Nova express (2024)a piece for 6 dancers and organ pipes
length : 60 minutes

After the implosion of their planet, six individuals find themselves on a pile of debris from a dismantled organ. Adrift on this raft, these beings gestate in a cosmic fluid where the pipes of the instrument resonate like a distant echo. In this in-between world, their bodies oscillate between reactivity and abandonment, vulnerability and impulsivity, thereby releasing the psychic toxins of a past order.

The piece was born from an organ I recovered in a deconsecrated church. Using recordings from the organ pipes and vocals, the music is characterized by energetic flows – simultaneously frenetic and restless, ecstatic and melancholic – echoing the group’s journey aboard this timeless raft. Their memories still freshly imprinted by the cataclysm, their gestures reflect the fragility of any attempt at coexistence.

Among this woodpile, the mystery of cycles – of decay and rebirth in worlds – unfolds. Lines of unbound ecstatic life force are unleashed and create a true ode to the human potential to re-enchant the world. A new dance emerges, a martial dance, a folkloric dance of the future. A dance to connect to our springlike intuitions.

Shows

7 November 2024 7pm
8 November 2024 7pm
9 November 2024 7pm
10 November 2024 4pm
Montréal, Québec Tickets

Choreography, music, set design
Alejandro Sajgalik
Performers Léonie Bélanger, Anna Duverne, Mathieu Hérard, Osbiel Lazo, Ciro Melgaço, Marie-Maxime Ross
Costumes Jonathan Girard
Lights and technical direction Lee Anholt
Videography Alex Nadeau-Farley
Photography Rodolfo Rueda

Residency Centre de Création O Vertigo
Technical residency Maison de la culture Janine-Sutto
Support from Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Conseil des arts de Montréal

Alejandro Sajgalik

Info

fr

en

Performances : ❶ Nova Express ❷ Materia Prima ❸ Cantos para los insaciables ❹ N’importe où hors du monde ❺ Holy Delta

❶ Nova Express ❷ Materia Prima ❸ Cantos para los insaciables ❹ N’importe où hors du monde ❺ Holy Delta