National Arts Centre - Centre national des Arts Canada is our stage. Le Canada en scène.

Quand tu me regardes

Theatrical dance for wheelchairs

Dec 13 - 15, 2023

Azrieli Studio 1 Elgin Street Ottawa Canada

Caroline Robert and Vincent Morisset - Studio AATOAA

In-person event
Ages 6-12
Approx. 40 minutes

Performance options	Start time	Language	Availability
Wednesday, December 13, 2023	10:00 am	Without words	Seats available
Thursday, December 14, 2023	10:00 am	Without words	Seats available
Friday, December 15, 2023	10:00 am	Without words	sold out

“A free-wheeling ball”

Lively bodies and rolling wheelchairs. All this is unleashed on stage! Three impressive performers spin these great machines, dance with them, take them apart to transform them into puppets, luminous wheels, disco robots ... what else? The only limit is your imagination.

When you see a wheelchair, what comes to your mind? Our three all-terrain perfomers see it as an amazing vehicle with endless play possibilities. You’ll even get a quick course in taking wheelchairs apart, and witness a balancing act on wheels between the reigning champion and a formidable contender. Arranged like a joyful string of theatrical pearls, this tender and playful show for dancers and objects draws us into a universe where bodies are often in unison, but where each one reveals itself and tells its own story through movement.

In a word, it’s the story of a brilliant dancer with a disability, and of people who share, for the duration of a dance, all the fragility and beauty of being oneself. Together.

Without words (except some passages in French) ● Ages 6+

Reserve now to guarantee availability!

$ 9 / student (HST included)

Financial assistance

Arts Alive has limited financial aid available for schools in need which may cover, for example, the cost of workshops, tickets, or transport to matinees. Schools may request financial assistance on their registration form, and will be asked to briefly explain their financial need. An Arts Alive representative will follow-up with all schools requesting financial assistance.

Reserve Now

Adults & chaperones

1 Free adult per 15 students

Free admittance for special needs assistants

$ 9 (HST included) for additional chaperons At the discretion of the National Arts Centre

Payment deadlines

3 weeks before the performance

Full payment is required by the payment deadline. The NAC reserves the right to cancel any orders submitted but not paid for by the payment deadline.

Seating

There are no reserved seats for NAC student matinee performances.

Instead of tickets you will receive a letter of admission and groups will be seated on a first-come, first-served basis at the performance.

The letter of admission will be issued upon receipt of full payment.

If you have any questions, please contact us at education@nac-cna.ca

Artists

Choreographed Guillaume Chouinard

Choreographed Guillaume Chouinard

Guillaume Chouinard is a multidisciplinary performing artist. Originally trained as an actor, he soon gravitated to the movement arts: dance, mime and acrobatics. Early in his career he performed with DynamO Théâtre, and founded the company L’Ange à deux têtes with his associates Réal Bossé and Fred Teyssier. Since then, he has worked as a performer-creator with several other artists, including Brigitte Poupart, Dominique Champagne, Jean Asselin, Olivier Choinière and Hélène Langevin. An experienced improviser, he has taught at the École nationale de l’humour in Montréal for 15 years. More recently, Guillaume has focused on his career as a director and choreographer.

Close
Assistant choreographer and dramaturg Georges-Nicolas Tremblay

Assistant choreographer and dramaturg Georges-Nicolas Tremblay

A self-taught dance artist, Georges-Nicolas Tremblay studied visual arts and theatre. He is the author of over a dozen original dance works and has choreographed operettas, musicals and music videos. In his current practice, influenced by his personal investigation of queerness, he is interested in integrating text and song into dance, thus finding new ways to deepen his passion for musicals; and in studying and exploring collaborative processes as a way to de-hierarchize and queer art practices. He developed these interests while completing his master’s degree in dance at UQAM, where he researched dance dramaturgy from a relational angle, re-evaluating power dynamics within the creative process and their potential impacts on the resulting work.

In a performance career spanning over 20 years, he has danced for such acclaimed choreographers as Sylvain Émard, Isabelle Van Grimde, Harold Rhéaume, Hélène Blackburn and Hélène Langevin. He is currently associated with the company Je suis Julio (with Ariane Boulet, Nate Yaffe and Dorian Nuskind Oder) and is the co-artistic director of Corpuscule Danse. Alongside his stage career, he is a dance mediator (Festival TransAmériques, City of Montréal) and teaches his vision of dance dramaturgy, in addition to being an artistic advisor and dramaturg for other choreographers.

Close

Choreographed and directed by Guillaume Chouinard
Assistant choreographer and dramaturg Georges-Nicolas Tremblay
With Ivanie Aubin-Malo, Maxime D.-Pomerleau and Jerémie Desbiens
Set Amélie Charbonneau and Éric Saindon
Lighting Karine Gauthier
Costumes and props Amélie Charbonneau
Original music Studio La Marcelle
Composer of "Nimihitôtan" song Moe Clark
Lyrics in Nêhiyawêwin Moe Clark
Lyrics in Wolastoqey Ivanie Aubin-Malo
Voices Moe Clark and Ivanie Aubin-Malo
Audio description Caroline Charbonneau
Technical director and Stage manager Antoine Lefebvre
Producer Corpuscule Danse
In association with National Arts Centre French Theatre

Join our email list for the latest updates!

Thanks for joining!

Support Performing Arts Learning and Engagement!

Your donations through the NAC's National Youth and Education Trust help the NAC provide learning and engagement opportunities for all — from young children in the classroom, to artists, to the lifelong learner.

Support the Program

Learning and engagement at Canada’s National Arts Centre is made possible through the support of many generous individuals and organizations from across the country. Arts Alive is generously supported by the Azrieli Foundation, the Government of Nunavut, Canadian North, Calm Air, The River Philip Foundation, The Turnbull Family Community Building Foundation, and The Thomas Sill Foundation. Thank you also to Grant and Alice Burton, Canada Life, A Donor-Advised Fund at the Community Foundation of Ottawa, Friends of the NAC Orchestra, Donors to the NAC Foundation's Future Fund, The Janice and Earle O’Born Fund for Artistic Excellence, and the donors and sponsors of the NAC’s National Youth and Education Trust, the primary resource for youth and education funding at the National Arts Centre.

Was this information helpful?

Lively bodies and rolling wheelchairs. All this is unleashed on stage! Three impressive performers spin these great machines, dance with them, take them apart to transform them into puppets, luminous wheels, disco robots ... what else? The only limit is your imagination.

Artists

Join our email list for the latest updates!

Thanks for joining!

Support Performing Arts Learning and Engagement!

Lively bodies and rolling wheelchairs. All this is unleashed on stage! Three impressive performers spin these great machines, dance with them, take them apart to transform them into puppets, luminous wheels, disco robots ... what else? The only limit is your imagination.