The 7 Fingers RÉVERSIBLE FEB 15 – 17

Gypsy Snider DIRECTOR/WRITER/CHOREOGRAPHER COMPANY Maria del Mar Reyes Saez, Vincent Jutras, Jérémi Lévesque, Natasha Patterson, Hugo Ragetly, Émilie Silliau, Julien Silliau, Emi Vauthey Due to the physical demands of Arts performances, the artists performing each day are subject to change. Thomas Lightburn (, ) TOHU (, ) Théâtre du Gymnase et des Bernardines (, ) CO-PRODUCERS La Strada Guillaume Ménard- (Graz, Austria) Crête COMMISSIONNING RIGGER PARTNER Chloé Rondeau Isabelle Chassé PROJECT MANAGER ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Julie Brosseau-Doré Phillip Chbeeb & STAGE MANAGER Hokuto Konishi Louis Héon (AXYZM) TECHNICAL DIRECTOR MOVEMENT DESIGN Colin Gagné in COLLABORATORS collaboration with Kyra Jean Green Sébastien Soldevila CHOREOGRAPHIC MUSIC DIRECTION ASSISTANT Colin Gagné, in Shana Carroll collaboration with CHINESE POLE CHOREOGRAPHY Raphaël Cruz, Ines Talbi and Ana Cappelluto Dominiq Hamel SET/PROPS ORIGINAL LYRICS & Yan Lee Chan MUSIC/SOUND LIGHTS DESIGN/MUSIC Geneviève Bouchard ARRANGEMENTS COSTUMES Francisco Cruz ACROBATIC COACHING

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The run time of 7 Fingers: RÉVERSIBLE is 90 minutes.

There will be no intermission. ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Luzio Altobelli, Jocelyn Bigras, Les 7 Doigts (The 7 Fingers) is an arts choreographed televised feature Colin Gagné, Guido Del Fabbro, collective unlike any other. In 2002, the performances for America’s Got Talent, Alexandre Désilets, seven founders set out to redefine Her Majesty’s Royal Variety Cédric Dind-Lavoie, circus by stripping down the spectacle Performance, the illusionist Darcy to its thrilling essence. Oake’s Edge of Reality and a Bench Dominiq Hamel, Denim and Underwear fashion show in The contemporary company tells Frannie Holder, Ines Talbi, the Philippines. In 2013, working with stories using death-defying Julie-Blanche Vandenbroucque, director Diane Paulus on a new vision of with a life-affirming theatricality that is , she integrated circus into the Leif Vollebekk, Spike Wilner unique to The 7 Fingers. Since its Pippin revival of the Broadway musical. Gypsy’s and Maxime Fortin inception, the company has expanded work on earned her a Drama SINGERS & MUSICIANS from its own signature touring shows to Pippin Desk Award and an Outer Critics Circle creating theatrical experiences as Award. Gypsy is also a guest teacher Original music available on diverse as the very artistic directors and guest director at the National BandCamp (album/reversible) themselves: original productions of Montreal. In 2015, she varying from intimate one-man shows received the Evolving Circus Award in Olaf Triebel to large-scale arena performances, New York City. Originally from San TOUR MANAGER Broadway musicals, artistic Francisco, Gypsy is the daughter of the collaborations with renowned Gabrielle Bérubé-Forest founders of The Pickle Family Circus. international artists and companies, TECHNICAL DIRECTOR /LIGHTING After receiving her degree in physical production design and direction, OPERATOR theatre from the Accademia Teatro special events, Olympic ceremonies, Dimitri in Switzerland in 1993, she Marjorie Lefebvre televised performances, fashion, art performed internationally for 18 years, HEAD ELECTRICIAN and music events, immersive with and many others. Mathieu Dumont experiences and much more. SOUND OPERATOR Every one of these projects carries A political scientist and author François Brosseau The 7 Fingers unequivocal mark. (L’Occident imaginaire, Éditions PUQ), RIGGER Ambassadors of diversity, the company NASSIB EL-HUSSEINI, C.E.O. has been has consistently spread its horizons by an advisor and volunteer for dozens of Fans and Whips text excerpt mixing genres and exploring new ways provincial, national and international from Eugene Ionesco's to tell stories. Fascinated by the human organizations. In 2003, he fell under the The Bald Soprano. condition, The 7 Fingers create charm of The 7 Fingers and took on the performances that celebrate our world, executive direction of this jewel of the With the support of Conseil des our time and our identity. Their shows Montreal stage. Nassib is currently the art et des lettres du Québec, tour the globe and bring audiences to president of the International Exchange Conseil des arts de Montréal their feet wherever they go. for the Performing Arts (CINARS). et Conseil des arts du Canada In 2018, The 7 Fingers opened their He sits on the boards of the National very own Centre of Creation and Theatre School of Canada and the The run time of RÉVERSIBLE Production. Situated in the heart of Société des arts technologiques (SAT) is 90 minutes. Montreal’s downtown theater district, and was a board member of the Conseil the new center houses all of the des arts de Montréal (CAM) from 2012 There will be no intermission. company’s activities, departments to 2018. In 2013, he received the and dreams under one roof. Université du Québec à Montréal’s Prix The 7 Fingers: RÉVERSIBLE at Reconnaissance in recognition of his exceptional career. The Broad Stage made possible GYPSY SNIDER (DIRECTOR) is co- in part by a generous gift from founder and artistic director of The 7 Fingers. Gypsy Snider wrote, directed Linda & Michael Keston. and/or co-directed 7 Fingers shows RÉVERSIBLE, Intersection, Amuse, Traces and Loft. She has

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Maria del Mar Reyes, Natasha Patterson, Julien Silliau, FRANCE USA DISCIPLINES German DISCIPLINES Hand DISCIPLINES / wheel/Juggling/ balancing/Chinese /Dance Chinese Pole/Whip Pole/Dance TRAINING San Francisco Cracking TRAINING Montréal (2001- TRAINING Circus Arts National Circus School 2005); Montréal School Balthazar (2012-2016); Escuela National Circus School (Montpellier, France;) de circo Carampa in Spain (2010-1012) (2011-2016) (2004-2005); National School of Circus SHOWS Crece 2015; Danses SHOWS Kooza (Cirque du Soleil); ID arts of Rosny-sous-Bois (2005-2007); Buissonnières (Quantum Collective); (Cirque Éloize); Les sphinx sans secrets Montreal National Circus School Babel remix et L’ours, l’écureuil et le (Saint-Catherine Theatre); Just for (2007-2009) dauphin (Montréal Complètement Laughs - Hosted By Andy Samberg; SHOWS PSY, Queen of the Night, Cirque); Co-founder of “Sphinx Sans Hansel et Gretel (Opéra de Montréal); Amuse (Les 7 doigts); À corps perdus Secret” (Cabaret of feminine circus) Cubes au Carré (Les 7 Doigts, 2018) (Les DésAxés) TELEVISION APPEARANCES Oprah Winfrey AWARDS Participation in 36th edition of Vincent Jutras, Show; Ellen DeGeneres Show; Jay Leno Festival mondial du Cirque de Demain CANADA Show; NBC Today; The Today Show; (France); Club Circus Price for 37th DISCIPLINES HoopSkate/ The Morning Show edition of Festival mondial du Cirque de Korean Plank/Dance Demain (France); Guinness W orld TRAINING Circus School Hugo Ragetly, FRANCE Record for German wheel of Verdun (2011-2012); DISCIPLINES Juggling/ Montréal National Chinese pole Emi Vauthey, Circus School (2013- TRAINING School circus SWITZERLAND 2016) Piste d’Azur (France; DISCIPLINES Contortion/ SHOWS Coups de cœur (Tohu); Jazz 2011-2013); Montréal /Hula Hoop/ Festival of Montréal; Festif in Baie National Circus School Dance/Aerial hoops St-Paul; L’Ours, l’Écureuil et le Dauphin (2013-2016) TRAINING Rythmic (Montréal Complètement Cirque); Les SHOWS Turbo Show 10 years Turbo 418; Gymnastics in Étinceleurs (Ecole Nationale de Cirque); Festival Montréal Complètement Switzerland (1997- Cirque EnVol Rochester (Haut-Vol Cirque; International Jazz Festival 2005); School Circus of Lausanne Productions); Minutes Complètement of Montreal; Festif in Baie St-Paul; (2000-2008); Dance in the Clubs for Cirque (Montréal Complètement Les Etinceleurs by Johanne Madore young dancers (2005-2008); School Cirque) (TOHU); Carnaval of Nice Rudra-Béjart (2008-2010) SHOWS ID (Cirque Eloize); Amuse (Les 7 Jérémi Lévesque, Émilie Silliau, FRANCE doigts); Le concours (Béjart Ballet CANADA DISCIPLINES Aerial rope/ Lausanne) DISCIPLINES Korean /Aerial silk/ AWARDS 3rd prize at International Plank/Hoopdiving Chinese Pole Festival Artistika; Final round in La TRAINING Montréal TRAINING Circus Arts France a un incroyable talent; Somodial National Circus School School Balthazar Prize in International Festival of Monte (2013-2016) (Montpellier, France;) Carlo La première Rampe SHOWS Cirque Envol (2009-2010); (Haut-Vol Productions); Opening Autodidact (2010-2012) ceremonies of Pan-American games SHOWS Daruma et Les Fourmis dans la 2015 (Cirque du Soleil); Coups de cœur Tête (Street Compagnie Entr’Act); (Tohu) Aparté (Cirque Starlight); Queen of the Night & Amuse (Les 7 doigts); A corps perdus (Les DésAxés) AWARDS Club Circus Price for 37th edition of Festival mondial du Cirque de Demain (France)

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