 Emmanuel Jouthe
 José Navas
Photo: Michael Slobodian
 VORTEX 1 by Isabelle Van Grimde
Dancer : Esther Gaudette
Photo : Michael Slobodian |
Emmanuel Jouthe
Emmanuel Jouthe is choreographer, performer and artistic director of the company Danse Carpe Diem/Emmanuel Jouthe, where he emphasizes exploration and creation in contemporary dance. He has choreographed and performed in many works, including Le Sabot de Maogani, FH…les petites morts de la paume, 3 Centauromachia 4 and M. His work has been hailed in Montreal, Québec, Ottawa, Toronto, Palermo (Italy) and as far away as Berlin (Germany).
Of his numerous appearances at Danse-Cité, besides his choreography Aeternam (part of the diptych Dimanche XXIe) and Staccato Rivière, his latest work, Jouthe has also danced/performed in such works as Célébration I et II, Hautnah (Felix Ruckert), 63 apparitions (Michel F. Côté) and Treize lunes.
In his creation process, choreographic composition and structured improvisation mingle and merge. Emmanual Jouthe seeks to capture the lines of the body and stimulate movement by putting the emphasis on contrasting energies: lascivious and percussive, dynamic and reflective. In his approach to phrasing, he proposes a vocabulary that can be reinterpreted depending on the dancer and on the context of the staging.
[http://www.emmanueljouthe.com/]
José Navas
Born in Venezuela in 1965, José Navas has been based in Quebec since 1991. After having proven himself a talented and charismatic soloist on the international scene, he has created audacious and striking group pieces. The creator of nearly two dozen works as an independent choreographer or as the artistic director of Compagnie Flak, he now focuses his artistic research on the essence and purity of movement. Abstraction, sobriety, intensity and depth are the words that best characterize his current work.
[http://www.flak.org]
Isabelle Van Grimde
The body, in its' quality of raw material, of malleable matter, as well as the thinking body, is at the heart of Isabelle Van Grimde's creative research. The choreographer is interested in the place of the dancing body within the musical score, and the relationship of dancer to musician. In the last few years, her work has evolved around principles of ""open creation", that is to say a creation in which, despite the precision of the choreographic score, the performers are given a space of freedom.
As journalist Frédérique Doyon has observed, Isabelle Van Grimde finds in the experience of improvisation the materials that allow her to invent a choreographic language made of "lines that are precise, abstract, but totally incarnated and driven."
In 1996, Isabelle Van Grimde received her first invitations to Europe with À l'échelle humaine. Thus propelled onto the international scene Isabelle Van Grimde created fifteen pieces in close succession presented in twenty cities throughout Europe and North America.
These works have placed Van Grimde Corps Secrets among the most visible companies in Montreal. Agora de la danse, a committed partner, has hosted and produced the most recent creations.
In the past few years Van Grimde Corps Secrets has acquired recognition within the dance community and beyond, for its unique choreographic language and its numerous collaborations with music. Her interest in questions of perception of the body, and the views she developed around these questions have positioned the company with artists and audiences of other disciplines (FestivalTransamériques, Festival Les Musiques de Marseille, Festival Mettre en Scène de Rennes)
An eloquent spokesperson for dance, Isabelle Van Grimde regularly integrates young professionals to her creation projects. With her vast experience and talent, she has become a recognized teacher both in Montreal and Europe.
[http://www.vangrimdecorpssecrets.com]
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