UK – Ireland – Nordic Countries UK – Ireland – Nordic Countries September – December 2016 SEP– DEC 2016 01 Bonjour, Focus on Québec Festivals Welcome to the autumn edition of Québec Culture. With all the excitement of the Edinburgh festivals behind “I was delighted to have the opportunity to visit La Biennale de us, we now turn our attention to an array of festivals taking Montréal in 2014 - I had not visited the city or the Biennale before, and place in Québec over the coming months, which we hope it was an extremely rewarding and stimulating visit. The Biennale itself many of you will be able to attend. was a strong presentation of international and Québécois artists, some familiar, some new to me. I also enjoyed the opportunity to encounter CINARS (14 – 19 November) in Montreal is globally Ighby and Lemmens, a collaborative Québécois practice whose work I recognised as one of the most important international, had not encountered before. Beyond the Biennale itself, Montreal has a multidisciplinary showcase and networking events, vibrant contemporary art scene, and we were delighted to collaborate welcoming 1500 participants from over 40 countries and with Battat Contemporary to bring Julie Favreau’s new work to the festival in 2015.” presenting more than 170 shows from Québec, Canada, and abroad. It offers an invaluable opportunity to spot the best of Québec talent across the Photo © Ross Fraser McLean / Studio RoRo Sorcha Carey, Director, Edinburgh Art Festival performing arts over the course of one week. Other dates to look out for in Montreal this autumn include: Festival du Nouveau Cinéma (Film) : 5 – 16 October 2016 Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal (Documentaries) : 10 – 20 November 2016 “Visiting Les Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois was an ideal way of getting to know the Québécois film scene first hand, and to screen both La Biennale de Montréal (Visual arts) : 19 October 2016 – 15 January 2017 finished films and works-in-progress. From the perspective of CPH PIX, the festival showcase was great for spotting new talent, both films and Les Coups de Théâtre (Young audiences) : 13 – 20 November 2016 other audiovisual art forms that Montreal has to offer.” Mundial Montreal (World music) : 15 – 18 November 2016 Louise Højgaard Johansen, Programmer and Head of Events & M for Montreal (Indie Rock showcase) : 16 – 19 November 2016 International Relations, CPH PIX Film Festival, Copenhagen Salon du Livre de Montréal (Literature) : 16 – 21 November 2016 Houlberg Andersen Photography Photo © Yann Fringe World Congress : 16 – 18 November 2016 It is worth also noting that the 100th ISPA (International Society for the Performing Arts) Congress will take place in Montreal from 23 – 27 May 2017, a key event in the arts diary. ISPA is a global network of more than 450 leaders in the performing arts with representation from more than 185 cities and all regions of the globe. (ispa.org) “CINARS is an incredibly useful and well-organised platform and a terrific way to meet Québécois cultural workers and presenters. If you would like to find out more about these, or any other, Québec festivals, please do Attending CINARS helped me get updated on new projects from not hesitate to get in touch with our cultural team. We look forward to welcoming you to leading and up-and-coming Québec artists and was a terrific way to performances by Québec artists taking place near you and in Québec this autumn. reconnect with the Québec scene. I look forward to attending again.” Bonne lecture! Kris Nelson, Festival Director, Tiger Dublin Fringe Flip FabriQue at CINARS 2014. Photo © Marie-Paule Blais Christos Sirros – Agent-General, Québec Government Office in London Photo © Andrew Rankin; This is Work Don Robitaille. 10 – 24 September, various venues in Sweden (see page 2). Don Robitaille. 10 – 24 September, Cultural Contacts Assis Carreiro Marie Morin Muireann Leonard Jesse Peterkin Tentacle Tribe © Tribe Tentacle , Acting Director for Culture Cultural Attaché Project Manager Assistant [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Whilst every effort has been made to verify the accuracy This brochure should not be reproduced in full or of the information in this brochure you are advised to in part without the consent of the Québec +44(0)20 7766 5930 www.quebec.org.uk www.facebook.com/QuebecUK www.twitter.com/Quebec_UK contact the host organisations for confirmation. Government Office. | | | Fractals of You of Fractals Cover: DANCE DANCE SEP– DEC 2016 02 03 Fractals of You Daina Ashbee Tentacle Tribe 21 & 22 October 24 November Oktoberdans 2016 SACRED: Homelands Festival 10 September 20 September 24 September Studio USF Toynbee Studios Norrlandsoperan Kungsbacka Theatre Falkhallen Bergen, Norway London, UK Umeå, Sweden Kungsbacka, Sweden Falkenberg, Sweden Daina Ashbee is an artist, performer and choreographer Tentacle Tribe is a Québecois-Swedish creative based in Montreal. Her work is often influenced by her alliance between Emmanuelle LêPhan and Elon Cree Metis and Dutch heritage and her experiences as Höglund. As active participants in the street dance a young woman. Most notably, her work has been scene, this Montreal-based duo create uncommon presented for The Global Alliance Against Female dance works with a contemporary twist, using Genital Mutilation (Switzerland 2015). conceptual hip-hop and various movement techniques. Stunningly interpreted by Areli Moran and Paige Culley, Unrelated is a dark work that expresses the Fractals of You is their latest work. Characterized cruelty and vulnerability confronted by Aboriginal by its flow, physicality and precision, it explores women in Canada while exploring the self, cultural the evolution of consciousness and celebrates the destruction, violence and self-destruction. inward search for knowledge as opposed to the Photo © Don Robitaille material and external. Photo © Sarah-Marie dainaashbee.com | artsadmin.co.uk | oktoberdans.no tentacletribe.com | norrlandsoperan.se | kungsbackateater.se | falkenberg.se Re:generations International Conference 2016 CIRCUS Ghislaine Doté, John Alleyne, Roger Sinha BARBU 3 – 5 November Midlands Arts Centre (MAC) Cirque Alfonse Birmingham, UK Until 25 September As recipients of the Québec Government-British Council London Wonderground Spiegeltent, Cultural Cooperation Fund last year, One Dance UK came Southbank together with Montreal choreographer Ghislaine Doté London, UK and her company Virtu’O Danse. As part of this three-day international dance conference, they will be showcasing To critical acclaim and audience delight, BARBU Photo © Idil Sukan . the results of their artistic collaboration, with Ghislaine’s continues its 15-week run at Underbelly’s London performance of Skins on 3 November. Other featured artists Skins Wonderground. Packed with astonishing acrobatics and perfectly-groomed beards, this is from Québec include John Alleyne and Roger Sinha. cabaret but not as you know it. Performed by one of the world’s most iconoclastic circus Re:generations is One Dance UK’s academic and artistic companies, Québec’s Cirque Alfonse (the troupe behind 2013’s madcap lumberjack circus conference dedicated to shared practice, research and international Timber!), this is a spectacularly raucous and sexy circus that takes edge-of-your-seat, off-the- perspectives in the field of dance of the African diaspora. wall entertainment to a whole other level. Set to a heart-thumping score, circus and mayhem collide to wow you in this adventure of almighty skills and muscly torsos. Photo © Idil Sukan ghislainedote.com | johnalleyne.ca | sinhadanse.com onedanceuk.org/event/regenerations/ cirquealfonse.com | londonwonderground.co.uk Photo © Ghislaine Doté performing Photo by Foteini Christofilopoulou, design Diane Bodel CIRCUS CIRCUS 04 SEP– DEC 2016 05 Bosch Dreams iD Les 7 Doigts Cirque Éloize de la Main 20 September – 8 October Peacock Theatre 3 – 17 September London, UK Republique Copenhagen, Denmark Québec contemporary circus crew Cirque Éloize return to Sadler’s Wells with iD, their smash-hit show To commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of daring stunts and dazzling theatricality. A family- of Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch, Republique friendly show, blending circus, street dance and Theatre, in collaboration with Québec’s Les 7 doigts hip-hop, it transports audiences to a vibrant urban de la main, were asked to create an anniversary show streetscape. The stage fizzes with infectious energy that would pay homage to Bosch and the surrealist and phenomenal physical feats, as 15 talented cast movement he inspired. The result is Bosch Dreams, a members perform against a kaleidoscope of video contemporary circus show that takes audiences on a projections. fantastic journey through surreal imagery, delving into Bosch’s fabulous and saturated universe. Lazic Photo © Patrick cirque-eloize.com | sadlerswells.com In this world premiere, famous paintings come to life right in front of you as the amazing acrobatic artists of les 7 Doigts unleash their playfulness across a fascinating three-dimensional canvas of projected videos. Catch Me! (Attrape-Moi!) Photo © Per Morten Abrahamsen Morten Photo © Per 7doigts.com | republique.dk Flip FabriQue 26 – 30 December Amaluna Brighton Dome Brighton, UK Cirque du Soleil After a host of five-star reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe in August, Québec’s hottest nouveau cirque crew are 7 September – 9 October bringing their incredible new show to the