Boundlessness is a feeling, and it’s what Clara Furey wants to stimulate. The Canadian dancer, choreographer, musician and actor takes her audience to spheres of cosmic eroticism. In her new piece, the four individuals (including Furey herself) dance – their bodies “unarmoured”, i.e. without the shield of everyday social conventions and gender attributions – into the vastness of inner oceans in a direct encounter with their desires. The quartet is an existential experiment in continuation of earlier works such as Cosmic Love and Dog Rising. Fluid, carnal swirls of movement and sound trigger emotional waves that can spark off fantasies of boundlessness. The “waves of sea and love” thus break against the cliffs of our severe and torn present.
Concept, choreography and artistic direction: Clara Furey
Choreographic co-creation and performance: Justin de Luna, Clara Furey, Be Heintzman Hope and Brian Mendez
Musical composition and live spacialisation: Twin Rising
Artistic witness: Bettina Blanc Penther and Aïsha Sasha John
Rehearsal direction: Lucie Vigneault and Simon Portigal
Costume design: Be Heintzman Hope
Lighting design: Paul Chambers
Assistant lighting design: Jordana Natale
Technical direction: Jenny Huot and Darah Miah
Distribution: A propic / Line Rousseau, Marion Gauvent and Lara van Lookeren
Production: Bent Hollow Cie
Executive production: Parbleux
Co-production: Atelier de Paris – CDCN (FR), Centre choréographique national d’Orléans (FR), Centro Servizi Culturali Santa Chiara Trento (IT), Charleroi danse (BE) and Festival Transamériques (CA)
Partners and support: Artiste associée de l’Usine C pour la cohorte 2021-2024, Montreal (CA), and Parbleux (CA)
Developed in collaboration with the National Creation Fund of the National Arts Centre (CA)
The creation of this work was made possible thanks to the financial support of the Conseil des arts du Canada (CA), the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CA) and the Conseil des arts de Montréal (CA).
The European premiere was presented on May 22, 2024 as part of the Kunstenfestivaldesarts programme, Brussels (BE). The North American premiere was presented on May 29, 2024 as part of the Festival Transamériques programme, Montreal (CA).
Supported by the representation of the Québec government.
