multiform(s) 2015
A veritable immersion for the spectators, overlooking and surrounding an arena, multiform(s) hypnotizes. A vibrant, moving tableau inspired by the vivid pigments of Mark Rothko’s paintings, the performance transports the audience to an altered state as it fascinates and casts a spell. Beyond time, beyond reality, Acorn manages by means of a subtle, complex dialogue of bodies to create a moment of rare beauty. A journey of the senses, the pure pleasure of abstraction. – Elsa Pepin, FTA archive
Created with and performed by Jonathan Adjemian, Meryem Alaoui, Ellen Furey, Jolyane Langlois, Germaine Liu, Ann Trépanier and Kathia Wittenborn. Sound performed live by Jonathan Adjemian/Hoover Party and Germaine Liu
Lighting design by Paul Chambers, Costume design by Sarah Doucet
Supported by Dancemakers and the Centre for Creation
images by Yuula Benivolski and Joffrey Saintrapt
"...a choreographer interested in the natural progression of a physical instinct, and is determined not to get in the way of where that instinct might go." - The Globe and Mail
"a disciplined study of reaction and response –it’s meditative and vivid." - The Globe and Mail
presentation history 2015 / Summerworks Performance Festival, Toronto, 2016 / Festival TransAmériques, Montreal, 2017 / Workers Arts Heritage Centre, Hamilton, 2018 / Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 2018 / Music Gallery, Toronto