EARTHLING
Hybrid workshop/performance - 4 performers - 1 hr (1h15 with discussion)- 80 spectatior (school groups), 120 spectators (family shows)
Here, we are all misfits: in our element, yet out of place, adrift amidst the bouncy waves. Don’t be swallowed by the sea of possibilities! We must come together to imagine the city of our dreams. As we hurl our amazing (strange!) bodies and shapes into new rhythms, we find a groove together. Smashing and dancing and pouncing with feeling, through our Will and our Power we’ll carve out a niche for the Earthlings.
Created in collaboration with students from Montréal and Reykjavik, Earthling is an interactive dance journey for all ages features fantastic wearable sculptures that transform the body to find a playful kinesthetic empathy for all Earthlings: human, plant, fungal, mineral, and mystical. At the heart of this work lie the challenges of body image that begin at a young age. This hybrid workshop-show offers audience members a unique performance experience that encourages autonomy within togetherness to build community through dance.
Credits
A creation by Nate Yaffe featuring the work of Zuzu Knew
Artistic direction Nate Yaffe
Visual direction Zuzu Knew
Choreography Nate Yaffe in collaboration with the performers
Performance Angie Cheng, Nindy Banks, Lauren Semeschuk, Nate Yaffe
Performers during creation Angie Cheng, Pénélope Gromko, Lauren Semeschuk
Dramaturgy Georges-Nicolas Tremblay
Costumes and set Zuzu Knew
Composition and sound design Patrick Conan
Light design Paul Chambers
Technical direction Tiffanie Boffa
Costume assistant Lari Jalbert
Guest musicians Páll Guðmundsson; from the Reykjavik Hjalli School: Guðbjörg Zelda Marvinsdóttir, Katla Líf Louisdóttir, Salvör Árnadóttir, Svava Arnarsdóttir, Árni Stefán Bergmann, Hrafnkell Máni Aðalsteinsson, Einar Helgi Dórusson
A production of Le Radeau
Choreography created with the collaboration of students from l’école Félix-Leclerc in Pointe-aux-Trembles, l’école des Berges-de-Lachine in Lachine, l’école Atelier in Ahuntsic
Music and choreography created with the collaboration of students from the Reykjavik Hjalli School
Residencies
La Maison de la Culture Pointe-Aux-Trembles, l'Entrepôt de Lachine, l'Espace le vrai monde?, Dansverkstæðið/Dance Atelier (IS), In House // Outer space (IS), Tangente
World Premiere
May 15-19th, 2019 at Tangente in Montréal
Presentation
2022
Festival FURIES, Marsoui QC
Rendez-vous aux Tannants, Terrebonne QC
2021
Salle Iro Valaskakis-Tembeck, Montréal QC
Gallerie de la MDC Côte-des-Neiges, Montréal QC
Théâtre du Grand Sault, Montréal QC
2019
École F.A.C.E, Montréal QC
