Programming

On the occasion of Valentine's Day, eight artists tackle the theme of love through short performances. Parlez-moi d'amour is an event under the artistic direction of Sylvie Tourangeau.

performances by : Akeko -, Louise Dubreuil, Christine Lebel, Chloé Lefebvre, Christine Patenaude, Victoria Stanton and Vincent Tinguely, Marie-Andrée Rho

Victoria Stanton and Vincent Tinguely
Do Live With Or Marry An Artist
How do two people live together intimately? Where does "I" end and "you" begin? How is space shared? How is it divided? Vince and Victoria explore the nuances of a relationship and the nature of "attachment" through spoken word, hair elastics and needle and thread.

Christine Lebel
eat me, chew me, masticate me...
Everything you always wanted to see about chocolate but never dared to imagine. A caloric performance full of fantasies where a beautiful woman lets you discover the art of eating chocolates.

Christiane Patenaude
On a wire
Ambivalence in love fascinates. It exerts a seductive force that sometimes leads to injury. In the performance, the changing perception will be subtly activated through the body moving and modulating the charge of objects from the everyday.

Louise Dubreuil
Tell me about
This love
That abandons me
That hums to me
That transforms me
Tell me about
This love
That weeps for me
That frightens me
That touches me
This love
That does not come
This love
That is always there
This love
Who Speaks
From
Me

Chloé Lefebvre
My approach is based on the principle that in order there is surprise, and in disorder there are landmarks. I is She for the occasion. Smooth, and idealistic, She also disguises flaws, holes and blinders. She is a little hunger in herself, like killing time to mend the void. What can be the active links between the unspoken and the exutory excess, the grotesque exhibit and other therapeutic stuff. In love, it will be this small something of deeply human...