Emersion. Director Aline-Sitoé N’Diaye immerses us in the daily life of Yaa, a 15-year-old mixed-race girl who doesn’t like who she is. She is confronted with her skin color when she discovers, in a store, the shades of ballet slippers. At the McCord Museum on March 17, as part of the event Danced films and society: for a new impact.
The night of the dance. Mélanie Demers, Édouard Lock, Hofesh Shechter and many others will be honored on this night of dance celebration. About twenty films from the program will be shown on the big screen. A good way not to miss anything! At the Outremont theater on March 18, from 5:30 p.m.
Firestarter: The Story of Bangarra. In this cinematic proposal, Wayne Blair and Nel Minchin explore the loss and the reconquest of Aboriginal culture. They follow the three founding brothers of the Australian Aboriginal contemporary dance company Bangarra Dance Theater and reveal how they managed to renew themselves over time to become an internationally renowned institution. Online from March 16, or at the Outremont theater on March 19.
Body-Buildings. Merging dance, cinema and architecture is the challenge that Portuguese director Henrique Pina has set himself. On six works of architecture, in his native country, he films dancing artists appropriating the space and developing a hovering, impressive dance. Online from March 16, or at the Canadian Center for Architecture on March 26.
The Swan at the Mouth of the River. This cinematographic work immerses itself in the end of a career, the last stage appearance of the artist Bernd Burgmaier who puts on his pointe shoes to interpret The Dying Swan. This docu-dance retraces the end and the continuation of the trajectory of a dancer, highlighting the binary perceptions of gender and life. Online from March 16, or at the Museum cinema on March 26.
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