MARTIN MESSIER | CORPS MORT

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MARTIN MESSIER | CORPS MORT

Corps mort features four performers exploring the relationship between gravity, light and sound, and movement.

In a deliberately minimalist set-up, a dozen chairs are suspended by a system of ropes and pulleys. These chairs are not fixed or silent: they float and sway, taking center stage in a moving, meticulously orchestrated scenography. Like the performers, they become living protagonists of the work. Martin Messier precisely synchronizes the gestures of the performers and the movements of the chairs, blurring the boundary between the inert and the living. These objects, carriers of noise and movement, converse with the human bodies in a choreography in which every tension, every oscillation reveals an interaction.

Corps mort thus questions the place of bodies, their weight and absence, while creating a symbiosis between human gesture and the movement of suspended objects, amplified by a landscape of sound and light.

Choregraphy and creation / Directed by
Martin Messier

Performers
Kimberley De Jong, Patrick Lamothe, Simon-Xavier Lefebvre, Martin Messier

Research help
Brianna Lombardo

Lighting
Jean-François Piché + Martin Messier

Music
Martin Messier, Simon Trottier

Technical director
Dominique Hawry

Tech helper
Laura-Rose Grenier

Production
14 lieux

Premiere
January 23 janvier 2017, La Chapelle Scènes Contemporaines, Montreal

Residencies
La Chapelle Scènes Contemporaines, Circuit-Est Centre
chorégraphique, Recto-Verso, Compagnie Marie Chouinard, O Vertigo

Support
Conseil des arts de Montréal, Conseil des Arts et lettre du Québec

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