Guided by the simple desire to work together, the project La Nobody emerged spontaneously and intends to grow outside of all expectations.
Considered a satellite project of the companies MAYDAY and Danse K par K, La Nobody is conceived as a small pocket-sized piece, easy to carry from one place to another.
On stage: Jocelyn Pelletier, an actor by training and DJ for the occasion, and Karine Ledoyen, who embodies a female character with bipolar shades — a little worn-out and completely hysterical, clinging desperately to love. She moves but does not dance. She speaks but does not act. She revolts and conforms. She kills herself off and survives it. She preaches and grows bored. She submits and slips away.
La Nobody questions feminine identity and its relationship to the world. La Nobody highlights the makeup, the façades and the burdens. La Nobody lives in tune with her time, in decay and with impulses of self-destruction.
An unidentified artistic object, her creative momentum forces the work off the beaten path, outside definitions and programming frameworks.
Thus, La Nobody exists as she is: a misfit concept that fits nowhere.
With this project, we position our artistic approach outside of fluctuations, expectations and ambitions. Our only true intent is to create a space of freedom and experimentation for the invited artists, who commit themselves to shaping an authentic and atypical artistic object.
KL
Duration:
60 minutes
World Premiere:
2010
Description:
She moves but does not dance. She speaks but does not act. She revolts and conforms. She kills herself off and survives it. She preaches and grows bored. She submits and slips away.
Credits
Laboratory 1_ / June 17, 2010:
Presented as part of the third edition of Chantiers/constructions artistiques in collaboration with the Carrefour international de Théâtre and Premier Acte.
Concept: Mélanie Demers and Karine Ledoyen
On stage: Karine Ledoyen and Lucien Ratio
Laboratory 2_ / May 28–29–30, 2011 at 7 p.m.:
Presented as part of the OFFTA.
Concept: Mélanie Demers and Karine Ledoyen
On stage: Karine Ledoyen and Jocelyn Pelletier
Texts: Jocelyn Pelletier in collaboration with Mélanie Demers and Karine Ledoyen, with an excerpt from a poem by Gaston Miron
Costumes and scenography: Karine Ledoyen in collaboration with Mélanie Demers
Technical director / stage management: Olivier Chopinet
Administration: Valérie Parent – Diagramme gestion culturelle
Residency support: Maison de la culture de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Grand Théâtre de Québec, Tangente in collaboration with OFFTA
Previous performance
November 29, 2017 – Montreal / Off Parcours Danse
November 29, 2017 – Montreal / Off Parcours Danse
May 10, 2018 – Théâtre du Bic
May 10, 2018 – Théâtre du Bic
May 11, 2018 – Théâtre du Bic
May 11, 2018 – Théâtre du Bic
May 13, 2018 – Centre Culturel de Paspébiac
May 13, 2018 – Centre Culturel de Paspébiac
October 13, 2018 – Rimouski – ROSEQ