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UK – Ireland – Nordic Countries UK – Ireland – Nordic Countries January – April 2016 JAN – APR 2016 01 Focus on Dance Bonjour, Firstly, allow me to wish you all a very happy and fruitful 2016. Having been in office as Québec’s Agent-General for the UK, Ireland and the Nordic countries for just over a year now, “The world of Québec dance is vast - everyone knows that. And I have had the great pleasure of discovering the wonderful we have presented artists from there several times. If the Danish regard for Québec culture and creativity across the territory audience do not already know of the quality of Québec dance we feel we cover. My heartfelt thanks go to all of you as we that they should have an opportunity to see for themselves. From embark on yet another exciting year for Québec culture the mature masters to the young, wilder artists, you find inspiration, on these shores, which is testament to the strength of our poignant experiences and great art in all of them.” (Page 2) relationship with local cultural partners like yourselves. As you know, the cultural department works with a far-reaching and diverse range Photo © Bora Jesper de Neergaard, Artistic Director, Bora Bora, Aarhus, Denmark of partners on the territory in order to assist the advancement of international partnerships, exchanges, and market and networking opportunities for Québec artists and companies. What you may not know is that in addition to this, London’s Délégation générale is made up of two more departments and an investment promotion government agency: “The dance artists from Québec create work that I find speaks - The Political and Public Affairs department maintains relations with diverse loudly to audiences here in the UK. As a rule I find them and their institutions, elected officials and government departments, it coordinates the public work unpretentious, but courageous, with an irreverent edge that affairs activities of the Délégation générale, promotes the development of Québec creates an enjoyably subversive feel to both the choreography and studies programmes and provides information about Québec to the media and the the performances.” (Page 3) general public. Emma Gladstone, Artistic Director & Chief Executive, - The Economic department assists Québec companies wishing to export goods and Dance Umbrella, London Photo © Foteini Christofilopoulou services to the territory in all sectors including, among others, visual effects, gaming and the creative industries. - Invest Québec maintains a permanent presence on the territory to promote inward investment and links with local firms that have established a presence in Québec. Please do not hesitate to get in touch with us if you wish to find out more about any of the above. As for culture, you already know the team well. Marie, Muireann and Jesse “The 7 Fingers is a company with great artistic vision, creating will as always be delighted to hear from you if you have a Québec project you would imaginative circus performances with exceptionally strong dance like to discuss. They will be joined by an interim Director for Culture at the beginning elements. We have a long-standing relationship with them, having of February whilst Maude goes off on maternity leave. I’m sure you will all join me in presented Traces several times since 2009 and Sequence 8 last wishing her and her family the very best. year. I am delighted that Sadler’s Wells is co-producing their latest work, TRIPTYQUE, a collaboration between The 7 Fingers and Bonne année et bonne lecture! contemporary choreographers Marie Chouinard, Victor Quijada and Christos Sirros, Agent-General, Québec Government Office in London Photo © Hugo Glendinning Marcos Morau.” (Page 3) Prisms Alistair Spalding, Artistic Director & Chief Executive, Sadler’s Wells, London , Benoît Lachambre. Photo © Montréal Danse Cultural Contacts Alicia Clarke: Dance Umbrella @ Somerset House, London, 12-16 January Maude Laflamme Marie Morin Muireann Leonard Jesse Peterkin Director for Culture Cultural Attaché Project Manager Assistant [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Le Patin Libre © Whilst every effort has been made to verify the accuracy No part of this brochure should be reproduced in full , of the information in this brochure you are advised to or in part without the consent of the +44(0)20 7766 5930 www.quebec.org.uk www.facebook.com/QuebecUK www.twitter.com/Quebec_UK contact the host organisations for confirmation. Québec Government Office. | | | Vertical Cover: DANCE MULTIDISCIPLINARY JAN – APR 2016 02 03 Prisms Vertical Benoît Lachambre Le Patin Libre 13 - 14 April 19 April 21 April 25 – 27 April 12 -16 January Baltoppen LIVE Teater Nordkraft Teater Momentum Bora Bora Somerset House Ballerup, Denmark Aalborg, Denmark Odense, Denmark Aarhus, Denmark London, UK Photo © Alicia Clarke “It’s colourful, funny, unsettling, erotic, amazing, challenging, manipulative and even The hit of Dance Umbrella 2014 will return for a limited run at Somerset House’s iconic ice rink entertaining” - Dance International this January. A vital part of the international dance community for the past thirty years, Benoît Lachambre is a Presented by Somerset House and Dance Umbrella, award-winning Québec quintet Le Patin Montreal-based avant-garde choreographer, dancer, improviser, teacher and artistic director of Libre will carve the ice with their signature blend of technical skill and cutting edge style. In his own company Par B.L.eux, founded in 1996. Vertical, the second half of the show first performed in Dance Umbrella 2014, their mix of intricate footwork, wit, speed and grace pushes the boundaries of what is physically possible In December 2014, Prisms, created by Montréal Danse, won the prize for best choreographic and carries ice-skating performance into the 21st century. work, awarded by the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (Québec’s Arts Council). A joyful celebration of life, as well as an hommage to performers, its playfulness and energy are Winners of the Total Theatre & The Place Award for Dance, Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015; and contagious. Created for six seasoned performers, with the creative touch of lighting designer nominees for Best Modern Choreography Critics’ Circle National Dance Award 2015 (winners to Lucie Bazzo, Prisms is a fascinating exploration of senses and perceptions, in a series of be announced 25 January 2016). powerful, sexy, colourful, troubling and visceral scenes. This intense sensory trip stands out as a masterful expression of dance. www.lepatinlibre.com | www.danceumbrella.co.uk | www.somersethouse.org.uk www.montrealdanse.com www.baltoppenlive.dk www.teaternordkraft.dk TRIPTYQUE www.teatermomentum.dk Photo © Montréal Danse www.bora-bora.dk Les 7 Doigts de la Main (The 7 Fingers) 1 - 2 April Sadler’s Wells London, UK “These Canadian circus performers own the space where acrobatics meet dance” – Evening Standard A Sadler’s Wells co-production, TRIPTYQUE is a triple bill of dance and circus and a collaboration with some of the world’s most cutting-edge contemporary choreographers, Québec’s Marie Chouinard and Victor Quijada, and Spain’s Marcos Morau. The first piece, a duet directed by Chouinard, focuses on gravity and its effects on the movement of the body. Quijada’s work is a hand-balancing quintet, while the third work by Marcos Morau places a definite emphasis on circus as eight artists free themselves from both internal and physical obstacles. Photo © Alexandre Galliez www.7doigts.com | www.sadlerswells.com CIRCUS CIRCUS VISUAL ARTS JAN – APR 2016 04 05 Amaluna Artêria Gallery Cirque du Soleil 10 – 13 March Affordable Art Fair Battersea 16 January – 14 February London, UK Royal Albert Hall London, UK Artêria Gallery returns to the Affordable Art Fair in Battersea in March, once again introducing the highest ‘sumptuously designed and invigoratingly female-powered’ standard and diversity of Québec contemporary artwork - San Francisco Chronicle to a British audience. Since its establishment in 2007, the gallery has exhibited work by Québec artists at over Cirque du Soleil returns to the Royal Albert Hall with one of its 40 international art fairs in 16 countries. Representing newest touring shows, Amaluna. Never before seen in the UK, emerging and mid-career artists, Artêria specialises in the show will mark the Montreal company’s 20th year at the painting, photography, sculpture and glass. stunning, world-famous venue. Written and directed by Tony Award-winning director Diane Paulus, Cirque du Soleil’s 33rd This time, the exhibiting artists will include Amélie production is a celebration of love and a tribute to the work and Desjardins, Nathalie Boissonnault, Claire Poiré, Limbo, voice of women, with female performers making up the majority Annabelle Marquis, Virginie Bocaert, Jason Cantoro and of the cast, and all eight members of the band also women. Tony Moriello. Photo © Yanick Dery Photo © Yanick www.cirquedusoleil.com | www.royalalberthall.com Several Artêria Gallery works are currently being displayed at the Québec Government Office in London. Amélie Desjardins Nathalie Boissonnault Claire Poiré Limbo Amélie Desjardins Nathalie Boissonnault Claire Poiré www.arteriagallery.com | www.affordableartfair.com LITERATURE & PUBLISHING Moriello Bocaert Jason Cantoro Tony Annabelle Marquis Virginie DESIGN Soirée littéraire Denis Émilie F. Grenier Thériault 10 -13 March 17 March DesignMarch Québec Government Office Reykjavik, Iceland London UK Following a month’s residency in Reykjavik last year, having won the Phyllis-Lambert Design Montreal 2014 Grant, designer Émilie F. As part of this year’s public events to mark la Journée internationale de la Francophonie (20 Grenier will present her latest work at DesignMarch this spring, March), the Québec Government Office in London, in collaboration with la Librairie du Québec à a festival showcasing the best of the local Islandic design scene Paris, presents a soirée littéraire celebrating Québec’s most exciting contemporary literature.