May He Rise and Smell the Fragrance – May 25-27, Cinquième salle LiveEvents May 18, 2019 1186 Festival TransAmériques presents May He Rise and Smell the Fragrance A priestess keens her grief. Her voice scrapes the soul. Three men emerge from the bowels of the earth. The Lebanese choreographer Ali Chahrour composes a primitive ceremony of staggering intensity. Between the sacred and the profane, the funeral procession begins with furious vitality. Heartrending chants, coded dance, secular rhythms; the life-affirming power of the funeral ritual is explosive. In a world of perpetual warfare, music provokes a state of trance and emancipation comes at the cost of everlasting affliction. Duration: 1 hour Language: In Arabic with English and French surtitles For information and tickets: www.placedesarts.com 514-842-2112 or 1-866-842-2112