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14th edition of Festival TransAmériques
Life is Live with the FTA
22 dance and theatre shows
At 10 weeks from the FTA opening, the Festival team remains attentive to public health directives
and is confident that the measures implemented by the authorities, on Canadian territory and
elsewhere around the world, will limit the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19).
Dance
+ Theatre Montreal, Tuesday March 17, 2020 – The Festival TransAmériques is a celebration to shake up
collective apathy. This 14th edition takes place at the beginning of a new decade that will be
crucial for the future of humanity. While the world as we know it is on the verge of collapse how
can 22 dance and theatre shows stimulate new realities? That’s what FTA festivalgoers will
discover from May 20 to June 3, 2020 in 13 venues at the heart of Montreal. Creators coming
Embargoed until
March 17, 2020
together from twenty cities around the world will take to the stage live to restore precious life
at 5:00 p.m. in all its astonishing and profoundly moving vitality.
“Artists sense, artists feel. They see with courage and lucidity the state of our despoiled world.
They are essential because they propose new ways of imagining. They open up unexpected
perspectives, rebuild worlds, worlds that give birth to dreams. Where we might be petrified,
they allow us to dance on the ruins of our chaos, often with joy. Standing together, united by
art, we can do a lot. Let us use our strength.”
— Martin Faucher, Artistic Director
To launch this edition with appropriate aplomb, make way for the enchanted world of the
Greek director Euripides Laskaridis with Elenit, an international Festival coproduction and
one of our 8 creations in 2020, along with Stations by Louise Lecavalier, Violence by Marie
From
Brassard, P.O.R.N. (Portrait of Restless Narcissism) by Christian Lapointe and Nadia Ross,
May 20 to
Post coïtum by Mélanie Demers, J’ai pleuré avec les chiens (I Cried with the Dogs) by Daina
June 3, 2020
Ashbee, SIERRRANEVADA by Manuel Roque and Contingency by Japanese choreographer
Hiroaki Umeda in the Satosphere dome of the Society for Arts and Technology [SAT].
Imagine an oversized aquarium on the Place des Festivals... American artist Lars Jan will amaze
thousands of people with Holoscenes, an extraordinary performance which subjects humans
to the frightening consequences of climate change.
Several international artists will premiere their works for FTA audiences: choreographers Alice
Ripoll, from Rio de Janeiro, and nora chipaumire, a New Yorker originally from Zimbabwe, will
respectively present an electrifying new group work Cria and the politically irreverent triptych
#PUNK 100% POP *N!GGA; as for theatre, note the luminous presence of Torontonian Jordan
Tannahill with Declarations, an ode to his departed mother, of Chilean artist Manuela Infante
and all the plants of Estado vegetal, of Belgian Louis Vanhaverbeke with his inventive Mikado
Remix as well as the Syrian trio of Omar Abusaada, Mohammad Al Attar and Bissane Al Charif
with their heartrending testimonies in Aleppo. A Portrait of Absence, told face to face to one
spectator at a time.
Among eagerly awaited returning artists, undoubtedly the celebrated works Requiem pour L.
by Fabrizio Cassel and Alain Platel, Romances inciertos, un autre Orlando by François
Chaignaud and Nino Laisné, Why? by Peter Brook and Marie-Hélène Estienne as well as
La reprise. Histoire(s) du théâtre (I) (The Repetition) by Milo Rau, inspired by a horrific
news item, will make the event truly exceptional.
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Finally, three shows will be gracing our stages with return engagements: the sound and
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OPENING SHOW
Elenit
Euripides Laskaridis
Osmosis, Athens
May 20 to 23
Place des Arts - Théâtre Jean-Duceppe
Propelled by a wind turbine, strange fauna led by the incomparable Euripides Laskaridis take the
Dance spectator into a world out of time, suspended between dreams and the end of ideals.
+ Theatre
Coproduction Festival TransAmériques + North American première
Presented by HAVAS Montréal in association with Place des Arts
Embargoed until
March 17, 2020 A BIG OUTDOOR EVENT
at 5:00 p.m.
Holoscenes
Lars Jan
Early Morning Opera, Los Angeles
May 26 to 30
Place des Festivals
People sitting in a giant aquarium in the middle of Place des Festivals cope with cyclical flooding. An
extraordinary visual and visceral experience, Holoscenes questions our ability to respond to chaos.
Quebec première
Co-presented by Partenariat du Quartier des spectacles with the support of The Cole Foundation
From
May 20 to
June 3, 2020
DANCE SHOWS
Anima / Darkroom
7Starr + Lucy M. May
Laval + Montreal
May 22 to 27
La Chapelle Scènes Contemporaines
The explosive force of 7Starr, a pioneer and magnetic icon of krump. In a clash of darkness and
incandescent light, powerful movement bursts forth. Galvanizing and liberating.
Presented in association with La Chapelle Scènes Contemporaines + Montreal Krump Alliance
Contingency
Hiroaki Umeda
S20, Tokyo
May 21 to 24
Society for Arts and Technology [SAT]
Dance, light and sound embrace and reverberate in a living, three-dimensional portrait. A solo of
heightened intensity where dance merges with its environment.
Press relations: World première
RuGicomm Codiffusion and produced with the support of Société des arts technologiques [SAT]
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Cria
Alice Ripoll
Suave, Rio de Janeiro
May 23 + 24
Maison Théâtre
In the labyrinthine favelas of Rio de Janeiro, ten prodigious performers invent small miracles of
dance. Emerging from a milieu that is despised or disregarded, Cria radiates with life.
Dance North American première
+ Theatre Presented by Fugues in association with Maison Théâtre
J’ai pleuré avec les chiens
Daina Ashbee
Embargoed until Montreal
March 17, 2020
at 5:00 p.m. May 27 to 30
Édifice Wilder - Espace danse
Espace Orange
For her first ensemble piece, the extreme choreographer Daina Ashbee celebrates the female body
in a ritual composed of minimalist landscapes.
Coproduction Festival TransAmériques + World première
Presented in association with Agora de la danse
Post coïtum
Mélanie Demers
From MAYDAY, Montreal
May 20 to May 28 to 30
June 3, 2020 Théâtre Rouge du Conservatoire
A decadent, ecstatic and disturbing bacchanal, this over-the-top carnival quivers with euphoric
agony. Wedding and funeral marches for humanity on the decline.
Coproduction Festival TransAmériques + World première
Presented by Infopresse in association with Théâtre Rouge du Conservatoire
#PUNK 100% POP *N!GGA
nora chipaumire
Mutare + New York
May 31 to June 3
Théâtre ESPACE GO
A liberated rock star of dance originally from Zimbabwe, nora chipaumire proclaims via punk, pop
and rumba the urgent need for liberation with an epic and invigorating triptych.
Canadian première
Presented in association with Théâtre ESPACE GO
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Requiem pour L.
Fabrizio Cassol + Alain Platel
les ballets C de la B, Ghent
May 26 to 28
Place des Arts
Théâtre Maisonneuve
In this Mass with 14 musicians and singers, meditation and exaltation join in a divine embrace. Requiem pour L.
invites death to a rainbow celebration where jazz and African rhythms encounter Mozart.
Dance
+ Theatre Québec première
Presented by La Presse in association with Place des Arts + Carrefour international de théâtre (Québec City) +
National Arts Centre (Ottawa) + Luminato Festival (Toronto)
Embargoed until
March 17, 2020 Romances inciertos, un autre Orlando
at 5:00 p.m. François Chaignaud + Nino Laisné
Paris + Madrid
May 25
Monument-National - Salle Ludger-Duvernay
Song and dance join together in a dazzling performance by François Chaignaud. A sensual journey
through Spanish folklore. A fascinating ode to multiple identities.
North American première
Presented with the support of Institut Français (Paris) + Service de coopération et d’action culturelle du Consulat
général de France à Québec in association with Monument-National + Salle Bourgie
From
May 20 to SIERRANEVADA
June 3, 2020 Manuel Roque
Montreal
May 27 to 31
Édifice Wilder - Espace danse
Espace Vert
In a bare space with no props save a blonde wig, a trial by choreography demands jumping repeatedly,
again and again. When the depletion of resources offers the prospect of transformation.
Coproduction Festival TransAmériques + World première
Presented in association with Agora de la danse
Stations
Louise Lecavalier
Fou glorieux
Montreal
May 21 to 27
Usine C
Driven by a pressing need to dance, Louise Lecavalier attains the fullness of her art in a spirited solo that
pulsates on the very margins of the intimate.
Coproduction Festival TransAmériques + North American première
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Presented by Bell in association with Usine C
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Un temps pour tout
Sovann Rochon-Prom Tep
Lorganisme, Montreal
May 29 to 31
La Chapelle Scènes Contemporaines
Children and adults, come on in! In a cozy atmosphere, the hip-hop dancers Pax, Jigsaw and Sangwn
express themselves in a spirit of sharing. Raw, explosive, joyful.
Dance Presented in association with La Chapelle Scènes contemporaines
+ Theatre Kids welcome
Embargoed until
SPECTACLES DE THÉÂTRE
March 17, 2020
at 5:00 p.m.
Aalaapi | ᐋᓛᐱ
Collectif Aalaapi
Nunavik + Montreal
May 24 to 27
Théâtre Prospero
The exquisite tones and nuances of people who live north of the 55th parallel. A contemplative plunge
into the intimacy of young Inuit women, Aalaapi reveals the North through radio.
Presented in association with Théâtre Prospero
From
May 20 to Aleppo. A Portrait of Absence
June 3, 2020 Omar Abusaada + Mohammad Al Attar + Bissane Al Charif
Damas + Berlin + Paris
May 23 to June 3
Monument-National - Studio Hydro-Québec
Aleppo, a city destroyed by war, rises from the ashes in the stories of its inhabitants. Precious tales told
to one spectator at a time, a testimonial and a bequest.
North American première
Presented with the support of Cole Foundation + Goethe-Institut Montréal + Ministère fédéral des Affaires étrangères
d’Allemagne in association with Monument-National + La maison de la Syrie
Declarations
Jordan Tannahill
Toronto
May 29 to 31
Place des Arts - Cinquième Salle
Hundreds of short phrases reverberate through all aspects of existence. And five actors, night after night,
improvise and embody them.
Quebec première
Presented in association with Place des Arts
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Estado vegetal
Manuela Infante
Santiago
May 22 to 24
Théâtre ESPACE GO
If a tree created a stage play featuring human characters, what would it look like? That is the playful and
subversive challenge launched by the Chilean artist Manuela Infante.
Dance Canadian première
+ Theatre Presented in association with Théâtre ESPACE GO
La reprise. Histoire(s) du théâtre (I)
Milo Rau
Embargoed until
International Institute of Political Murder, Ghent + Berlin
March 17, 2020
at 5:00 p.m. June 1 to 3
Place des Arts - Théâtre Jean-Duceppe
Delving into a sordid news item, Milo Rau, one of the most forceful directors in contemporary theatre,
questions the very essence of theatre and its capacity to depict the unbearable.
North American première
Presented in association with Place des Arts + Festival du nouveau cinéma
Mikado Remix
Louis Vanhaverbeke
Brussels + Ghent
From
May 27 to 30
May 20 to
Espace Libre
June 3, 2020
The inveterate handyman Louis Vanhaverbeke explores other possible options beyond so-called normality
in this liberating performance. Imagination as a way of life.
North American première
Presented in association with Espace Libre
P.O.R.N. (Portrait of Restless Narcissism)
Christian Lapointe + Nadia Ross
Carte blanche + STO Union, Quebec City + Wakefield
May 28 to 31
Centre du Théâtre d’Aujourd’hui
Two maverick freethinkers present Theatre 2.0 for a mature audience, where the intoxicating dark corners
of the Net become fascinating, unsettling eye candy.
Coproduction Festival TransAmériques + North American première
Presented in association with Centre du Théâtre d’Aujourd’hui
18+ years
Violence
Marie Brassard
Infrarouge, Montreal
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May 30 to June 2
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Usine C
Bénédicte Jutras
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benedicte.jutras conjure undreamt-of worlds in a surrealist tale of astounding visual power.
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Coproduction Festival TransAmériques + North American première
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Why?
Peter Brook + Marie-Hélène Estienne
Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, Paris
May 21 to 23
Monument-National - Salle Ludger-Duvernay
At the apogee of his impressive career, the illustrious director Peter Brook, along with his colleague
Marie-Hélène Estienne, divests the theatre of artifice to ask an essential question: Why?
Dance Canadian première
+ Theatre Presented with the support of Institut Français (Paris) + Service de coopération et d’action culturelle du Consulat
général de France à Québec in association with Monument-National + Carrefour international de théâtre (Quebec City)
Embargoed until
March 17, 2020
FTA PLAYGROUNDS
at 5:00 p.m.
Free of charge and open to one and all, the FTA Playgrounds transform the energy of the performances
into food for thought, encouraging a meeting of minds.
Post-Show Discussions
Take part in post-performance onstage encounters with directors, choreographers and performers, and
engage in open-ended conversations with them.
Meet the Artists at the QG
The Quebec ecologist (and bassist for the Cowboys Fringants) Jérôme Dupras talks with Lars Jan (Holoscenes)
about how climate change mirrors the species. The Syrian writer Mohammad Al Attar (Aleppo. A Portrait
of Absence) tells the story of a city, a tale that becomes the only tie with the «lost» home.
From
May 20 to Conversations at the QG: Living Life
June 3, 2020 A Tally of Lost Steps: a conversation with Daniel Canty, a writer and walker. An observer enamoured of
fictional ecologies, he ponders the role of language in our lives. The Sky: Aurélie Lanctôt meets Nicole
O’Bomsawin, an Abenaki anthropologist, and Sheik Omar Koné, a Sufi lecturer, who share their ancestral
knowledge and their spiritual visions. Our ruins will be joyful! How will we live in the ruins of our civilization?
The philosopher and political scientist Dalie Giroux stimulates those of us now living with new words.
Our Birds: a unique encounter with the ornithologist Olivier Barden, who has been capturing the songs
of thousands of birds. He shares the sweetness of their songs and tales of their discovery.
Also at the QG
Queer Bodies, Life Drawing. Freehand sketching and spontaneous writing: bodies from Montreal queer
communities become living models. Animal, Vegetable, Critical. Canadian journalists, professional critics
and academics discuss Estado vegetal. Festival Under Siege. With turmoil in the streets, cities under
police surveillance and performances shut down, that some festivals even take place is an impressive
feat. Critical Banquet. After two weeks of dance and theatre, now’s the time to share your experiences.
Enjoy the feast!
Parties at the Festival Bar
After the shows, festivalgoers inevitably end up at the QG. That means not only the opening and closing
parties but also explosive happenings like Afrotonik and Palma Disco, or the return of the legendary
POMPe ! event, with the queen of underground nightlife Laura Boo. 100Lux Battles is a galvanizing dance
competition open to all hip-hop dancers, and FTA and OFFTA invite festivalgoers, performers, artisans,
cultural workers and artists to a memorable Fête de famille. Not to mention our resident DJs Montag
and Rhythm & Hues.
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RuGicomm And After? Exhibition
Explore the transformations necessary for set design of the future. Through an interactive device, 20
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Quebec designers and artists shed light on the contradictions between their artistic and ecological visions.
benedicte.jutras At Espace culturel Georges-Émile-Lapalme – Place des Arts.
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Films
From April 29 to May 17, six films echoing the FTA program will be presented at the Cinémathèque
québécoise: Tell me Lies by Peter Brook, I, Daniel Blake by Ken Loach, Blue by Derek Jarman,
Death Watch by Bertrand Tavernier, Angry Inuk by Alethea Arnaquq-Baril and Heart of a Dog
by Laurie Anderson.
FTA playgrounds for professionals
These activities for artists and theatre and dance professionals include the FTA Clinics, workshops
with choreographer nora chipaumire and the dramaturge and philosopher Camille Louis, and
Dance during Transformation Danse, workshops with Manuel Roque, Mélanie Demers and Sovann
+ Theatre Rochon-Prom Tep.
WELCOME TO THE QG, THE FESTIVAL BAR
Embargoed until Free admission at all times
March 17, 2020
at 5:00 p.m. Agora Hydro-Québec du Cœur des sciences de l’UQAM
175, ave. Président-Kennedy / metro Place-des-Arts
The Quartier général of the Festival welcomes all festivalgoers! By day it is a place for encounters,
for debating ideas. After the shows the QG becomes the Festival Bar, home to lively springtime
evenings, a place to enjoy wild parties.
From
May 20 to
June 3, 2020
Press relations:
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INFOS
March 17 to 26, 2020 Starting March 27, 2020, 11 a.m.
Executive pre-sale of discount packages All single tickets on sale
Discount rates for people under 30 and over 65
Votre forfait FTA, la formule la plus avantageuse
4 shows $160
Dance
8 shows $260
+ Theatre
12 shows $360 *
Taxes and service charge included.
*When you purchase a 12-show discount package, you’ll receive an FTA bag, T-shirt and poster!
Embargoed until
March 17, 2020 When you buy your tickets, make a $1 donation per ticket to the Environmental Responsibility Fund that
at 5:00 p.m. aims to offset the Festival’s carbon footprint by purchasing carbon credits.
How to purchase discount packages and single tickets
Online
fta.ca
By phone
514 844 3822 / 1 866 984 3822
Tuesday to Friday, 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Pop-up box office
From Saturday, March 21 from noon to 4 p.m. – ticket packages only
May 20 to Saturday, March 28 from noon to 4 p.m. – ticket packages and individual tickets
June 3, 2020
In person
FTA QG
May 20 to June 3, 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
At performance venues
The FTA wishes to thank, for their generous support, its:
PUBLIC PARTNERS CONSEIL DES ARTS ET DES LETTRES DU QUÉBEC + DIRECTION DE LA CULTURE ET DU PATRIMOINE
DE LA VILLE DE MONTRÉAL + CANADIAN HERITAGE + CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS + CONSEIL DES ARTS
DE MONTRÉAL + SECRÉTARIAT À LA RÉGION MÉTROPOLITAINE + MINISTÈRE DU TRAVAIL, DE L’EMPLOI ET DE
LA SOLIDARITÉ SOCIALE + TOURISME QUÉBEC + MINISTÈRE DE LA CULTURE ET DES COMMUNICATIONS MAJOR
PARTNERS TOURISME MONTRÉAL + COLE FOUNDATION + LA PRESSE + HAVAS + HYDRO-QUÉBEC + PARTENARIAT
DU QUARTIER DES SPECTACLES + CAISSE DE DÉPÔT ET PLACEMENT DU QUÉBEC + ICI ARTV FOREIGN PARTNERS
INSTITUT FRANÇAIS + SERVICE DE COOPÉRATIONS ET D’ACTION CULTURELLE DU CONSULAT GÉNÉRAL DE FRANCE
À QUÉBEC + GOETHE-INSTITUT MONTRÉAL + MINISTÈRE FÉDÉRAL DES AFFAIRES ÉTRANGÈRES D’ALLEMAGNE
PRINCIPAL PARTNERS BELL + L’APPARTEMENT HÔTEL + HÔTEL MONVILLE + FUGUES + INFOPRESSE + CŒUR DES
SCIENCES DE L’UQÀM CULTURAL PARTNERS SOCIETY FOR ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY + USINE C + MONUMENT-
NATIONAL + PLACE DES ARTS + UNION DES ARTISTES + COMPÉTENCE CULTURE + CENTRE CULTUREL CANADIEN
À PARIS + NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE’S NATIONAL CREATION FUND + CARREFOUR INTERNATIONAL DE THÉÂTRE +
THÉÂTRE ESPACE GO + AGORA DE LA DANSE + LA CHAPELLE SCÈNES CONTEMPORAINES + THÉÂTRE PROSPERO +
CENTRE DU THÉÂTRE D’AUJOURD’HUI + MAISON THÉÂTRE + ESPACE LIBRE + THÉÂTRE ROUGE DU CONSERVATOIRE
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