Ottawa 
Events Description
For choreographer Catherine Gaudet, a next-generation icon who was awarded the 2022 Grand Prix de la danse de Montréal, the body is a resonator of complex sensations that animate human activity. In her 2022 work Les jolies choses (The Pretty Things)—an audience favourite when it premiered at the Festival TransAmériques—a rigid mathematical structure creates a framework within which the five dancers ultimately liberate themselves. Bodies move to the rhythm of a metronome. Their mechanical gestures are repeated; the machine runs wild, requiring absolute synchronicity and precision. The rhythm, contained at first, accelerates imperceptibly throughout the minimalist, profound music of sound designer Antoine Berthiaume, a well-known partner in the world of dance. Les jolies choses is a marathon, a war of attrition that takes place before our eyes, where physical resistance is subjected to an infernal tempo that approaches implosion. Under pressure, can individuality emerge? Can desires be reborn? Is there room for emancipation? A unique dramatic intensity sweeps the stage, slowly electrifying the dancers and the audience until the final, cathartic explosion. Les jolies choses is a pivotal work, captivating from beginning to end.
Who is it for?
All ages
HOW MUCH
Tickets : $15.00 – $71.00
How to get tickets?
Phone: 1-844-985-2787 (ARTS)
WHEN & WHERE
Date: Wednesday November 6, 2024 to Thursday November 7, 2024
Wed. Nov 6, 2024 – Thu. Nov 7, 2024 | 7:30 PM
60 minutes · No intermission
Venue & Address
BABS ASPER THEATRE, 1 Elgin St, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5W1
Wheelchair accessible
Paid Parking
Accessible by Public Transport
