Excerpt bODY_rEMIX/les_vARIATIONS_gOLDBERG (2005)

bODY_rEMIX/les_vARIATIONS_gOLDBERG, ballet in two acts, 2005 Creation : Venice Biennale’s International Festival of Contemporary Dance (Italy), June 18, 2005 Lenght : Act one, 45 minutes / Act two, 40 minutes Choreography and Artistic Direction : Marie Chouinard Dancers for the world premiere : Kirsten Andresen, Mark Eden-Towie, Julio Cesar Hong, Andrea Keevil, Chi Long, Carla Maruca, Lucie Mongrain, Carol Prieur, Davis Rancourt, James Viveiros Music : Louis Dufort (Variations sur les variations); Jean-Sébastien Bach (Goldberg’s Variations, variations 5, 6, 8); voice extracts of Glenn Gould (A State of Wonder; The Complete Goldberg Variations (1955 & 1981)), with the permission of the Glenn Gould’s Estate and Sony BMG Music (Canada) Lighting, Set Design and Props : Marie Chouinard Costumes and Hair Stylist : Vandal Make-up : Jacques-Lee Pelletier Co-producers : Venice Biennale (Italy), National Arts Centre (Ottawa, Canada), Festival Montréal en lumière (Canada), Schlossfestspiele (Ludwigsburg), Théâtre de la Ville (Paris), White Bird (Portland) with the support of ImPulsTanz (Vienna) Touring : Venice, Milan (Italy, Ludwigsburg, Berlin, Braunschweig, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt (Germany), Gijon, Sevilla, Murcia (Spain), Rotterdam, Breda, Elindhoven (Netherlands), Vienna, Bregenz (Austria), Portland (USA), St-Albert, Toronto, Kingston, Halifax, Ottawa, Montreal, Calgary, Saguenay, Quebec CIty, Fredericton, Baie-Comeau, Sherbrooke, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Victoria, Vancouver (Canada), Paris, Chalon-Sur-Saône, Creil, Marseille, Nîmes (France), Tel Aviv (Israël), Budapest (Hungary), Ljubljana (Slovenia), Taipei (Taiwan), Singapore (Singapore), Seoul, Ansan (Korea), Belgrade (Serbia), Lisboa (Portugal), Brisbane (Australia), London (Great Britain), Vilnius (Lituania), Krakow (Poland), Guanajuato (Mexico)