Four choreographers draw inspiration from the effect of the Moon on the Earth to illustrate our world: power play, the coexistence of peoples, our differences and at the same time our synchronized evolution.
LUNA provides a vision of the human and at what inevitably bonds us, of the energy and power that derive from this. The work presents four visions with common ground in hope and beauty, a clear-eyed yet optimistic gaze directed at our humanity.
ABOUT THE SHOW
BEGUILE by Lesley Telford (23 min)
3-minute pause
SONATA DE LUNA by Edgar Zendejas (6 min)
FUKUOKA by Marcos Morau (13 min)
20-minute intermission.
FROM THE SUN TO THE MOON by Vanesa G.-B. Montoya (38 min)
Running time: 23 min.
Vancouver-based artist Lesley Telford, who spent years with the Nederland Dans Theater, presents the piece Beguile. The choreographer explores interconnectivity, the influence we have on others and the influence others have on our individuality. Are we really independent beings?
Running time: 6 min.
Music: Caetano Veloso, arrangements by Aude Seguin
Jury and public awards at the Mondor Excellence Challenge in Trois-Rivières.
Montreal-based Mexican choreographer Edgar Zendejas presents a personal duet strongly inspired by the lyrics and everlasting voice of Caetano Veloso. Sonata de Luna is a dance under the moon of two beings where support is constant and mutual. Every relationship, either with a father, a brother, a friend, a partner or a spiritual guide; brings to us a message to help us in our endless life transitions.
Duration: 13 min.
Fukuoka presents the essence of language that choreographer Marcos Morau has been developing over the last few years with his company,La Veronal. The search for a refined form: without renouncing the inorganic and the grotesque, the rhythmic and the arrhythmic, the beautiful and the monstrous. For this piece, Morau brings a flamenco influence together with an abstract energy, rejecting any narrative discourse and allowing the two performers to completely drown in the shape. The contradiction of flamenco and contemporary forms, the clash of two worlds that nourish and complement each other: an exercise in style that brings the public closer to the universe of the choreographer.
Duration: 38 min.
Les Grands Ballets principal dancer Vanesa G.R. Montoya, is staging a rich and dense work entitled From the Sun to the Moon. The central theme of this premiere is the coexistence of multiple realities in this world, producing at one and the same time constant struggle and limitless hope.
Cast
Latest update on April 27, 2022. Cast is subject to change up until the start of the performance.
Ballet Master: Marina Villaneuva
1st Cast: Thu. 28, Fri. 29 and Sat. 30 avril at 8:00 p.m.
Maude SABOURIN, Étienne DELORME, Célestin BOUTIN, Catherine TOUPIN, André SANTOS, Éline MALÈGUE, Hamilton NIEH, Tatiana LEREBOURS, Tetyana MARTYANOVA, Kiara FELDER, Anya NESVITAYLO, Rachele BURIASSI
2nd Cast: Sat, April 30th and Sun. May 1st at 2:00 p.m.
Yui SUGAWARA, Jean-Sébastien COUTURE, Giuseppe CANALE, Alexandra ECCLES, Angel VIZCAINO, Catherine TOUPIN, Stefano RUSSIELLO, Kiara FLAVIN, Éline MALÈGUE, Emma GARAU CIMA, Sahra MAIRA, Myriam SIMON
Ballet Master: Marina Villaneuva
1st Cast: Thu., 28, Fri., 29 and Sat., 30 April at 8 p.m.
Hamilton Nieh and Enno KLEINEHANDING
2nd Cast: Sat., April 30th and Sun., May 1st at 2 p.m.
Stefano RUSSIELLO and Giuseppe CANALE
Ballet Master: Marina Villanueva
1st Cast: Thu. 28, Fri. 29 and Sat. 30 avril at 8:00 p.m.
Anna ISHII and Yui SUGAWARA
2nd Cast: Sat, April 30th and Sun. May 1st at 2:00 p.m.
Emma GARAU CIMA and Éline MALÈGUE
Ballet Master: Hervé Courtain
SCENE I: Prologue and "Marasa"
Théodore POUBEAU, Hamilton NIEH, André SANTOS, Antoine BERTRAN, Jean-Sébastien COUTURE, Stephen SATTERFIELD, Angel VIZCAINO, Stefano RUSSIELLO, James LYTTLE, Éline MALÈGUE, Tetyana MARTYANOVA, Yui SUGAWARA, Tatiana LEREBOURS, Rose TRAHAN
Duo, les jumeaux de Marasa Étienne DELORME, Vanesa G.R. MONTOYA
SCENE II: "Legba"
André SANTOS, Jean-Sébastien COUTURE, Hamilton NIEH, François GAGNÉ, Stephen SATTERFIELD, Angel VIZCAINO, Stefano RUSSIELLO, James LYTTLE, Antoine BERTRAN
SCENE III: "AYITIK" et "NAGO"
Melih MERTEL, Kiara FLAVIN, Roddy DOBLE, Sahra MAIRA, Enno KLEINEHANDING, Emma GARAU CIMA, Graeme FUHRMAN, Anna ISHII
SCENE IV: CAPITAINE AMERICA
Étienne DELORME, Hamilton NIEH, André SANTOS, James LYTTLE, Stephen SATTERFIELD, Théodore POUBEAU
SCENE V: "DAMBLAAH"
Tatiana LEREBOURS, Éline MALÈGUE, Tetyana MARTYANOVA, Yui SUGAWARA, Rose TRAHAN, Angel VIZCAINO, Jean-Sébastien COUTURE, Stefano RUSSIELLO, Antoine BERTRAN,François GAGNÉ, Stephen SATTERFIELD, James LYTTLE, Étienne DELORME, Hamilton NIEH, André SANTOS, Vanesa G.R. MONTOYA
SCENE VI: "LE MAL DU PAYS"
Anna ISHII, Stephen SATTERFIELD, Stefano RUSSIELLO, James LYTTLE
SCENE VII: FINALE "YANVALOU"
Étienne DELORME, Hamilton NIEH, André SANTOS, Angel VIZCAINO, Emma GARAU CIMA, Enno KLEINEHANDING, Melih MERTEL, Kiara FLAVIN, Roddy DOBLE, Sahra MAIRA,
Graeme FUHRMAN, Anna ISHII, Jean-Sébastien COUTURE, Stephen SATTERFIELD, Antoine BERTRAN, James LYTTLE, Stefano RUSSIELLO, Éline MALÈGUE, Yui SUGAWARA, Tatiana LEREBOURS, Rose TRAHAN, Tetyana MARTYANOVA
Artistic Director: Ivan Cavallari
Executive Director: Marc Lalonde
President Emeritus: Constance V. Pathy, C.M., C.Q., DMus.
Founder: Ludmilla Chiriaeff
Artistic Director Emeritus: Gradimir Pankov
Production Director: Stéphan Pépin
Technical Directors: Benoit Archambault
Technical and Production Coordinator: Carolane Hardy
Stage Manager: Tanya Pettigrew
Resident Lighting Designer: Marc Parent
Resident Sound Designer and Sound Engineer: Raymond Soly
Head Stage Carpenter: Kenneth Gregg
Head of Accessories: Pierre Berthiaume
Head Lighting Technician: Patrick Carrière
Assistant to Head Lighting Technician: Dominic Drouin
Head of Sound: Maxime Gamache
Head of Video: François Mitchell
Head of Costumes: Denise Morin
Head of Wardrobe: Mélanie Ferrero
Assistant to Head of Wardrobe: Stéf-Anne Lagacé
Costumes Project Account Manager: Marie-Hélène Gravel
Clerks, Wardrobe: Marie-Hélène Kleinbaum and Louisanne Lamarre
Senior Advisor, Wardrobe: Mireille Tremblay
Principal Cutter: Caroline Boisvert
First Assistant Cutter: Kéli Alexandre
Assistant Cutter: Camille Panin
Sewers: Barbara Cerbo, Cecilia Meza, Steve Fortin, Natalie Talbot, Sonia Létourneau, Coline Bruniaux, Haude Guyarmar’ch, Anabel Caron, Silvana Fernandez, Pamela Masseport, Francine Viens, Cyrille Brin-Delisle, Mireille Thibault, Camélia St-Cyr-Robitaille (maternity leave), Émilie Tremblay Lévesque
Dye and Textile Artists: Valérie Delacroix, Katherine Paré
External Cutter : Mathieu Audy
Technicians and dressers, IATSE Members, local 56 and 863
