INVISIBLE reveals the impact of each of our gestures on the collective human fabric we form together. Guided by the prompts of a deck of cards, visitors take actions that transform the physical space, the soundscape, and the dancers’ movement.
Accessible continuously for 72 hours, the work invites visitors to return as often as they wish, at any hour of the day or night. It becomes woven into their daily lives, allowing an intimate relationship to form with it.
Ten dancers take turns dynamically throughout the duration of the work, their actions guided by a deep listening to their environment. This profound attunement shapes their movement, which becomes a response to each human configuration we form, even to each passing moment.
INVISIBLE is a system-work in which all elements — artists, audiences, scenography — interact and influence one another. Before our eyes, it breaks down, becoming chaos, only to reassemble itself and allow states of grace to emerge. It reveals our mutual influence and the possibility of a collective intelligence.
Press extract
Co-écriture à six mains par Alice Blanchet Gavouyère, Germain Ducros et Penélope Desjardins pour Artichaud Magazine, 3 juin 2022
“Aurélie Pedron creates in Invisible an intimacy that is immediate. From the first moment I stepped into the big room, I felt enveloped by the dancers’ fluid movements and I was immediately at ease being part of this experiment. This piece moves between installation, choreography and performance and feels like a transformative experience.” Jacqueline van der Geer Wesmontmag pour WesmontMag, le 27 mai 2022
“We step out of the proposition when we wish to bring it to an end, knowing that it will continue to live for several more hours. Invisible reminds us that art exists in various forms, both formal and informal: it exists when we look at it, but also when our backs are turned. Movement never stops, and it certainly surpasses us.” (…) Invisible outlives us. Here is a vertigo that cradles sadness, unfolds beauty, and dissolves memory. (…) I did not go to see Invisible. That would be a misconstruction. No, with Invisible, I went to live there.” Co-écriture à six mains par Alice Blanchet Gavouyère, Germain Ducros et Penélope Desjardins pour Artichaud Magazine, 3 juin 2022
Credits
Creation AURÉLIE PEDRON
In collaboration with the dancers ARIANE BOULET, CHARLES BRÉCARD, RACHEL HARRIS, EMMANUEL JOUTHE, LUCE LAINÉ, ABE SIMON MIJNHEER, CAROLINE NAMTS, CHARLIE PRINCE, SILVIA SANCHEZ, ZOË VOS
Dancers for the creation KIM-SANH CHAU, TONY CHONG, PETER JASKO, ISABELLE POIRIER, SOVANN ROCHON PROM-TEP, CAROL PRIEUR, LINDA RABIN, DAVID RANCOURT, EVE ROUSSEAU-CYR, GEORGE-NICOLAS TREMBLAY, ARIELLE WARNKE ST-PIERRE
dramaturge KATHY CASEY
scenography KÉVIN PINVIDIC
lighting design CHANTAL LABONTÉ/ HUGO DALPHOND
interactive sound environment ALEXANDRE BURTON
technical direction SAMUEL THÉRIAULT
Partners
A co-production Danse-Cité, Montréal Danse & Lilith & Cie
in partnership with le Département de danse de l’UQAM and le Laboratoire Arts Vivants et Interdisciplinarité (LAVI)