Taueuby Soleil Launière
Multidisciplinary Indigenous artist, Soleil Launière interweaves the presence of the two-spirit body and experimental audiovisual while drawing inspiration from the cosmogony and sacred spirit of animals from the Innu world. This fall, she is making her musical debut by presenting, in collaboration with the Musique Nomade label, a laboratory show for the launch of her first album, Taueu.
At Sala Rossa, October 17, at 8 p.m.
Music Sensation (Waacking Battle)
This evening of “waacking” competition, a dance born in Los Angeles which is similar to New York “voguing”, brings together a community of young queer dancers from diverse origins. Organized by the Asymmetry collective, the evening is orchestrated by an Afro-descendant artist from street dance from Montreal, the flamboyant Axelle Munezero. “Among others, she coached French figure skaters Guillaume Cizeron and Gabriella Papadakis, who won the gold medal at the Beijing Olympic Games,” explains D. Kimm. In all, 16 dancers will perform to disco music in front of judge Bill Goodson, who was a choreographer for Diana Ross and worked at the famous Moulin Rouge in Paris. The evening will be hosted by Mautassime.
At Sala Rossa, October 18, at 8 p.m.
PHOTO PROVIDED BY THE PHENOMENA FESTIVAL/COMPANY SINGULIER PLURAL
Creator and actress Julie Vincent
Julia’s flesh
Inspired by the intimate and artistic journey of Julie Vincent, “this show tells the moving battle of Julia – by turns actress, poet, itinerant and sentimental warrior – who walks armed with her imagination. Through the journey of the actress, Die loudly to today, it is also the history of modern Quebec, seen through the eyes of a woman who develops herself as an artist,” says D. Kimm. The artist offers a summary of life divided into cabaret numbers “which celebrates theater and reveals the strength and fragility of a woman who deconstructs herself and is reborn in a world built on the base of patriarchy,” she continues. The production is by Julie Vincent and Philippe Soldevila.
At the Sotterenea (intimate room of the Sala Rossa), October 12, 13 and 14, at 7 p.m.
Céline Cabaret without Céline
After Dalida, it is Céline Dion’s turn to be celebrated at the Phénomena festival, in a cabaret under the artistic direction of Claudia Chan Tak. “Artists from all walks of life are invited to this extravagant evening with the same instruction: it is strictly forbidden to use the artist’s original recordings. We therefore hear Céline’s successes… without the voice of Charlemagne’s diva,” explains D. Kimm. The public will be welcomed with panache by the drag queen Bijuriya.
At Sala Rossa, October 19, at 8 p.m.
Steppin Into the Void
PHOTO PROVIDED BY FORWARD MOVEMENTS
The festival offers an evening dedicated to street dance African-American, with the company Forward Movements.
The festival also offers an evening dedicated to street dance African American and titled Steppin Into the Void. All codes and aesthetics will be presented during this evening organized by Forward Movements, a company involved in its community in Montreal North. An MC, Ford Mckeown Larose, will host the evening, accompanied by the R&B group Dust Gang, and a jam party will close the evening.
At Sala Rossa, October 13, at 8 p.m.
The exhibition Portraits of women on imagined landscapes IV
Phénomena also continues its commitment to the deaf community by presenting, at the Grande Bibliothèque, the exhibition Portraits of women on imagined landscapes IV, created by photographer Caroline Hayeur and D. Kimm. In this project, 22 costumed deaf women were photographed in front of a neutral background and then integrated into an imaginary landscape.
At the Grande Bibliothèque, until October 13