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The piece was awarded the 2020 Grand Prix and the Prix Envol at the Prix de la Danse de Montréal.
BOW’T TRAIL Retrospek, the ambassador piece of the BOW’T series, is a conversation between the present and the past, combined to the channelling body of Désir in which more than 130 testimonies collected on 7 lands of the Americas still reside. The choreographer, driven by a desire and a need to transcend her origins, has been carrying research since 2015 in the Americas to immerse herself with the African cultures and rhythms deployed by the peoples who were deported there.
On stage and accompanied by two maestros, Désir transcends polyrhythmic and majestic textures and sonorities while her body is mysteriously enveloped by video projections and plural memories connecting the audience to the universe of her travels. A must see!
BOW'T TRAIL Retrospek | DEMO from Rhodnie Désir on Vimeo.
Paid for in part by Sarasota County Tourist Development Tax revenues.
Production Credits
Co-production: RD Créations, National Arts Center of Ottawa
Creation partners: Canada arts council, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Conseil des arts de Montréal, Espace Libre, Centre de création O'Vertigo
Choreography, dancer, artistic direction and vocal compositions: Rhodnie Désir
Musicians: Engone Endong & Jahsun
Video designer: Manuel Chantre
Lighting designer: Juliette Dumaine
Lighting designer (accessories): Jonathan Barro
Costume designer: Mélanie Fererro
Beatmaker and music composer: Engone Endong, Artistic Senior Consultant and Philip Szporer
Creative support: Isabelle Poirier and James Viveiros
Dressmaker: Natalie Talbot
Technical director: Romane Bocquet
Documentary video images from BOW’T TRAIL https://ici.artv.ca/bowttrail/fr