https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/2801
This is dream machine theatre. By means of an actor-storyteller, a video projector and the beautifully archaic language of Daniel Danis, a modern fable takes place before our eyes. Immersed in photos, Pierre-Aimé speaks and talks his 10-year-old life, recounting stories of his destitute family living in poverty on the shores of Wreck Lake, and including tales of fishermen looking for red pearls. Their ship is adrift, their greed matched only by the despair of poor people who plunge...
Azrieli Studio,1 Elgin Street,Ottawa,Canada
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This is dream machine theatre. By means of an actor-storyteller, a video projector and the beautifully archaic language of Daniel Danis, a modern fable takes place before our eyes.
Immersed in photos, Pierre-Aimé speaks and talks his 10-year-old life, recounting stories of his destitute family living in poverty on the shores of Wreck Lake, and including tales of fishermen looking for red pearls. Their ship is adrift, their greed matched only by the despair of poor people who plunge ever deeper in search of intoxicating illusions. They are all trying to drown something about themselves, and the lake is ready to devour everyone – mother, father, even the boy’s sister.
“How can we grow up and develop our individual potential in this world? How to deal with the world when we’ve lost our bearings? How much lightness and grace is required by love, by dreams?” Olivier Letellier brings these questions to the surface in a piece that reaches toward the light.
