4 multidisciplinary new works:
Annesley Black (DE / CA), peripheral exploder *
Myriam Boucher (CA), Recommencement
Symon Henry (CA), L'amour des oiseaux moches
Snežana Nešić (DE / SR), Inverted light *

PERFORMERS
Sarah Albu, vocal art
Émilie Girard-Charest, musical saw and cello
Matti Pulkki, accordion
Lucie Vigneault, dance
Véronique Lacroix, conductor
ECM+, 9 musicians

ARTISTIC TEAM
Véronique Lacroix and Symon Henry, artistic direction
Marie-Josée Chartier, staging and choreography
Marie-Eve Fortier, scenography
Marilène Bastien, costumes
Cédric Delorme-Bouchard, lighting design
Kevin Gironnay, sound engineering
Rodolphe St-Arneault, technical direction


* Composition commissions funded by the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation


With the support of the Goethe Institut and SOCAN Foundation

    

A large-scale multidisciplinary show combining orchestral and electroacoustic creations, dance and vocal art, visual arts and poetry, L’Outre-rêve borrows the voice and form of the initiatory narrative written by poet and composer Symon Henry—recently a finalist for a Governor General's Literary Award—and explores the relationship between memories, bodies and identities, beyond borders.

 

In a mesmerizing and unrestrained voice, these themes are conveyed by four archetype characters inspired by Henry’s origins steeped in a cultural heritage blending East and West. The Vieux Clown, Louve que j’aime, Djinn l’éphémère and Nour d’Outre-rêve call out to each other over the projected sounding pictures, in turn, present the four new works for ensemble commissioned for the occasion to composers Symon Henry, Annesley Black, Myriam Boucher and Snežana Nešić.

 

On stage, the ECM+, its conductor, soprano Sarah Albu and three soloists in perpetual mutation transport the audience into a dreamlike world that ignores borders and give life to myriad creations that are as enigmatic as they are unpredictable.