La pudeur des icebergs (The Modesty of Icebergs) — Daniel Léveillé
The modesty of icebergs, the crystallization of a thought process on the fragile presence of the Self as it faces the Other. On stage, we are presented with bodies in a state of upheaval. Naked as the space around them, they suffer the essential vulnerability of the human condition, one that sees the individual sometimes rise unexpectedly above the tyranny of appearances. Trios alternate with duos, and the absence of amorous competition neutralizes all forms of exclusion. For this is not about conquest but rather the exploration of all possibilities and of the extraordinary effort required simply to live. With this clean new work, Daniel Léveillé delves even deeper into familiar terrain : the body's demanding confrontation with the body of the Other, the mysterious relationships that govern bodies in space, the tracing of movement and its inexorable ebb and flow.
CHOREOGRAPHER Daniel Léveillé
DANCERS AT CREATION Frédéric Boivin, Mathieu Campeau, Stéphane Gladyszewski, David Kilburn, Ivana Milicevic, Dave St-Pierre
LIGHT Marc Parent
SOUND PROCESSING David Kilburn, Laurent Maslé
REHEARSAL DIRECTOR AT CREATION Marie-Andrée Gougeon
PHOTOGRAPHER Jacques Grenier, Rolline Laporte
PRODUCTION Daniel Léveillé danse
COPRODUCTION CanDance Network Creation Fund and partners, Agora de la Danse, BrianWebb Dance Company, Canada Dance Festival, National Arts Centre, Vancouver East Cultural Centre, with the sponsor acknowledgement of Canada Council Dance Section, and Danspace Project (New York)
Sponsor Imperial Tobacco Ltée Canada
“Modesty is present here, but it is only used to express feelings ... The six magnificent performers radiate strength and vulnerability and Daniel Léveillé’s work is dazzling once more.”
– Radio-Canada (Première chaîne), Montreal
“In order to truly experience this dance performance, one cannot be caught up in the process of deciphering multi-layered meanings, rather, one undertakes the lengthy task of deconstructing the community of bodies as a community broken by language and rediscovered in the archaic gestures of exposure and trust.”
– Spirale magazine, Montreal
“An evening of enigmatic and fascinating purity.”
– Die Presse, Vienna
“... why is it that such recognizable emotions glint through the pure physicality of The Modesty of Icebergs? … Mr. Léveillé has truly created a dance that communicates the ‘extraordinary effort required to simply live. ”
– The New York Times, New York
“One could not have connected the religious and the scientific interpretation of the origin of life more felicitously in one hour.”
– General Anzeiger, Bonn