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SUITES PERMÉABLES

Choreographic piece in an atypical landscape

SUITES PERMÉABLES is intended as a basis for questioning intimacy at the limits of its physical expression. In every culture, a certain physical distance is unconsciously established between two people. The interaction is delimited by an invisible boundary, by a personal space that enables us to enter in contact with the world, to breathe it in, exude it, and above all, to sense it.

Set in an atypical performance space, this choreographic piece is deeply engaged in bringing audience members outside of their comfort zone, shaking up their expectations and coaxing them into an unexpected encounter with the other, in a hidden dimension.

The closeness between dancers and spectators is established by the spatial arrangement in this choreographic piece. The stage area is anything but a conventional layout: it calls for a single row of spectators and close in front of them, a wall. Between the two, a narrow stage area punctuated by a series of choreographic moments. The body in movement cannot be observed from any real distance in this highly linear space. It is perceived peripherally or across the dancers’ skin, and often at skin level. SUITES PERMÉABLES is intended to be perceived in much the same way as one gives a look, reaches out a hand, or whispers in someone’s ear. The performers’ bodies in this piece are extremely malleable, in turn vibrating and withdrawing from the outside world; their presence is both gentle and unsettling.

SUITES PERMÉABLES, a work for 6 dancers, destined to an audience of 48, 60, 72 or 108 people at a time, following the proximal configuration of seats to the performance area. The show, which lasts about 45 minutes, is given 1, even 2 times within this same duration of the performance. It can be presented in different kinds of spaces, such as a theatre, gallery space or multipurpose room, as long as the given space can accommodate its technical specifications.

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Creative residencies

As a beneficiary of the Résidence de création et de diffusion en danse program of the Conseil des arts de Montréal in partnership with Accès culture, SUITES PERMÉABLES was hosted by 5 boroughs for a total of 10 weeks of creative residency. During the Conseil des arts de Montréal en tournée (tour), the show was given its premiere in the spring of 2015 and was subsequently presented at each participating Maison de la culture.

Salle de diffusion de Parc-Extension
April 2, 2015

Maison de la culture Mercier
April 10, 2015

Maison de la culture Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
April 15, 2015

Salle Émile-Legault, Maison de la culture Saint-Laurent
April 17, 2015

Maison de la culture Pointe-aux-Trembles
April 24, 2015

Maison culturelle et communautaire de Montréal-Nord
April 26, 2015

Centre culturel Henri-Lemieux, Maison de la culture LaSalle
May 1, 2015

This Résidence de création et de diffusion en danse (creative residency in dance performance) was made possible through the support of the Conseil des arts de Montréal, and the many centres in the Accès culture network. Cultural mediation and community development activities are carried out with the support of the Ministère de la Culture et des Communications and the City of Montreal, as part of the Entente sur le développement culturel de Montréal (Montreal Cultural Development Agreement). Danse Carpe Diem/Emmanuel Jouthe also thanks Escales Improbables de Montréal and the Canada Council for the Arts for their support in this project.

 

Cultural mediation

Cultural mediation activities were offered concurrently with this program, enabling residents of various communities to meet with the artists, share in the choreographer’s artistic process and engage with others. These connections help to acquaint people with the artist’s work and offer an opportunity to participate from an insider’s perspective in the creative development of a choreography.

 

Media excerpts

INFERNO MAGAZINE
Le dur métier que celui de spectateur ! (June 6, 2016)

LA MÉDIATION CULTURELLE (VILLE DE MONTRÉAL)
AU PRINTEMPS, ON DANSE À MONTRÉAL ! (April 16, 2015)

HORS LES MURS
LA DÉMARCHE – Danse Carpe Diem/Emmanuel Jouthe (December 18, 2014)

Collaborators

CHOREOGRAPHY
Emmanuel Jouthe
in collaboration with the dancers

ARTISTIC CONSULTANT AND REHEARSAL COACH
Christine Charles

DANCERS (actual cast)
Marilyne St-Sauveur
Élise Bergeron
Jessica Serli
James Phillips
Nicolas Labelle
Frédéric Gagnon

DANCERS (original cast)
Élise Bergeron
Nicolas Labelle
Frédéric Gagnon
Eve Lalonde
Philippe Poirier
Laurence Fournier Campeau
Sarah Dell’Ava

TECHNICAL DIRECTION AND LIGHTING
Mélanie Primeau

COPRODUCTION AND CREATIVE SUPPORT
Les Escales Improbables de Montréal

PHOTOS
Mathieu Doyon

PREMIERE
2017

Booking

Yaëlle Azoulay

for Résonances
danse@agenceresonances.com
Office: 514-521-4445
Mobile: 514-912-9235

 

Performances

February 12, 2020 (5 pm)
Centre d’art Diane-Dufresne (Repentigny)

February 28, 2020 (7 pm)
Odyscène, Théâtre Lionel-Groulx (Sainte-Thérèse)

March 11, 2020 (8 pm)
Centre des arts de Baie-Comeau

April 9, 2020
Maison des arts de Laval

Maison pour la danse (Québec)
January 23 and 24, 2020

Maison de la culture Claude-Léveillée (Montréal)
June 20, 2019

RIDEAU 2019 (Québec)
February 19, 2019

Maison de la culture de Rosemon-Petite-Patrie
9 décembre 2017

Sélection officielle de Parcours Danse, Circuit-Est centre chorégraphique (Montréal)
1er décembre 2017

Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal (Montréal)
30 novembre 2017

Maison de la culture Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (Montréal)
2 novembre 2017

Festival Accès Danse (Châteauguay)
March 26, 2017–3 showings

Circuit-Est centre chorégraphique, as part of OFFTA (Montreal)
May 31, 2016

Avec le Conseil des arts de Montréal en tournée :

Salle de diffusion de Parc-Extension (Montreal)
April 2, 2015

Maison de la culture Mercier (Montreal)
April 10, 2015

Maison de la culture Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (Montreal)
April 15, 2015

Salle Émile-Legault, Maison de la culture Saint-Laurent (Montreal)
April 17, 2015

Maison de la culture Pointe-aux-Trembles (Montreal)
April 24, 2015

Maison culturelle et communautaire de Montréal-Nord (Montreal)
April 26, 2015

Centre culturel Henri-Lemieux, Maison de la culture LaSalle (Montreal)
May 1, 2015 — 3 showings