West Kowloon Cultural District The Box, Freespace WestK｜With its celestial bodies launched into orbit, vibrating in a lustful and hypnotic ritual：Dog Rising

Description

With its celestial bodies launched into orbit, vibrating in a lustful and hypnotic ritual, Dog Rising mirrors the life cycle, the dynamic flow of matter. From primitive impulses to gestures that are at times sexual, at times mechanical, Clara Furey’s new creation comes together like a polyphony of pulsating bodies, in turns dissonant and in unison. The choreographer turns her attention to the way sound vibrations penetrate the bones, the way our skeletons absorb shocks, and listens closely to the presence of the body as it fully manifests itself.

On stage, the performers erect an architecture of pleasure. The trio is inhabited and nourished by empathy and acute attention to the energy of the body and to others. Through their tireless movement work, tensions are released in the endless repetition of cyclical gestures. Dog Rising invites us to embark on an extreme journey, a mesmerising, haunting, and penetrating spiral. It is an invitation to grow and regenerate physical strength through shocks and discomfort sublimated into joy, with a musical score by her loyal collaborator Twin Rising.

Concept and artistic direction: Clara Furey

Choreographed by: Clara Furey in association with Be Heintzman Hope, Brian Mendez, Winnie Ho

Performed by: Justin De Luna, Baco Lepage-Acosta, Brian Mendez

Rehearsal: Lucie Vigneault, Simon Portigal

Musical composition: Twin Rising

Lighting design: Karine Gauthier

Technical director: Darah Miah

Outside eye: Peter Jasko, Dana Michel, Christopher Willes, Caroline Monnet

Development: A Propic — Line Rousseau, Marion Gauvent

Produced by: Clara Furey

Executive producer: Parbleux

Co-produced by: Atelier de Paris — CDCN (France), CD Spectacles (Gaspé, Canada), Centre Chorégraphique National d’Orléans — Direction Maud le Pladec (France), Festival TransAmériques (Montréal, Canada), La Briqueterie — Centre de Développement Chorégraphique National du Val-de-Marne (Vitry-sur-Seine, France), La Rotonde (Québec, Canada), New Baltic Dance Festival (Vilnius, Lithuania)

Partners and support for creation: Parbleux (Montréal, Canada), L’Écart — Art Actuel (Rouyn-Noranda, Canada), Danse à la Carte (Montréal, Canada)

The creation of this work was made possible thanks to the financial support of: Conseil des Arts du Canada, Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec, Conseil des Arts de Montréal