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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 thanks to 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 closeness where bodies are touched in new proximity, a testimony of their strength, beauty, and diversity.

Questioning the notion of intimacy ever since the first stages of its development in 2016, MIRAGES challenges interpersonal relationships through macro shots projected in the hands and thanks to the new medium offered by the camera’s gaze and digital integration. The work makes sense in its interaction with the spectator, who can pick up the dance in the shelter of the projection module in 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 the “album” of the dancing body, whether bony, integumentary, digestive, muscular, breathing or nervous. The work invites us to redefine the notion of intimacy in a meeting between the digital and the organic.

Collaborators

ARTISTIC DIRECTION, CONCEPTOR & SCENOGRAPHY
Emmanuel Jouthe

VIDEO AND FILMMAKING
Xavier Curnillon

ASSISTANT IN ARTISTIC DIRECTION & SCENOGRAPHY
Lila Geneix

EMBODIEMENT
Les interprètes, Emmanuel Jouthe et 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 et Emmanuel Jouthe

MUSIC & SOUND DESIGN
Antoine Berthiaume

SCENOGRAPHY CONSULTANT
Joanna Gourdin

COSTUMES 
Jonathan Beaudoin

TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT
Samuel Thériault

PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
à confirmer

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

DIRECTION
Atelier 360 et Myriam Simard Parent

VOICES
Erini, Antoine Berthiaume

PERCUSSION ET VOICE
Vagelis Karipis

MIXING
Antoine Berthiaume

ASSEMBLY AND COLORIMETRY
Xavier Curnillon

PRODUCTION
Emmanuel Jouthe | Danse Carpe Diem

DIFFUSION
Résonances | Agence de spectacle