NEWSLETTER 72 – OCTOBER 2025
NEWSLETTER 72 - OCTOBER 2024
The wind is rising !
This week, the SOULÈVEMENT team entered the final stretch of creation by moving into the Usine C theater with contagious excitement and joy.
Stacey Désilier et Gabby Kachan © Luc Senécal
Danièle Desnoyers makes her grand return to USINE C with SOULÈVEMENT, accompanied by Ben Shemie’s original music. An absolutely visceral performance, embodied by eight performers.
Interview with Danièle Desnoyers at La Métropole : click here
WORLD PREMIERE
octobre 16 → 18 at l’Usine C
The work bears the stamp of a vital impulse, a dance that is both primal and avidly complex, where joy becomes an act of resistance. Eight performers are propelled into a scenic vortex from which emerges a profusion of bodies and sensibilities, confidently reflecting the uniqueness of each. The show intensely explores the dialogue between dancing bodies, Richard Wagner’s abyssal music, and the electroacoustic soundscapes of Montreal composer Ben Shemie, a long-time collaborator of Danièle Desnoyers.
“While everything in this piece is made of flesh, the music, both pulsating and visceral, aims to reach the viewer’s senses in a different way. ”
– Danièle Desnoyers
Choreography and artistic direction Danièle Desnoyers
Performers Myriam Arseneault Campbell, Châtelaine Côté-Rioux, Kimberley de Jong, Stacey Désilier, Aurélie Ann Figaro, Gabby Kachan, Ariane Levasseur, Marie-Eve Quilicot
Rehearsal director Emmanuelle Bourassa-Beaudoin
Trainee performer Marie Lamothe Simon
Original music and sound design Ben Shemie
Phantom music Richard Wagner
Lighting design Cédric Delorme-Bouchard
Costume design Danièle Desnoyers
Dramaturgy Guy Cools
Artistic consultant Anne Thériault
Production manager Martin Boisjoly
Technical director and stage manager Roxanne Doyon
Tailor Marie-Hélène Gervais
Dresser Clémence Archambeault
Creative residencies USINE C + Circuit-Est centre chorégraphique + Département de danse Université du Québec à Montréal (studio 840).
With the support of: Société des auteurs et compositeurs dramatiques + Faculté des arts de l’Université du Québec à Montréal + Conseil des arts de Montréal + Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec + Conseil des arts du Canada.
The creation of Soulèvement benefited from the generous financial support of donors as part of the philanthropic campaign Les minutes chorégraphiques 2025.