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Danse + Théâtre À L'avant-Garde Depuis Toujours Danse À l’avant-garde + Théâtre depuis toujours Du 23 mai 12e édition Montréal au 7 juin 2018 fta.ca Messages de / A word from David Lavoie + Martin Faucher ...................................................... 2 Messages des partenaires publics / A word from Public Partners .........................................4 PHANTOM STILLS & VIBRATIONS Lara Kramer ...................................................................................... 12 6 & 9 Tao Ye ................................................................................................................................................................ 16 KINGS OF WAR Shakespeare + Ivo van Hove ..................................................................................................... 18 TIJUANA Gabino Rodríguez ...................................................................................................................................20 UNTIL OUR HEARTS STOP Meg Stuart ....................................................................................................... 24 DARK FIELD ANALYSIS Jefta van Dinther .................................................................................................... 26 OBLIVION Sarah Vanhee ...................................................................................................................................... 28 UNION OF THE NORTH Matthew Barney + Valdimar Jóhannsson + Erna Ómarsdóttir ...............................30 BLEU Jean-Sébastien Lourdais .................................................................................................................................32 POURAMA POURAMA Gurshad Shaheman ................................................................................................... 34 LA VIE UTILE Evelyne de la Chenelière + Marie Brassard .................................................................................. 36 NON FINITO Système Kangourou ........................................................................................................................ 38 TITANS Euripides Laskaridis ................................................................................................................................... 42 QUATUOR TRISTESSE Daniel Léveillé ...........................................................................................................44 RÉCITAL Anne Thériault .........................................................................................................................................46 WINDIGO Lara Kramer ........................................................................................................................................... 48 FLUID GROUNDS Benoît Lachambre + Sophie Corriveau ................................................................................ 52 AUTOUR DU LACTUME Réjean Ducharme + Martin Faucher ........................................................................ 54 TOM NA FAZENDA Michel Marc Bouchard + Rodrigo Portella ....................................................................... 56 SOLO 70 Paul-André Fortier + Étienne Lepage ..................................................................................................... 58 LA PARADE DES TAUPES Philippe Quesne ................................................................................................. 62 NOS GHETTOS J-F Nadeau + Stéfan Boucher....................................................................................................64 AND SO YOU SEE… Robyn Orlin ...................................................................................................................... 66 LA NUIT DES TAUPES Philippe Quesne ........................................................................................................ 68 BETROFFENHEIT Crystal Pite + Jonathon Young .............................................................................................72 Terrains de jeu / FTA Playgrounds ..........................................................................................................78 Rencontres au QG / Day Events at QG .................................................................................................80 Partys au QG / QG by Night ........................................................................................................................ 86 Nuits de Montréal / Montreal Nights..................................................................................................... 88 Films Cinémathèque québécoise ............................................................................................................90 Cliniques dramaturgiques / FTA Clinics ............................................................................................. 92 Classes de maître / Master Classes ........................................................................................................94 Jeunes professionnels / Young Professionnals ..............................................................................96 Publics scolaires / Student Outreach ................................................................................................... 97 Équipe / Team....................................................................................................................................................... 98 Philanthropie / Philanthropy ........................................................................................................................ 119 Partenaires / Partners .....................................................................................................................................122 Lieux / Venues .................................................................................................................................................... 124 QG / Headquarters ...........................................................................................................................................125 Forfaits / Discount Packages ..................................................................................................................... 126 Tarifs / Rates ........................................................................................................................................................ 128 Billetterie / Box Office ...............................................................................................................Rabat / Flap Horaire / Schedule .......................................................................................................................Rabat / Flap Le monde change à une vitesse The world is changing at incredible Nos passions façonnent Our passions will spontaneously, fulgurante, les écarts se creusent, speed, disparities in income and spontanément, imprévisiblement, unpredictably, necessarily forge les générations se succèdent et opportunity are expanding, one nécessairement le futur. the future. se redéfinissent constamment. generation after another must continually redefine who they are Voilà ce qu’écrivaient ici à Montréal, Those words were written here Nos valeurs et notre société se and where they are going. il y a 70 ans, les artistes du Refus in Montreal 70 years ago by the transforment presque spontanément global, profondément insatisfaits artists whose Refus global manifesto sous nos yeux. Le passé imparfait Our society and our values are being de la société fermée et dominée conveyed their profound dissatisfac- est remis en question au présent. Le transformed almost spontaneously par la peur dans laquelle ils vivaient, tion with the closed society they lived futur immédiat doit être recomposé. before our eyes. The imperfect past dans laquelle ils étouffaient. in, a holy realm dominated by fear, is called into question in the present. a society they found suffocating. Il faut s’armer de courage et d’espoir The immediate future must be Notre monde, pourtant plus avancé pour aborder l’avenir. Un sens accru reconstructed. scientifiquement et technologiquement, Our world, so much more advanced des responsabilités doit prévaloir se retrouve à bout de souffle et scientifically and technologically, is pour que notre société québécoise We must summon up the courage and franchement alarmé face à demain. exhausted and clearly alarmed about puisse évoluer en cette époque hope to face the future. A great sense La terre, la faune et la flore en sont the future. The soil, the fauna and sensible. Dans ce contexte, les artistes of responsibility must prevail so that à un point de rupture. La vitesse flora, are stretched to the breaking ont un rôle remarquable à jouer : ils Quebec society can grow and evolve affolante avec laquelle nous devons point. The unnerving speed at which rendent compte d’un état des lieux, in these fraught times. In that context, gérer nos vies gruge nos âmes et we conduct our lives gnaws at our de l’impact de ces changements sur artists have a remarkable role to play. dévaste nos forêts intérieures. Vers souls and devastates our forests. nos corps et nos vies, et proposent They reflect a situational awareness, qui, vers quoi nous tourner pour To whom, to what do we turn to des pistes porteuses pour un présent the impact of these changes on our entrevoir des lendemains meilleurs ? catch a glimpse of better tomorrows? renouvelé. La danse et le théâtre bodies and on our lives, and propose Vers le silence, vers l’harmonie, vers To silence, to harmony, to beauty. placent sans relâche l’humain au promising paths toward a renewed la
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