Vicious Circle is a interdisciplinary work, adapted from a 50-minute show created in 1985, which was Dulcinea Langfelder’s very first one-woman show. This stage production was a true personal diary in dance, mime, theatre, music, song, and video projection. The show was applauded by audiences and praised by critics during 10 years of touring across Canada, the U.S. and Europe.
Today, with a team of daring artists, Dulcinea Langfelder wanted to revisit her very first work and breathe new life in it. On the one hand, in the resulting adaptation, the 360° dome technology offered possibilities that were unimaginable during the original creation. On the other hand, the simple plastic hoop of the past gave way to the majestic Cyr wheel, skillfully manipulated by a virtuoso circus performer, bringing a new level of performance.
Both her first and last work, Vicious Circle brings to a close the fruitful artistic career of Dulcinea Langfelder (1955-2025), whose creations have deeply resonated with a wide international audience. Using the circle, a powerful and highly symbolic object, a premise for the ever-present cycles in our lives, she explores her fears and attempts to understand the incomprehensible, her sorrows, her insecurity, her vulnerability, her curiosity, and her determination to find her place in the world. Vicious Circle is a journey through an entire life, from birth to death.
Angelica Bongiovonni
PRODUCED BY Dulcinée Langfelder & Cie
with Angelica Bongiovonni
DIRECTING Benjamin Broche
ARTISTIC DIRECTION Bernard Duguay + Dulcinée Langfelder
STAGING & DRAMATURGY Dulcinea Langfelder + Alice Ronfard
CHOREOGRAPHY Angelica Bongiovonni + Dulcinea Langfelder
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY +Olivia McGilchrist +André Paul Therrien + Dominique Saint-Amand + Claire Sanford
COSTUMES Geneviève Bouchard + Evelyne Fay
ANIMATION 2D/3D & EDITING Benjamin Broche
VR ILLUSTRATION Rich Forg
VIDEO CONSULTANT Sebastien Joly
STAGE TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Vincent Santes
ACROBATIC RIGGING Frédérik Dallaire Pelletier
COORDINATION Viktoria Bobovskaia + Lise Deville + Julie Guénnéguès
GENERAL MANAGER Suzanne Bilodeau
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Bernard Duguay
ADMINISTRATION Julie Messier
ACCOUNTING Claude Gagnon
ELECTROACOUSTIC MUSIC Christian Calon
AUDIO COMPOSITION & MIXING Michel Smith
PHOTOS & VIDEOS Daniel Collins + Chloé Gayraud + Jean Gros-Abadie + Paul Martens+ Chantal Rosant + Daniel Trépanier
LOCATIONS Espace Go + Maison de la culture Notre-Dame-de-Grâce – Monkland + Maison de la culture Notre-Dame-de-Grâce – Botrel + Théâtre Aux Écuries
SPECIAL THANKS Mylène Robillard from the Centre Culturel de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce + Conseil des arts du Canada + Conseil des arts du Québec
Interpretation of the songs & narration Dulcinea Langfelder
« The ballade of the girl who could’nt stop running »
song based on « Ballad of the Lily of Hell », Music by Kurt Weill + lyrics by Dulcinea Langfelder, interpreted at the synthetizer by Mary Cowan
« Je ne t’aime pas »
Music by Kurt Weill, lyrics by Maurice Magre, interpreted at the piano by Claude Choinière
« Youkali »
Music by Kurt Weill, lyrics by Roger Fernay, interpreted at the guitar + by Patrick Arnaud Jullian
« Maggie and Milly and Molly and May »
Poem by E. E. Cummings
« Story of the little girl who couldn’t stop running »
Narration by Alexander Langfelder
