DAINA ASHBEE

The first group piece by the prolific Daina Ashbee, J’ai pleuré avec les chiens (TIME, CREATION, DESTRUCTION 2021) plunges into states of being with both sober and incisive precision. Far from any possible attempts at categorization or binary representation, the naked and gaping bodies pierced by chants attempt to come closer together, pile up in vanishing lines – before breaking apart. Connection then emerges, in poetics of deflagration and trance, while the sounds produced by the bodies generate movements, growls, yelps, cries and calls. True flesh channels, the performers transmit myriads of stories, embodying a web of possibilities where everything can coexist. Because everything is transitory, fleeting, and forges a sensory experience where the sensitive configuration shapes a ritual of cohabitation and decompartmentalization. This work inspired by the density and complexity of human structure, explores its entrails, its thought processes, its energy, and its life force.

Duration: 80 minutes

Advisories: Nudity

J’ai pleuré avec les chiens (Time, Creation, Destruction)

March 22-25 @ 8pm

$20-35

Scotiabank Dance Centre

Co-presented with:

Advisories: Nudity

Duration: ~75 Minutes

Credits:

Artistic Director and Choreographer: Daina Ashbee

Rehearsal Director: Gabriel Nieto

Performers: Audrey Sides, Celia Green, Elise Vanderborght, Imara Bosco, Sarah Flack, Benjamin Kamino, and Sh’vii Rosen

Mentor: Benoît LaChambre

Lighting Designer: Stephanie Van Sandt

Musical compilation: Sean MacPherson, Daina Ashbee, Gabriel Nieto

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