Show: Double Bill with Marie-Chantale Béland + Héloïse Le Bagousse and Meï Thongsoume
À toutes les dames qui portent un jupon
The first choreographic work by emerging Québec artist Marie-Chantale Béland, À toutes les dames qui portent un jupon is a celebration of self-assertion, an invitation to finally claim the space that is rightfully ours.
Inspired by the video of the choreographer’s parents’ wedding, the performance immerses us into a family memory where societal dynamics clash on a small scale. Underneath the archival footage, sexist stereotypes and prejudices, mainly against women, emerge. In response to this outdated portrait, Marie-Chantale Béland brings to the stage three female protagonists—her mother and aunts—who each in turn take center stage. Sisterhood is revealed as an act of empowerment, an antidote to the invisibility once imposed.
Young creators Héloïse Le Bagousse and Meï Thongsoume paint a graceful fresco inspired by the concept of time, that paradoxical blend of moment and eternity.
With palpable chemistry, the duo opens a window onto this monumental philosophical concept that has fascinated, continues to fascinate, and will always fascinate. Time, which passes, flies, slows down, and freezes without ever stopping, is expressed through complex and precise movements tinged with theatricality. The artists bring the aesthetics of movement into the present by drawing from their backgrounds in classical arts, philosophy, psychology, spirituality, politics, and fashion. Set to the music of Bach and Vivaldi, Le paradoxe des horloges transports the audience into a world of harmony and beauty.
