Ages 18 months to 5 years

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© Julie Charland
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© Lucas Jolly
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  • Français
  • Approx. 35 minutes
Performance options Start time Language Availability
Wednesday, March 7, 2018 9:30 am French Seats available
Wednesday, March 7, 2018 11:00 am French Seats available
Thursday, March 8, 2018 9:30 am French sold out
Friday, March 9, 2018 9:30 am French Seats available

“We reflected on the origins of the world; we immersed ourselves in the founding myths and inspiring stories of the diverse cultures that make it up. Then we gave free rein to the images and sounds of a bold new cosmogony …”

Nathalie Derome

Only 100 seats

You can’t learn without getting dirty!

They’re covered in it! Mud from toes to crown!
From this raw material, earth, the characters fashion clay islands and landscapes of shifting ground.
Believe me, by the end of it, the stage is all turned around!
What do you think? Is it just for fun?
Not at all! The question they ask is very serious: Where does the world come from?

Nathalie Derome’s father is a potter, and she grew up in a house where making a mess was synonymous with learning. In Magie lente, she patiently reconstructs a piece of her childhood to share with the audience, along with some songs and poems.

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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.