With his first creation for Les Grands Ballets, Australian choreographer Cass Mortimer Eipper is driven by an exploration of alternate realities. At the crossroads of biology and digital technology, he invites us to reassess our senses and cognition as we journey through lands made from mismatched bits and pieces. Substrate is one of these re-formed collages, blending futures and pasts. This work explores how hybridized versions of ourselves are merging with the debris of digital archives, that have warped humanity’s modes and methods of interacting.
"Thanks to this ballet, danced with vitality, we quickly immersed ourselves in the artist's nearly post-apocalyptic world. We felt tension, joie de vivre and tenderness."
Isabelle Lareau, La Bible urbaine
ABOUT THE SHOW
Duration : 30 minutes
Choreography: Cass Mortimer Eipper
Scenography and costumes: Marija Djordjevic
Lighting: Pierre Lavoie
Music: original score by James Peter Brown; George Bizet, Carmen (excerpts)
LES GRANDS BALLETS
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
Head of Wardrobe: Mélanie Ferrero
Head Stage Carpenter: Kenneth Gregg
TOURING INFOS
Created for:
Les Grands Ballets Canadiens (April 2023 - Place des Arts, Montreal)
Number of dancers: 10
