Festival Quartiers Danses presents

Rebecca Margolick / Jane Mappin

During this evening at the Wilder Building, you will enjoy three performances:

Bunker + Vault | Rebecca Margolick
Solo (35 min)

Bunker + Vault explores the resilience and strength of the female body, as well as the unwavering pressure it has undergone for generations, while drawing inspiration from the choreographer’s own experience. The piece was inspired by Rebecca Margolick’s research about the young female workers who resided at the Clara de Hirsch House in New York from 1899 to 1950.

INTERMISSION

Souffle | Jane Mappin
Solo (12 min)

For Jane Mappin; 2022 is a reflection on a mutating world, a celebration of humankind’s strength and resilience, and an ode to the power of hope.

“I have always been interested in collaborating with artists from different creative fields. It has been part of my artistic path for the past thirty years. I have collaborated on many projects with visual artists, as well as theatre and cinema producers. I am currently interested in exploring mental health and how dance can help people with mental disorders to express themselves.” – Jane Mappin

Lewis et Lucie | Jane Mappin
Duo (18 min)

A man is sitting alone on a public bench. He talks to bystanders, hoping to share with them. Agitated, he offers fragments of his life, his impressions, and his obsessions. A woman is sitting next to him. A story starts taking shape, repeating itself every day on public benches: sketches of incomplete lives, and fortuitous encounters. Lewis et Lucie is a poetic evocation of marginalization, loneliness, and life’s small fractures.

Les Grands Ballets’ Studio-Théâtre de l’Édifice Wilder
Friday, September 16, 2022 at 8:00pm

To purchase your tickets visit: www.placedesarts.com

The FQD celebrates its 20th anniversary with a local, national and international edition

For its 20th edition, the Festival Quartiers Danses (FQD) presents 20 indoors performances from September 7 to 18, 2022! With 6 international companies and 11 local companies, the performances will be presented at Théâtre Maisonneuve of Place des Arts, at Salle Bourgie of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and at the Studio-Théâtre des Grands Ballets Canadiens / Wilder Building.

For a 4th consecutive year, this 20th edition of FQD is dedicated to women by bringing together 10 women choreographers out of the 17 national and international choreographers invited. Moreover, the FQD is honored to have as co-spokespersons for its 20th edition the two renowned dance artists Margie Gillis and Anik Bissonnette. 

www.quartiersdanses.com