can experience the dance within the shelter of the projection module, receiving it as a welcoming gesture. In its full form, the six modules— inspired by nature and trees—will be arranged in an inviting woodland scene. The public will be able to discover the different pieces of this "album" of the dancing body, whether bony, integumentary, digestive, muscular, respiratory, or nervous. The work invites us to redefine intimacy in a meeting between the digital and the organic.

Press Excerpts

FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU FILM SUR L’ART
MIRAGES À LA NUIT DE LA DANSE
By The FIFA 41
https://lefifa.com/catalogue/mirages (March 2023)

LE CARREFOUR DE QUÉBEC
Fait Maison : pour découvrir l’univers de la danse By Mélissa Gaudreault
https://xacmediaconcept.com/2024/01/26/mirages-expo/ (April 20, 2023)

SUR LES PAS DU SPECTATEUR
Sur mes pas hors sentiers pour découvrir "MIRAGES en vitrine" avec des perspectives fort belles !
By Robert St-Amour
http://surlespasduspectateur.blogspot.com/2023/06/sur-mes-pas-hors-sentiers-pour.html (June 1, 2023)

XAC MEDIA CONCEPT
MIRAGE EXPO
By Xavier Curnillon
https://xacmediaconcept.com/2024/01/26/mirages-expo/ (January 26, 2024)

Collaborators

ARTISTIC DIRECTION, DESIGN, AND SCENOGRAPHY
Emmanuel Jouthe

VIDEO AND FILM PRODUCTION
Xavier Curnillon

ASSISTANT TO THE ARTISTIC DIRECTION AND SCENOGRAPHY
Lila Geneix

EMBODIEMENT
The performers, Emmanuel Jouthe and Xavier Curnillon

PERFORMERS
Pierre Bastien, Élise Bergeron, Emmanuel Jouthe, James Phillips, Jessica Serli, Carla Soto, Marilyne St-Sauveur

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Yann-Manuel Hernandez

SCRIPTING
Xavier Curnillon and Emmanuel Jouthe

EDITING AND COLOR GRADING
Xavier Curnillon

MUSIC AND SOUND DESIGN
Antoine Berthiaume

VOICES
Erini, Antoine Berthiaume

PERCUSSION AND VOICE
Vagelis Karipis

MIXING
Antoine Berthiaume

PARTICIPATION IN THE DESIGN OF THE MODULES AND TABLE
Mirari and Myriam Simard Parent

PRODUCTION
Atelier 360 and Myriam Simard Parent

COSTUMES
Jonathan Beaudoin

PRODUCTION MANAGER
Claire Pearl
(Mélanie Primeau)

DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS
Sarah Germain
(Mélia Boivin)

PRODUCTION
Emmanuel Jouthe | Danse Carpe Diem

Performances

CAM en tournée 2024
Maison de la Culture Plateau Mont-Royal from August 26 to October 5, 2024
Maison de la Culture Marie-Uguay from December 4, 2024, to January 27, 2025
Maison de la Culture Rosemont from March 13 to May 16, 2025

MTL CONNECT
October 14 to 17, 2024

Festival FURIES 2024 - Marsoui
July 24 to 29, 2024

Parcours Danse 2023 - La danse sur les routes du Québec
Maison de la Culture Plateau Mont-Royal from November 29 to December 3, 2023
Maison de la Culture Notre-Dame-de-Grâce from November 29 to December 17, 2023
Maison de la culture Janine-Sutto from November 29 to December 17, 2023

Usine C - OFF FTA 2023
May 30 and 31, 2023

Fait Maison - Maison pour la danse de Québec
April 29 and 30, 2023