Le Patin Libre presents

Threshold

A contemporary re-imagining of conventional skating shows, free-skate ensemble Le Patin Libre hits the ice once again with a sparkling new show. A dizzying experience!

Le Patin Libre, whose members are all highly trained skaters, caused a sensation in 2014 with Vertical Influences, a revolutionary display of contemporary dance on ice. “We take full advantage of what makes skating a unique and legitimate art form: the glide”, explains Alexandre Hamel. “The glide allows the disconnection of the body’s displacement in space from its physical movement.” A Le Patin Libre performance is an adrenalin-laced experience. “We use that rush to fuel our choreographic poetry.” The same artistic team—skaters Pascale Jodoin, Jasmin Boivin, Taylor Dilley, Samory Ba and Alexandre Hamel, joined by dramaturg Ruth Little—brings us another gravity-defying show. “Dancers and acrobats have to walk, run, flip, leap, and so on. We, on the other hand, can zoom around without moving a muscle!”

Length: 1H15

Post-performance talk with the artists:
Wednesday April 11, 2018
Friday April 13, 2018
Wednesday April 18, 2018
Friday April 20, 2018

For information and tickets: www.placedesarts.com 514-842-2112 or 1-866-842-2112