Diasporama
Diasporama: Amalgamate of the words Diaspora and slide show (in French: "diaporama").
Introduction
Created by four Quebec or Canadian artists living abroad, this series of works — of which the starting point is Pierre-Paul Savoie’s Confidences d’un corps (The Telling Body) — will evoke displacement, heritage, exile and integration. Diasporama is a journey from the perspective of emigrant choreographers.
Diasporama consists of the following works:
• Confidences d’un corps (The Telling Body) — by Pierre-Paul Savoie (Montreal)
Choreographed by Pierre-Paul Savoie
Solo by Pierre-Paul Savoie
Length: 30 minutes
Creation: 2008
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• … and the air felt like it would burst into flames — by André Gingras (Amsterdam)
Choreographed by André Gingras
Duet with Pierre-Paul Savoie and Lael Stellick
Length: 30 minutes
Creation: 2008
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A co-production with the
CanDance Network Creation Fund and partners. *
• Mi-un ni d’eux (1/2 One Nor Two) — by Luc Dunberry (Berlin)
Choreographed by Luc Dunberry
Duet with Pierre-Paul Savoie and Marc Boivin
Length: 30 minutes
Creation: 2008
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A co-production with the
CanDance Network Creation Fund and partners *
• Invitation to Linda Mancini (New York)
Choreographed by Linda Mancini
Solo by Pierre-Paul Savoie
Length: 15-20 minutes
Creation: 2009
• Invitation to Mireille Leblanc (Göteborg)
Choreographed by Mireille Leblanc
Solo by Pierre-Paul Savoie
Length: 15-20 minutes
Creation: 2009
Partners
* 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 Salle Pauline-Julien, the Théâtre de Baie-Comeau, the Centennial Theatre, Sasha Waltz & Guests, Usine C, Maison de la culture Villeray – Parc-Extension, the Consulate General of the Netherlands, the Goethe-Institut and Cirque du Soleil.
Performance schedule (season 2008-2009)
| 21 October 2008 | Théâtre Centennial Université Bishop’s 2600 rue College Sherbrooke, Québec Tickets: 819-822-9692
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| 21 November 2008 | Salle Pauline-Julien 15 615, boul. Gouin ouest l’Îthe-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 March 2009 | Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg 1 rond-point Schuman Luxembourg, Luxembourg Tickets: 352 47 96 39 00
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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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