The new creation of Quebec choreographer Édouard Lock, Trick Cell Play, is shown until Saturday at the Maisonneuve Theater in Montreal. A dance work by São Paulo Companhia de Dança, a Brazilian company with which Édouard Lock collaborated for the second time after The Seasons in 2016.
Sa Trick Cell PlayÉdouard Lock made the 14 dancers evolve into a chiaroscuro with light plays that borrow from the cinematographic genre of film noir.
For the music created by Gavin Bryars, he chose melodies inspired by compositions known to the general public. They have been deconstructed so that the public can recognize them uncomfortably in the new versionhe explains.
Édouard Lock wants viewers to identify themselves with his creation. I think theater and dance benefit from having the possibility of the public interfering in the work as long as it interferes with it..
His desire to bet on a chiaroscuro on stage also responds to this concern. Audience members can project parts of themselves that are not part of the production on the dark side of the stagehe said.
The music brings back memories: where were we when we heard it, to whom …? All of these elements are added randomly and unpredictably into a mixed part of the creationHe added.
Pretty weird
Therefore, the São Paulo Companhia de Dança provides the nourishment to Trick Cell Play at the scene. This is an amazing companysaid the choreographer.
Usually, he works with dance companies in Europe, but he likes the young troupe that is the São Paulo Companhia de Dança.
She has this technical ability to present a ballet in a confident way on a classical level while having a bubbling side and an interest that is stuck a bit in the norm..
They’re not dancers who are specific and clear on ballet standards, but they dance ballet very well, he continues. That’s what I really value.
The presentation of Trick Cell Playwhich lasts approximately 40 minutes, is accompanied by two other works: Ibong Apoyby Marco Goecke, at Agoraby Cassi Abranches.
A choreographer who is also a filmmaker
Édouard Lock’s news was also marked by his film Echowhere Rachele Buriassi, lead dancer of the Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal, dances.
It is built around a choreography, but in a film context where the choreography shifts towards visual abstract universes that are not specific to dance.he explains.
Presented at the last International Festival of Films on Art, this film will also be screened on April 27, in Montreal, during the Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma.
Source: Radio-Canada