"When the lights dim but the music keeps rising, I find myself truly on the edge of my seat, wondering what will happen next. What new marvel could Lake have in store for us?"
- The Dance Current
© Photos – David Wong & Martin Morissette
After “Là-bas, le lointain,” “Ravages,” and “Les caveaux,” Alan Lake continues his multidisciplinary approach by intertwining his choreographic language and sensitivity to visual arts in a piece for 9 dancers and a live musician. Inspired by Géricault’s “The Raft of the Medusa” and the state of emergency experienced by the shipwreck survivors in the famous painting, “Le cri des méduses” unfolds in an imagined location, propelling us into a terrifying dreamscape. A physically intense dance, akin to a pagan ritual, is disrupted by the impactful imagery of the scenography. “Le cri des méduses” is an awakened dream, a dance of (sur)vival.
Duration : 65min
Creation : Alan Lake
Choreography : Alan Lake, in collaboration with the dancers.
Dancers : Kimberley de Jong, Jean-Benoit Labrecque, Fabien Piché, Esther Rousseau Morin, Josiane Bernier, Abe Simon Mijnheer, Danny Morissette, Sacha Ouellette Deguire, Salome Janan, Jo Lainy Trozzo-Mounet and Odile-Amélie Peters. (Dancers at creation, David rancourt, Louis-Elyan Martin, Geneviève Robitaille)
Original score live: Antoine Berthiaume
Lighting design: Karine Gauthier
Rehearsal director : Annie Gagnon
Scenography : Marilène Bastien and Alan Lake
Production management : André Houle, Centre de Création O Vertigo – CCOV
Technical director : Achille Martineau
Coproduction : Centre de Création O Vertigo – CCOV, Danse Danse, La Rotonde and Le Grand théâtre de Québec