Quand tu me regardes

Theatrical dance for wheelchairs

2023-12-16 15:00 2023-12-17 17:00 60 Canada/Eastern 🎟 NAC: Quand tu me regardes

https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/33689

In-person event

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...

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Azrieli Studio,1 Elgin Street,Ottawa,Canada
December 16 - 17, 2023
December 16 - 17, 2023
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Caroline Robert and Vincent Morisset - Studio AATOAA
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© Mikael Theimer
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© Mikael Theimer
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© MH Bellavance
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© Marion Chuniau Lacau
Caroline Robert and Vincent Morisset - Studio AATOAA
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© Mikael Theimer
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© Mikael Theimer
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© MH Bellavance
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© Marion Chuniau Lacau
“A free-wheeling ball”
  • In-person event
  • Ages 6-12
  • ≈ 60 minutes (including a talkback) · No intermission

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+ 

Accessible seating

We have 8 accessible seats per performance for wheelchair users. To book an accessible seat, select the 'Wheelchair' zone at the time of purchase or call the NAC Box Office (1 844 985-2787). 

Spectators who are wheelchair users are invited to meet in front of the coat check near the Box Office where staff will be able to guide them to their accessible seat.

Artists

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    Choreographed Guillaume Chouinard
  • georges-nicolastremblay-creditmarionchuniaudlacau-2
    Assistant choreographer and dramaturg Georges-Nicolas Tremblay
  • 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