EARTHLING

Here, we are all misfits: in our element yet out of place, adrift amidst the bouncy waves. Don’t be swallowed by the sea of possibilities! We must come together to imagine the city of our dreams. As we hurl our amazing (strange!) bodies and shapes into new rhythms, we’ll find a groove together. Smashing and dancing and pouncing with feeling, through our Will and our Power we’ll build a niche for the Earthlings.

Created in collaboration with students from Montréal and Reykjavik, Earthling is an interactive dance journey for all ages features fantastic wearable sculptures that transform the body to find a playful kinesthetic empathy for all Earthlings: human, plant, fungal, mineral, and mystical. At the heart of this work lie the challenges of body image that begin at a young age. This hybrid workshop-show offers audience members a unique performance experience that encourages autonomy within togetherness to build community through dance.

4 performers 75 minutes 75 - 120 spectators for ages 8-10

CREDITS

Creation | Nate Yaffe featuring the work of Zuzu Knew
Artistic direction | Nate Yaffe
Visual direction | Zuzu Knew
Choreography | Nate Yaffe in collaboration with the performers
Performance | Angie Cheng, Pénélope Gromko, Lauren Semeschuk, Nate Yaffe
Dramaturgy | Georges-Nicolas Tremblay
Costumes and set | Zuzu Knew
Composition and sound design | Patrick Conan
Light design | Paul Chambers
Technical direction | Élianne Desilets-Dubé
Costume assistant | Lari Jalbert
Guest musicians | Páll Guðmundsson; from the Reykjavik Hjalli School: Guðbjörg Zelda Marvinsdóttir, Katla Líf Louisdóttir, Salvör Árnadóttir, Svava Arnarsdóttir, Árni Stefán Bergmann, Hrafnkell Máni Aðalsteinsson, Einar Helgi Dórusson
Production | Le Radeau
Residencies | La Maison de la Culture Pointe-Aux-Trembles, L'Entrepôt de Lachine, L'Espace le vrai monde?, Dansverkstæðið/Dance Atelier (IS), In House // Outer space (IS), Tangente

Choreography created with the collaboration of students from l’école Félix-Leclerc in Pointe-aux-Trembles, l’école des Berges-de-Lachine in Lachine, l’école Atelier in Ahuntsic.

Music and choreography created with the collaboration of students from the Reykjavik Hjalli School.

PRESENTATIONS

2022 | Maison de la culture Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montreal, QC (annulé Covid)
2022 | Festival Furies, Marsoui, QC
2021 | Maison de la culture Côte-des-Neiges, Montreal, QC
2021 | Théâtre du Grand Saut, Montreal, QC
2021 | Maison de la culture Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montreal, QC
2020 | Conseil des arts de Montréal en tournée, QC (annulé Covid)
2019 | Le Wilder (Tangente), Montreal, QC
2019 | École Face, Montreal
2019 | Off Parcours danse, Montreal

financial support  

Canada Council for the arts
Conseil des arts de Montréal
Programme Médiations culturelles MTL