Les limites infinies de la peau – version galerie

Caroline Laurin-Beaucage’s choreographic work unfolds in two new and unprecedented gallery formats at Ateliers Belleville:

1. A performative installation where the public is free to move within the gallery space, on Thursday, April 11th from 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm.
2. A full-length version of 50 minutes adapted to the venue, on Friday, April 12th at 8:00 pm (doors open at 7:30 pm).

The Infinite Limits of the Skin

Using vivariums, transparent basins placed in the gallery space, a duo of performers bare themselves and reveal their intimacy, both what is kept to oneself and what we desire to share. The music, scenography, and their movements complement each other to unveil a microcosm in constant evolution. In both literal and figurative senses, the intention of this piece is to confine them, to strip them of their habitat, their habits, and conventional relationships, in a physical environment as unique as it is demanding. The two bodies rock and sway transparently in these basins that will quickly become their homes. What are the links that can be woven between oneself, the other, and the environment? Can our bodies be porous vectors, to the point of forgetting the boundary of flesh?

Getting There

Ateliers Belleville is located in the Chabanel district at 545 Legendre Street West. Several bus stops are nearby: lines 146, 19, and 135 (from Crémazie metro), and line 55 – Saint Laurent (Saint-Laurent/Legendre stop, a 10-minute walk away).

Tickets can be purchased online, but also at the door with cash.

Photo credit: Denis Martin with performers Simon Renaud and Léonie Bélanger.