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| | Arts Calendar / October 10 / Show |
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| Cirque Éloize: ID (Canada) |
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 15:00, 20:00. Éloize is a word that comes from the Magdalen Islands and means "flashes of heat lightning seen on the horizon." An inspiration for the troupe's founding members, this lightning symbolizes the heat and energy which feeds the troupe's spirit. Positioned at the heart of the renewal of circus arts, Cirque Éloize has been creating moving performances filled with magic since 1993. Continually striving for artistic perfection, it is one of the leaders in contemporary circus arts. Based on the multidisciplinary talents of its artists, Cirque Éloize expresses its innovative nature through theatricality and humanity, and combines circus arts with music, dance and theatre in a path-breaking and original manner. With ten original productions to its credit, Cirque Éloize has presented almost 4,000 performances in over 440 cities and 40 countries. Cirque Éloize has taken part in numerous prestigious international festivals and recently seduces Broadway with its show Rain which has been touring that major network of theaters since fall 2007. In addition to its tour performances, Cirque Éloize develops custom made concepts for international special events. To date, more than 1300 events have taken place. Moreover, in 2003, Cirque Éloize organized the first festival of circus arts in North America - "La Semainedes Arts du cirque" - in the Magdalen Islands. The company also founded the Fondation Éloize, which has a mission to help underprivileged youth through an introduction to circus arts and help develop the performing arts. The troupe "Artcirq", made up of young Inuit living in Canada's far north (Nunavut), is the first organization to benefit from this support. Since 2004, Cirque Éloize's head office and creative studio are located in the Gare Dalhousie, a historic building in the heart of Old-Montreal, departure station of the first train going from Montreal to Vancouver in 1889. Cirque Éloize's performances have been featured in clips and documentaries airing on Radio-Canada, the CBC, Art TV, Prime Nights, Bravo, Indigo and NTV (Japan). Nominated for the "Rose d'Or" of Montreux (France) and the NY Film Festival (USA). The company has won eight medals and prizes at the Festival Mondial du Cirque de demain in Paris (France) in the recent years. Cirque Éloize is the winner of a Gemini Award in the Best Peformance in a Performing Arts Program or Serie category in October 2003; for the captation of Cirque Orchestra live on tour in 2003 and for Nomade-At night, the sky is endless in 2005; nominated for Broadway's Drama Desk Awards in 2005 with Typo (in three categories) and in 2006, with the show Rain. Since 2010 Cirque Éloize and Cirque du Soleil are strategic partners and the iD show by Cirque Éloize in Moscow will be presented by the world renowned Cirque du Soleil. "At Cirque Éloize, we have always nurtured our shows through encounters with creators from different horizons," the director of the show Jeannot Painchaud says. "We have also always favored a multidisciplinary artistic approach, which is enriched with artists of several nationalities. This new creation is no exception. Fourteen artists on stage, thirteen circus disciplines, and the discovery of a world which is new to us, that of urban dances such as breakdance and hip-hop. I imagined this show at the heart of a futuristic city, where the omnipresence of image causes us to lose our reference points. I sought to create an aesthetic at the crossroads of comic books, science-fiction movies and the rich universe of graffiti. The decidedly rock, electronic and poetic music, coupled with the presence of video, highlight the show's playful, energetic, youthful and urban aspects. In the middle of this surreal megalopolis exists a public place. A public place, as a spot where one can seek refuge and escape anonymity, to express one's individuality and affirm one's identity, in order to reclaim possession of public space, and to dance the city… An area for encounters, a site of passage, a hood where clans confront one another, where friendships are woven. Where love is created, and dissolved." More info
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