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I am interested in the potentiality of movement, just enough potentiality to open the gears for perception. It's about the possibility to create conditions to make things happen, to make them visible and perceptible.

Lynda Gaudreau

After closing her Encyclopœdia series with the creation of DOCUMENT 4 (2005), Lynda Gaudreau begins a new creation cycle with her new piece: 0101.

Lynda Gaudreau here continues her research on the perception of the body in movement. How to produce 'sense' with a minimum of means? Three versions of the same choreographic material, created for two dancers from simple movements, are punctuated by the beat of a drummer on stage. The subtle differences reside in time and duration. What will happen and when? Things happen suddenly, distracting imperceptibly the audience's attention. This work on details and time is both quiet and playful, and full of absurd glimpses.

A co-production of the Théâtre de la Ville (Paris, France), the Centre National de la Danse (Pantin, France), the Canada Dance Festival (Ottawa, Canada) and the Compagnie De Brune.

Artistic direction and choreography: Lynda Gaudreau
Choreography developed with the dancers: AnneBruce Falconer, Ken Roy
Drummer: Luc Paradis
Sound design: Alexandre St-Onge, Lynda Gaudreau
Musical excerpts: Les Baxter, from the album Quiet Village (Martin Denny, 1959)
Lighting: Lucie Bazzo
Costume assistant: Marie-Éve Daniel

Lynda Gaudreau thanks architects Annie Lebel and Stéphane Pratte for their participation in the creative process.

Lynda Gaudreau also thanks Martin Faucher and Catherine Tardif as well as Paul Dumoulin and Nathalie Bujold for their artistic advice.

The Compagnie De Brune thanks the Centre National de la Danse (Pantin, France), the Centre de Création O Vertigo (Montreal, Canada) and Tangente (Montreal, Canada) for hosting the company in residency.