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.
Nasim Lootij, Kiasa Nazeran
Music: Michel f. Côté
Lightning: Benoit Lariviere
Costumes: Amélie Charbonneau, Atelier-M-Costume
Assistance aux répétitions & regard extérieur :
Repetiter: Sophie Michaud
Idéation : Kiasa Nazeran et Nasim Lootij
Choreography et dramaturgy: Nasim Lootij and Kiasa Nazeran with the assistance of Sophie Michaud and Michel f. Côté
Videography: Alejandro Jiménez
Photographers: David Wong, Vanessa Fortin, Arezoo Farahani
Special thanks: José Navas, Kathy / Partenaires et résidence de création :Conseil des arts du Canada – Conseil des arts de Montréal – MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels) – José Navas/Compagnie Flak – Montréal Danse – Danse-Cité – Maison de la culture du Plateau Mont Royal – Maison de la culture de Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie – Circuit-est centre chorégraphique – LA SERRE – arts vivants – Festival Offta – Centre de Création O Vertigo – CCOV – Vue sur la Relève – Studio Bizz – Biennale Parcours Danse – Biennale Cinars
