February 22 to February 27, 2009

Fonderie Darling

745, rue Ottawa [métro Square Victoria], Montréal, Québec

Info: 514-392-1554

Tickets

  • Regular: $15.00
  • 50 YO +: $10.00
  • Student: $10.00

Hozhro

Photo: Mario Côté

Coproduction Michel Gonneville / Quatuor Bozzini / MNM in partnership with Hexagram-UQAM, Le Carré des Lombes, Fonderie Darling, Conservatoire de musique de Montréal

Four renowned creative thinkers and eight performers come together with Michel Gonneville to create a multi-disciplinary event that addresses a heated topic of debate — the ecological crisis. Inspired by the ideas of eminent Québécois ecologist Pierre Dansereau, this work is an important first of its kind! Dance, video, lighting, architectural scenography, and music propel audiences into the universe of a woman haunted by this very same crisis, and combine to recreate her search for inner harmony (“hozhro” in Navajo). This assembly of art forms also sets in motion a process that is much like a First Nation’s hearing ritual. Portrayed by soprano Éthel Guéret and surrounded by two dancers and five musicians, the central character retreats inwardly, escapes into dreams and sensual fantasy, later to emerge in a state of peace and clarity.

Concert Dates

Programme

  • Michel Gonneville, Hozhro (1991-2008) (Pierre Dansereau, Michel Gonneville, libretto) (premiere)

    soprano, soprano saxophone, string quartet

    • 1. Manifeste
    • 2. Manifeste: suite (paliers d’écosystèmes)
    • 3. 8 mots d’ordre sur un constat
    • 4. Les forces qui contrarient
    • 5. Tremblement de tente
    • 6. Restes de slogans
    • 7. Phrases décousues
    • 8. Entrée dans le sommeil
    • 9. Re-synchronisation
    • 10. Le shaman et l’âme
    • 11. Duo à pas lents
    • 12. Solfège
    • 13. Île arc-en-ciel (avec shaman, oiseaux et carillon)
    • 14. Île arc-en-ciel 2
    • 15. Réveil

The original music from the show will be launched on CD (Quatuor Bozzini — Michel Gonneville: Hozhro on DAME/Collection QB) during the concert series.

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