Bodies launch into orbit, vibrating in a lustful and hypnotic ritual, Dog Rising mirrors the life cycle, the dynamic flow of matter.

From primitive impulses to gestures that are at times sexual, at times mechanical, Clara Furey’s new creation comes together like a polyphony of pulsating bodies, in turns dissonant and in unison. The choreographer pursues an exploration of physical phenomena: the way sound vibrations penetrate the bones, the way our skeletons absorb shocks, listening closely to the presence of the body as it fully manifests itself.

On stage, the trio erects an architecture of pleasure and is inhabited and nourished by empathy and acute attention to the energy of the body and to others. Through their tireless movement work, tensions are released in the endless repetition of cyclical gestures. Dog Rising invites us to embark on an extreme journey, a mesmerising, haunting, and penetrating spiral.

Dog Rising performer and artist Brian Mendez will also be running a Vogue Class at DanceXchange find out more about it here.

Credits 

CONCEPT AND ARTISTIC DIRECTION: CLARA FUREY

CHOREOGRAPHED BY: CLARA FUREY

IN COLLABORATION WITH: BE HEINTZMAN HOPE, BRIAN MENDEZ & WINNIE HO

PERFORMED BY: BACO LEPAGE-ACOSTA, BRIAN MENDEZ, JONTAE MCCRORY

REHEARSAL: LUCIE VIGNEAULT

MUSICAL COMPOSITION: TOMAS FUREY

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR & LIGHTING DESIGN: KARINE GAUTHIER

WORDS BY: CORAL SHORT

OUTSIDE EYE: PETER JASKO, DANA MICHEL, CHRISTOPHER WILLES, CAROLINE MONNET DISTRIBUTION :A PROPIC | LINE ROUSSEAU & MARION GAUVENT

PRODUCTION: CLARA FUREY

EXECUTIVE PRODUCTION: PARBLEUX

PRODUCED BY: ATELIER DE PARIS – CDCN (FRANCE), CD SPECTACLES (GASPÉ,CANADA), CENTRE CHORÉGRAPHIQUE NATIONAL D’ORLÉANS – DIRECTION MAUD LE PLADEC(FRANCE), FESTIVAL TRANSAMÉRIQUES (MONTRÉAL, CANADA), LA BRIQUETERIE – CENTRE DEDÉVELOPPEMENT CHORÉGRAPHIQUE NATIONAL DU VAL-DE-MARNE (VITRY-SUR-SEINE, FRANCE),LA ROTONDE (QUÉBEC, CANADA), NEW BALTIC DANCE FESTIVAL (VILNIUS, LITHUANIA)

PARTNERS AND SUPPORT FOR CREATION PARBLEUX(MONTRÉAL, CANADA), L’ÉCART – ART ACTUEL (ROUYN-NORANDA, CANADA), DANSE À LA CARTE(MONTRÉAL, CANADA)

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