Avec Bordélique, Mélissa Martin (aussi connue sous le nom de Melmaze) plonge le public dans un univers inspiré des rêves et des cauchemars, où réalité et fiction se confondent. Portée par des influences issues des danses de rue et d’un parcours multi-styles, cette première œuvre chorégraphique met en scène des personnages cherchant à affronter ce qui les trouble au cœur d’un monde instable et onirique. Originaire du Nouveau-Brunswick et établie à Québec, Mélissa Martin développe une démarche scénique expressive, éclatée et profondément ancrée dans l’imaginaire.
L’Inconsistance, by the Montreal-based collective Vâtchik Danse, founded by Nasim Lootij and Kiasa Nazeran, offers a choreographic reflection on the violence experienced by Iranians since 1979. Inspired by German Expressionism and Kurt Jooss’s La Table verte, the piece features two performers and a strip of paper in constant transformation, symbolizing the human spirit and its illusions. By turns an object of desire, a mask, or an instrument of violence, this material reveals the fragility of ideals and the mechanisms of blindness. Through a blend of naive gestures, physical tension, and unsettling imagery, the work navigates the spectrum between the grotesque and the tragic to question our ability to see—or refuse to see—reality.
In nodus tollens, Lamont, an artist from the movement based in Terrebonne, explores the moment when the narratives that define us are no longer enough. Through an intimate and vulnerable solo performance, they explore identity, chosen heritage, and what becomes of us when the thread breaks. A graduate of the Modus Operandi program in Vancouver, they have developed a practice dedicated to queer communities and adolescents. This marks their third appearance at the Quartiers Danses Festival in an urban setting.
