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Lévriers

Dec 4 - 6, 2019

Le LabO — University of Ottawa 10 Daly Avenue Ottawa Canada

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Approx. 1 hour and 30 minutes

Performance options	Start time	Language	Availability
Wednesday, December 4, 2019	9:45 am	French	sold out
Wednesday, December 4, 2019	12:30 pm	French	sold out
Thursday, December 5, 2019	9:45 am	French	sold out
Friday, December 6, 2019	9:45 am	French	sold out

Recommended for all ages, 14+

Running for success

A bare stage, a few chairs, a director and five performers playing themselves—maybe it’s not even a show? And yet, Sophie Gee has created a poignant work that digs through the junk pile of our everyday failures to extract pearls of humanity.

Queen of Dance, King of Hip-Hop, Prince of Finance: the nobility of our time wears the shining crown of success at any price. The courageous performers of Lévriers—most of them immigrants—flip the mirror to the dull side to examine their own failures, flaws and broken dreams, in direct testimonials from an open stage. With them, we laugh, we cry a little, we recognize ourselves a lot ... Because deep down, we all yearn to reach the top of this palace of cards of success, even if it threatens to collapse at any moment.

*120 seats only!

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This event ended on: Dec 7, 2019

Adults & chaperones

1 Free adult per 15 students

Free admittance for special needs assistants

$ (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

Directed by Sophie Gee

Directed by Sophie Gee

Theatre Hunter and Gatherer

It’s as if Sophie Gee can see theatre where no one else can! With her company, Nervous Hunter (named for a poem by Rimbaud), she pursues theatricality, sometimes travelling as far as Iceland (I am such a small container for all this), sometimes transforming a vast stage into a pool of water (The Phaedra Project). The constant in the work of this graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada is the decompartmentalization of disciplines, the convergence and interaction of theatre, dance and performance. Lévriers also reflects her desire to give a voice to actors and non-actors of all backgrounds (ages, cultures, languages).

Chasseuse-cueilleuse scénique

C’est comme si Sophie Gee voyait du théâtre là où on n’en voyait pas ! Avec sa compagnie, Nervous Hunter (nommée en hommage à un vers de Rimbaud), elle pourchasse la théâtralité, parfois jusqu’en Islande (I am such a small container for all this), parfois en transformant la scène vaste en mare d’eau comme pour The Phaedra Project. Toujours, dans le travail de cette diplômée de l’École nationale de théâtre du Canada, il y a ce décloisonnement des disciplines : art dramatique, danse et performance se répondent. Lévriers témoigne aussi de son désir de céder la parole à des acteurs et des non-acteurs de tous horizons (âge, culture, langue).

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Dramaturg Pénélope Bourque

Dramaturg Pénélope Bourque

Authoress in resonance

Autrice (authoress) is the title she has resolutely claimed as a feminist statement, the word having been slyly sidelined by the Académie française until the 2019 reform. Pénélope Bourque likes to anchor her dramaturgical practice in her encounters with various communities. For the collective Ce n’était pas du vin, she wrote Iseult & Evaelle – un beau conte d’amour et de mort (2016), in collaboration with teenagers, and Jaunes et rouges brillent les étoiles (2017), in collaboration with senior citizens. In 2018, she joined the exuberantly eclectic team of Lévriers to help create the show’s script. At Joe Jack et John, she oversees the texts and helps with administration. She trained at the National Theatre School of Canada.

Autrice en résonance

Autrice, c’est le titre qu’elle revendique depuis longtemps comme prise de position féministe, le mot ayant été sournoisement éradiqué par l’Académie française jusqu’à la réforme en 2019. Pénélope Bourque aime ancrer sa pratique dramaturgique dans la rencontre avec diverses communautés. Avec le collectif Ce n’était pas du vin, elle signe Iseult & Evaelle – un beau conte d’amour et de mort (2016), en collaboration avec des adolescents, et Jaunes et rouges brillent les étoiles (2017), avec des personnes âgées. En 2018, elle accompagne dans l’écriture de plateau l’équipe joyeusement hétéroclite de Lévriers. Chez Joe Jack et John, elle chapeaute les textes et participe à l’administration. Elle a étudié à l’École nationale de théâtre du Canada.

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Created and performed by Jacqueline van de Geer

Created and performed by Jacqueline van de Geer

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Created and performed by Corinne Crane

Created and performed by Corinne Crane

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Created and performed by Steven Korolnek

Created and performed by Steven Korolnek

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Created and performed by Kyng Rose

Created and performed by Kyng Rose

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Created and performed by Ghislain Shema Ndayisaba

Created and performed by Ghislain Shema Ndayisaba

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Directed by Sophie Gee
Created and performed by Sophie Gee, Jacqueline van de Geer, Corinne Crane, Steven Korolnek, Ghislain Shema Ndayisaba and Kyng Rose
Written by Collective, in collaboration with Pénélope Bourque and Mercedeh Baroque
Dramaturg Pénélope Bourque
Dramaturg Marilou Craft
Lighting Maya Jarvis
Sound Kyng Rose
Set and costume consultant Jessica Poirier-Chang
Artistic consultant Nini Bélanger
Dramaturgical consultant (1st stage of creation) Olivier Sylvestre
Produced by Nervous Hunter and MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels)
Presented by Un accueil du Théâtre français du CNA and Théâtre la Catapulte

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