Michael Mortley. Photo: Maria Nunes

Dusk Dances REPENTIGNY is Presented by ESPACE CULTUREL DE REPENTIGNY and by Diffusion Hector-Charland AS A LICENSEE OF DUSK DANCES INC.

Hosted by Anne Millaire

Live music by Marky B. Trio

THE HOROLOGIUM

Choreographed by Michael Caldwell

Performers: Sydney Keir, Ryan Kostyniuk, Zoe Kwan, Willem Sadler & Vincent-Nicolas Provencher
Original Music Composer and Vocal Performer: Anika Johnson
Original Costume Designer and Construction: Emily Tench
Additional Costume Designer and Construction: Valerie Calam
Set and Dress Designer and Construction: Michael Caldwell
Rehearsal Director and Outside Eye: Sylvie Bouchard

Follow the fantastical journey of an unobservant businessperson into the topsy-turvy world of a nine-foot-tall matriarch and three terpsichorean spirits.

“Thank you to Sebastian Cepka, Emma-Kate Millar, Megan Vance, Rhonda Baker, Molly Johnson, Anika Johnson, Meredith Thompson, Brodie Stevenson, Mairéad Filgate, and Yvonne Ng for their contributions to this work over the years.” – Michael Caldwell

First premiered as a Dusk Dances commission in 2011.

NO RETURN

Choreographed by Michael Mortley

Performer: Michael Mortley
Costume Designer: Michael Mortley
Rehearsal Director: Mellissa Bertrand
Music / Poetry Writer: War Orphans by Charlie Hade
Poet: Charles C. Smith / Voice: Atri Nundy
Outside Eye: Wind In the Leaves Collective through the CRP process

An interpretation of return. A return to self, a return to the place my body called home not just where the heart is. A place that holds no judgment for who you are and what you chose to be. No Return... no way back, just forward, through all adversity forward.

A Dusk Dances premiere.

COMMUNITAS

Choreographed by JosÉ Flores and Gabrielle Simard
of CORPUS collective

Performers: La Pléiade Danse (Jay Dodier, Gabrielle Doucet, Elizabeth Forest, Élodie Hétu, Maude Lafferrière, Audréanne Léger, Anaïs Levert-Beaulieu, Marie-Hélène Martin, Pascale Plouffe, Emmy Robillard and Régine Senatus-Lange)
Rehearsal Director: Marie-Michelle Darveau
Music: It All Depends - Deep Version – Roderic; Ultimatum – Murcof; Embrace - Black Coffee + Aquatone

In a universe filled with humanity, where the fragility of each dancer is expressed, this work highlights the primacy and the complexity of communication among human beings. Through everyone’s challenges, the body language demonstrates the power of this transcendent communication, filled with truth and sensitivity.

A Dusk Dances premiere.

BOXSET

Choreographed by Throwdown Collective
(Zhenya Cerneacov, MairÉad Filgate and Brodie Stevenson)

Performers: Sydney Keir, Michael Mortley & Willem Sadler
Understudy: Ryan Kostyniuk
Costumes: Throwdown Collective
Music / Composer: Kid Koala and Parov Stelar
Set Construction: Larry Hahn

Set to the infectious beats of Kid Koala and Parov Stelar, BoxSet is an athletic dance for three performers and four wooden boxes that provide a dynamic moving structure for the dancers. Clad in blue overalls, the performers climb up, propel from and slide down their four giant props, continuously shifting them into surprising geometric configurations.

Throwdown Collective would like to thank the dancers for their dedication and willingness to throw themselves into this piece and all that it entails.

First premiered as a Dusk Dances commission in 2011.