The primary intention of “the wind rises” is to observe the passage from inertia to Momentum through a luminous, joyful lens. Repetitive patterns are employed with an eye to liberation.
The piece unfurls in the wind, the body wandering, whirling and trying to anchor itself in an empty space. The loss of bearings, the construction of new adaptive anchors, the perpetual geometry of the circuit, so many images that filter, with the aim of adding nuance to a black and white universe. The work echoes the collective inertia from which we emerge, the current squalls that shake our certainties. This project asks, how does one regain a sense of orientation in a relatively chaotic context?
(Source: La Chapelle, Scènes Contemporaines)
CRÉDITS
Choreography and Performance
Manuel Roque
Understudy interpreter
Nils Levazeux
Costumes
Marilène Bastien
Lighting
Karine Gauthier
Soundtrack
Manuel Roque
Mix and Sound Advice
Pablo Geeraert
Artistic Advice and Dramaturgy
Sophie Michaud and Lucie Vigneault
Visual Materials (Photos and Video Teaser)
Robin Pineda Gould
Coproduction
La Chapelle Scènes Contemporaines
Delegate Production and Development
DLD
This project received support from the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec (CALQ) and the Conseil des Arts de Montréal (CAM).
“Le vent se lève” benefited from a technical creation residency at La Chapelle Scènes Contemporaines, Montreal.
Acknowledgements
Judith Allen, Sophie Corriveau, Hugo Dalphond, Nils Levazeux, Enora Rivière,
Pierre-Mary Toussaint
