Bowling Blues

Claire Gignac and friends and Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre

Los Angeles choreographer Heidi Duckler and multi-instrumentalist and

Photo: Lou Parisot Gignac

Photo: Lou Parisot Gignac

composer Claire Gignac joined forces to create a unique performance in a rather unusual place. A stimulating encounter between living music and contemporary dance.

Called “the reigning queen of site-specific performance,” by the L.A. Times, Heidi Duckler has choreographed more than 100 original dance works at unique sites around the world (Russia, Denmark, Hong Kong, New York, etc.). She received numerous awards and honors throughout her carreer.

With : Marissa Labog, Tara Sheena, Paul Vickers, Russel Ferguson, Susie Paulson, Nathan Yaffa, dancers; Claire Gignac, tenor saxophone,  multiple instruments, voice; Martien Bélanger, guitars, banjo; Frédéric Lebrasseur, drums; Steve Lalonde, real time sound processing.

Presented by Maison de la culture Maisonneuve in the framework of  Festival Quartiers Danses.

  • Public creation lab
  • September 16 to 20, 2013
  • from 5 to 6 p.m 
  • Performance
  • September 21, 2013, 5:30 & 6:30 p.m.
  • Darling bowling
  • 3350, Ontario St. East,  Montreal
La Nef reçoit le soutien financier du programme Premières expériences de travail dans des fonctions liées au domaine artistique, rendu possible grâce au Conseil des arts de Montréal, au Forum jeunesse de l’Île de Montréal, à Service Canada et au Fonds de solidarité FTQ dans le cadre d’ORAM (Outiller la relève artistique montréalaise).

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