Immersive and sensory experience with sound, lighting effects and moving and colliding bodies, I want to participate in the chaos is a contemporary dance performance that has little to do with traditional theatre.
On view until February 4 at the Théâtre Périscope, this creation by Eliot Laprise is a tribute to human contact, to the exploration of emotion and brutal sensuality. A punk research, according to the creative team, on our awareness of the other and on the need for listening and benevolence.
In the summer of 2008, Eliot Laprise, who was riding a bicycle, hit a car. At first angry, the driver offered comfort to the cyclist at fault, when she saw his state of shock. A frank and sincere moment that marked him. Inspired by this incident, Eliot Laprise imagined a series of accidents, banal at first, allowing a person to feel that they exist somewhere and for someone.
On stage through a powerful soundtrack, sophisticated lighting and smoke effects, we find Léa Ratycz Légaré, Sonia Montminy, Nelly Paquentin, Fabien Piché and Alexandrine Warren.
On a bare game board, performers appear and disappear through the magic of lighting. They fall, hug, run, slip and suffer on the ground.
No dialogues
The lighting effects created by Émile Beauchemin are inventive and effective. The electro soundtrack, delivered live by DJ Jean-Michel Letendre Veilleux, is powerful and of very high quality.
I want to participate in the chaos is a meeting of bodies. We think a little regarding Crash of David Cronenberg without the sheet metal and the cars. Bodies that collide to feel emotions.
The performers offer a very physical game. Fabien Piché once once more demonstrates his great talent.
The narrative framework is revealed through a few short sentences and reflections recited by Alexandrine Warren. There are no dialogues.
I want to participate in the chaos is a theatrical object that requires an open mind and an interest in contemporary dance. Once this audacity has been accepted, this 60-minute multi-interpretation show fulfills its promises.
