Le Patin Libre

Threshold

May 10, 2019
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Dance Contemporary Cross-disciplinary
  • Approx. 1 hour  and  10 minutes  with intermission
Performance options Start time Language Availability
Friday, May 10, 2019 1:00 pm bilingual Seats available

““...makes spectacular use of every inch of the rink as the dancers explore their relationships as individuals, and their identity as a collective, with wit and grace.””

Chris Wiegand, The Guardian, 2015

SHOW TIME: 1:00 p.m.

Montreal’s Le Patin Libre, whose members are all highly trained skaters, have been causing a sensation in Canada and abroad with their revolutionary revision of what an ice show can be. After their 2015 Ottawa debut, the same artistic team – Pascale Jodoin, Jasmin Boivin, Taylor Dilley, Samory Ba and Alexandre Hamel, joined by dramaturg Ruth Little – return with their latest creation Threshold. The troupe has created a new kind of ice dancing far beyond the confines of traditional figure skating. An exciting new perspective for lovers of dance and skating alike. Bring your sweater! Seating is located on the ice.

Artists

  • Co-producers Danse Danse (Montréal), National Arts Centre / Centre national des Arts (Ottawa), Théâtre de la Ville (Paris), Dance Umbrella (London), Les Nuits de Fourvière (Lyon).
  • Choreography Alexandre Hamel, Pascale Jodoin, Samory Ba, Jasmin Boivin andTaylor Dilley
  • Original score Jasmin Boivin
  • Dramaturg Ruth Little
  • Lighting Lucy Carter and Sean Gleason
  • Technical Director and Sound Design David Babin

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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.