De la glorieuse fragilité

Duration:
60 minutes

World Premiere:
November 28, 2018

Description:
How does one reinvent oneself after a passionate career? When do we decide to stop? Does life decide for us? Is the flame that once consumed us still burning? Choreographer Karine Ledoyen set out to meet professional performers who have stepped away from the stage.

I thought I was beginning a project about grief, and as a starting point I wanted to draw inspiration from the stories of dancers who had left the profession. But after listening to all the interviews — dancers from different generations, from ballet to contemporary to social dance — I realized that the theme emerging above all was a celebration of dance.

— Karine Ledoyen

The Alphabet Book

Texts recomposed by dramaturg Katya Montaignac from interviews conducted with 26 dancers who have left the professional stage. This eponymous collection offers a way to share, parallel to and complementary with the performance, the richness of the testimonies that nourished the artistic team throughout the entire creation process.
Confidences, fragments of life, introspections: these lived experiences form a space of reflection and memory for dance.

The Podcast

After serving as choreographic material for the creation of De la glorieuse fragilité, the precious words of the artists are now being shared with the public. Presented as six episodes woven with archival material and poetry, the full interviews conducted by Karine Ledoyen are unveiled in their entirety. A co-production of Danse K par K and Espace Perreault Transmissions chorégraphiques. Directed by: Catherine-Eve Gadoury and Karine Ledoyen.

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Choreography: Karine Ledoyen, in collaboration with the performers
Restaging team: Fabien Piché, Léa Ratycz-Légaré, Odile-Amélie Peters, Rodrigo Alvarenga-Bonilla
Original creation team: Elinor Fueter, Jason Martin, Simon Renaud, Ariane Voineau
Video design, manipulation and live performative processing: Andrée-Anne Giguère
Artistic advisor and rehearsal director: Ginelle Chagnon
Sound design: Mathieu Doyon
Sound research: Patrick Saint-Denis
Dramaturgy: Katya Montaignac
Lighting design: Martin Sirois
Costume design and construction (restaging): Laurie Carrier
Costume design and construction (original creation): Jennifer Pocobene
Technical direction: Mélany Bolduc
Stage management: Vicky Fortin Boudreault
Administrative direction: Francine Chabot
Production direction: Karine Ledoyen
Production assistant (creation): Nancy Lavoie
Graphic design: Isabelle Pelletier
Communications: Émilie Rioux
Booking agent: La Tribu, Suzie Larivée
Co-production: La Rotonde, Centre chorégraphique de Québec
Creation residencies: Agora de la danse, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Maison de la culture Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, La Rotonde, Centre chorégraphique de Québec
Podcast co-production: Espace Perreault – Transmissions chorégraphiques
Acknowledgments: Anne Barry, AnneBruce Falconer, Annie-Claude Coutu Geoffroy, Catherine Martin, Daniel Soulières, David Rose, Frédéric Marier, Isabelle Gagnon, Judith Lessard-Bérubé, Laura Pinsonneault-Craig, Luc Ouellette, Lucie Boissinot, Lucie Mongrain, Marilou Castonguay, Martine Lusignan, Michèle Febvre, Nancy Lavoie, Raphaëlle Perreault and Yves St-Pierre

With the support of:

Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
Canada Council for the Arts
Entente de développement culturel de la Ville de Québec

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