Topical Dance | Sebastian Kann

Topical Dance is both an experimental concert and a conceptual dance solo. It uses the setting of public discourse as a possible allegory to represent the act of dancing on stage.

Accompanied live by musician Simone Provencher, Sebastian Kann dances in a space filled with images, sounds, and words, taking us on a sensory journey that awakens our perceptual faculties. How and when does dance come to resemble speech? What is lost, drawn closer, or denied in this process?

The unknown, with its capacity to intrigue and captivate, lies at the heart of Topical Dance, a work where words bend and turn like dancers, while dance shines as an inscription before fading into memory.

TEAM:

• Sebastian Kann: Creation and performance
• Simone Provencher: Music
• Erin Hill: Dramaturgy
• Maria Kefirova: Movement consultant
• Katie Ward: Outside eye
• Tiffanie Boffa: Lighting design
• Timothy Thomasson: Digital images and projections

Special thanks to Karine Gauthier, Nien Tzu Weng

Presented by Danse-Cité
In partnership with La Chapelle Scènes Contemporaines
Co-produced by Sebastian Kann and Danse-Cité
Programmed by Winnie Ho and Sophie Corriveau

Photo © Noire Mouliom