Tag Archive for the term: benoit lachambre

As we enter the room at Usine C, there is already a shape on the floor, dangling like a pendulum from left to right. Not a dancer yet, but a video projection of a human-like black blob. Soon, Louise Lecavalier walks onstage and lies next to it, espousing its shape and movement. Already in its […]

When we walk into the room for Quarantaine 4×4, we are immediately confronted with five giant eyes staring at us from all around through five video projections. The audience might feel like they are under the scrutiny of their gaze, but the situation is quickly reversed; it is really the four performers (Marc Béland, Marc […]

Seven human beings lie in a straight line at a 45-degree angle, propped up by circular black chairs. They look like they are in cryonic sleep, and given the white-haired wigs the performers are wearing, they could have been unconscious for quite some time. Such is the set-up for Québécois Benoît Lachambre’s new work, Lugares […]

This week at Centre Pierre-Péladeau was the much anticipated return of dancer Louise Lecavalier to the Montreal stage. After having forged an international reputation as part of Édouard Lock’s La La La Human Steps for almost twenty years, Lecavalier returns with three wildly different works by three Canadian choreographers.

I was especially excited for the opening […]