IDIOM | LE PROJET QUI TOURNE | TANGENTE

Idiom, a collaborative duet between Jennifer Dallas, Bienvenue Bazié and musician John MacLean. Idiom stands on the shoulders of Converse , a duet created in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and Toronto for Danceworks CoWorks 2011 season. The subject is language, the idioms of Idiom may be musical, verbal or movement-based. What are the effects of borderlessness? What are cultural norms as they manifest in dialog? Idiom will presents an exploration of like and unlike cultures and how that’s changing human ways.

Choreography and performance Jennifer Dallas et Bienvenue Bazié Music composed and recorded John MacLean Lighting design Oz Weaver

Le projet qui tourne
Unravelling fronts. Le projet qui tourne is the perpetual revolution of bodies, space and sound. We take an affirmative stance in regards to three-dimensionality. Without succumbing to vertigo or momentum, we catch each other always leaving and returning to literally celebrate the multiples faces of relationships in performance. We hope to find new ways of relating and creating meaning that isn’t contingent on face-to-face exchange.

Dance Marie Claire Forté, Jody Hegel, Adam Kinner et Catherine Lalonde Sound Adam Kinner Light Rasmus Sylvest Assistance Alanna Kraaijeveld