… and the air felt like it would burst into flames
(2008)Choreography: André Gingras (Amsterdam)
"Life is very dangerous and few survive it..."
William S. Burroughs
The Western Lands, 1987
"First there is the World. Then there is the Other World. The Other World is where I sometimes lose my footing. In its calendar turnings, in its pre-invented existence: the world of the stoplight, the no-smoking signs, the rental world. One stops before a light that turns from green to red and one grows centuries old in that moment."David Wojnarowicz
Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration, 1991
Introduction
This piece is inspired by the work of David Wojnarowicz and Willam S. Burroughs whose artistic approach is characterized by his social criticism and his positions in regard to society. This socially engaged work reflects the poetry, humour and rebelliousness of these artists.
Credits
- Choreography: André Gingras
in collaboration with the dancers Pierre-Paul Savaoie and Vincent Morelle - Dramaturgy and collaboration on Stage Direction: Sue Jane Stoker
- Performers: Pierre-Paul Savoie and Lael Stellick
- Music: Alexander MacSween
(One musical segment was composed based on the piece “Do Fall” from the album Somelove (& records, 2005) by the group Foodsoon (Bernard Falaise: guitar, Fabrizio Gilardino: electronic sounds, voice and Alexander MacSween: drums) - Set Design: Jocelyn Proulx
- Light Design: Alexandre Pilon-Guay
- Costumes: Eugénie Beaudry
- Playwright: Sue Jane Stoker
- Rehearsal Director: Ginelle Chagnon
- Length: 30 minutes
A co-production of the CanDance Network Creation Fund and its partners: the Canada Dance Festival, the National Arts Centre, the Vancouver East Cultural Centre, la Brian Webb Dance Company and l’Agora de la danse, with the support of the Dance section of the Canada Council for the Arts. With the help of the Théâtre de Baie-Comeau, Usine C, and the Consulate General of the Netherlands.
Photos
André Gingras - biography
André Gingras Photo: Jochem Jurgens
André Gingras was born in Canada and studied in Toronto, Montreal and New York City. His studies in Canada encompassed theater, English literature and contemporary dance. He received a Canada Council Arts Award to pursue his dance education in New York City. Since moving to Europe in 1996, André Gingras has worked with Robert Wilson, Arthur Rosenfeld, Onafhankelijk Toneel and Min Tanaka.
André Gingras began choreographing in Holland in 1999. After an extensive career in dance and theater, his desire to explore a highly physical and visual personal language began to manifest finds its inspiration in the martial arts, in breakdance, in the physical symptoms related to specific medical conditions and in post-modern dance and theater.
His desire is to interface dance with the visual and digital arts and to create new hybrid performance experiences. Gingras’ repertoire is performed internationally: CYP17 (2000), The Lindenmeyer System (2003), zeropoint (2004). In june 2002, he collaborated as a choreographer with theater director Peter Stein in Stein’s production of Penthesilea, which was premiered in Epidauros. André Gingras has been commissioned by many prestigious companies including the Nederlands Dance Theater, Scapino Ballet Roterdam, the Rambert Dance Company and the Iceland Dance Company.
Performance schedule (2008-2009)
| 21 November 2008 | Salle Pauline-Julien 15 615, boul. Gouin ouest l’Île-Bizard Ste-Geneviève, Montréal Tickets: 514-626-1616
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| 24 February 2009 | Théâtre du Cuivre 145 rue Taschereau O. Rouyn-Noranda, Québec Tickets: 819-797-7133
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| 27 February 2009 | Salle Anaïs-Allard-Rousseau 1425 place de l' Hôtel-De-Ville Trois-Rivières, Québec Tickets: 819-380-9797
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| 7 to 9 April 2009 | Timms Centre for the Arts, Department of Drama University of Alberta (3-146 Fine Arts Building) Edmonton, Alberta Tickets: 604-251-1363
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| 14 to 17 April 2009 | East Vancouver Cultural Centre 1895 Venables Streand Vancouver, B.C. Tickets: 604-251-1363
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| 26 April 2009 | Théâtre Baie-Comeau 1660, rue de Brandagne Baie Comeau, Québec Tickets: 418-295-2000
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| 29 April 2009 | Salle de spectacle régionale Desjardins 99 place Suzanne-Guité New Richmond, Québec Tickets: 418-0392-4238
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