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In Himlayas - Prayer for a Rope, a Pope, and a Rogue
The Space Within
 Peter Trosztmer
(photo: Olivier S. Arcand) |
 Sophie Janssens |
 Sophie Janssens
& Peter Trosztmer |
THE MOUNTAINS
Even shelter for the ascetic and the guerillero,
Meeting place of the Being and the Becoming.
Sophie Janssens & Peter Trosztemer
The vanishing point of a mountain peak... One's projection in the space within. 
Bruno Paquet
Musician on stage - playing Edakka, a Kathakali percussion instrument. |
The Himalaya mountains stand out as a place of peculiar interest, a complex monument of cultures, legends and myths. Through poetry, Prayer for a Rope, a Pope and a Rogue, a contemporary dance work, unveils a patch of that rich mosaic which has come down to us through the ages. The choreography explores the source of movement, or dance, through a Language fostered by various aesthetics. It draws together performers and dancers of different training. Richard Tremblay, a choreographer known for his contact with the culture of India, and his works of Kathakali dance theatre, Jean-Guy Lecat, who was a long stand associate of Peter Brook, with whom he worked on the adaptation of Indian Epics Mahabharata, corporeal mime Georges Molnar, Étienne Decroux's former assistant, and, to the tabla and the Kathakali percussion instruments, percussionist and composer Bruno Paquet are gathering in this production to brush a picture, familiar and at the same time unusual, of the Himalayas. Prayer for a Rope, a Pope and a Rogue was co-produced by l’Usine C and the Kalashas Dance Theater Company, and premiered at Usine C main stage on 6, 7, and 8 February 2003.
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Bathed in the "dazzling brightness of a huge setup", the 75 minute choreography amazes with its luminosity, the dance tangible interiority, and its performer's artistic sensibility: A fascinating work "all made up of contrasts", writes Montreal critics.
La gestuelle y est à la fois tellurique et attirée vers les hauteurs. Le torse, les bras, les mains, le bassin, les jambes, tout est ouvert, offert au monde, mais Tremblay fait aussi passer dans les corps des contractions intenses qui les investissent d’une densité palpable.
(La Presse, Montréal.)
Un travail unique des mains propre à l’art indien.
(Le Devoir, Montréal.)
Le chorégraphe cherche à procurer un sentiment de l’Himalaya, au-delà des clichés, explique (Richard Tremblay) cet homme de scène expérimenté.
(Voir, Montréal.)
Quand Richard Tremblay pense 'montagne', il pense Himalaya... Spectacle qui s'annonce intéressant à plusieurs points de vue. (Excerpt from La Chaîne Culturelle's Dance Chronicle - In French.)
(Radio-Canada, Montreal.)
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