THRESHOLDS
THRESHOLDS is a reverie.
We would look together at this building across the street. In each window a human who looks like us... and we would guess their life, during our sleepless night..
“Picture this
everything that happens unbeknownst to us
but that nevertheless contributes to the grinding,
the murmuring of the universe. “ 1
We watch them through the walls. They play out their lives, their doubts and their burning desires. All at the threshold of something
« They’re just people. Probably. Certainly. Yes. Just people… looks like. At least, I think so.» 2
These are lives laid against each other, but the walls and stories mingle while waiting for the coming dawn. It's about people watching other people. It's about time in apnea and hands touching. Thresholds is a tender look at a motley humanity on the threshold of blossoming into life.
“I’m going to explode like an orchid…
I’m dripping…
he knows…
he can feel it…
When I see his golden torso lighting up the whole street…
I am rotten with tenderness.” 3
The sun rises
"it's a blue day" 1
1 (Text by Marie-Hélène Larose-Truchon)
2 (Text by Marie-Louise Bibish Mumbu)
3 (Text by Julie Vincent)
Thresholds
The show
A scenic and interdisciplinary work that brings together dance, theatre and skateboard, Threshold expands artistic boundaries. José Babin composes a living, murmuring, and moving fresco created in collaboration with the performers.
Inspired by stories written by Marie-Louise Bibish Mumbu, Julie Vincent, and Marie-Hélène Larose-Truchon, Thresholds explores the turning points, the transitions, the imbalances, both intimate and collective. A suspended moment where bodies and experiences collide.
The research phase of the show was carried out in co-production with Danse K par K.
Watch the making of to follow the creation :
The Team
Direction and scriptwriting: José Babin
From the texts, characters and images of Marie-Louise Bibish Mumbu, Julie Vincent, and Marie-Hélène Larose-Truchon.
Translated by Alexis Diamond
Choreography: Karine Ledoyen and José Babin in collaboration with the performers
Repeater: Emmanuelle Bourassa Beaudoin
Dramaturgy Advisors: Josianne Dulong-Savignac and Sophie Devirieux
Puppet Design and Conception: Sophie Deslauriers
Puppet making assistant: Céline Chevrier
Puppet prototypes: Alain Lavallée et José Babin
Set: Carol-Anne Bourgon Sicard
Costumes: Manon Guiraud
Music: Guido Del Fabbro
Lighting and staging assistance: Alain Lavallée
Performers: Patrick Lamothe, Élinor Fueter, Julie Desrosiers, Guillaume Lajeunesse
Narrator's voice: José Babin
Stage manager: Charly Mullot
Technical direction: Alain Lavallée
Video achievements: Patrick Péris
Administration: Cassandre Lescarbeau
Teen voices: Special participation of groups 28 (grade 8) and group 50 (grade 11)
from St-Gabriel school in Ste-Thérèse, under the supervision of their teacher Bryan Morneau.
Touring:
Théâtre Incliné
Visual theater company, THÉÂTRE INCLINÉ explores new inspiring places while creating an original artistic form in which bodies, matter, sound and images each composes a detail of a picture in constant movement. Each new project is rooted in a specific territory that inspires the inquiring minds and creators of the company, José Babin and Alain Lavallée. L’Incliné often works in collaboration with artists from other cultures, through coproductions with France, Italy, Japan, Norway and the Gaspe Cost.
En collaboration avec Danse K par K
Fondée dans la ville de Québec en 2005, sous la direction artistique de la chorégraphe Karine Ledoyen, Danse K par K est une compagnie vouée à la recherche, la création et la production de spectacles en danse contemporaine. Sensible au développement son milieu et intéressée aux diffusions hors sentiers, la compagnie peaufine également des concepts qu’elle partage avec ses artistes invités.es.
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