{"id":8018,"date":"2023-08-23T16:49:40","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T20:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/casteliers.ca\/preludes-a-la-miam\/"},"modified":"2025-01-29T11:51:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T16:51:09","slug":"preludes-a-la-miam","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/casteliers.ca\/en\/preludes-a-la-miam\/","title":{"rendered":"Preludes at the MIAM"},"content":{"rendered":"

Launched in 2021, this initiative provides the opportunity for artists to present their work in progress, followed by a discussion with the audience.<\/span><\/p>\n

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BALLET DES OMBRES<\/span><\/h2>\n

A performance by Catherine Gignac<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Thursday, April 24, 2025, at 3:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday, April 25, 2025, at 7 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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MIAM – Maison internationale des arts de la marionnette<\/strong>
\n30, Saint-Just Avenue
\nMontr\u00e9al (Qu\u00e9bec) H2V 1X8
\n514-270-2717<\/p>\n

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Ballet des ombres<\/em><\/strong> is a 45-minute artistic and poetic performance without words featuring live sand drawings relayed through a video projector. Moving in time with the music, Catherine creates ephemeral images in the sand. She works on a light table set before a live audience, as her creations come to life on a video projection screen. This creative fusion takes the audience on a magical visual adventure.<\/p>\n

In a fast-paced world of technology and performance, Ballet des\u00a0Ombres<\/em><\/strong> offers us a chance to rediscover slowness, the essentiality of nature, and contemplation, set against a backdrop of classical music, tango and opera. The use of sand as a medium allows for a continuous transformation of the images, creating a sense of surprise for the audience, who remain captivated from beginning to end.<\/p>\n

Sand drawing lives in the moment. It has a random, ephemeral quality: each drawing is unique and changes from one performance to the next. Sand gives an impression of fragility and a particular grain to the image, making this art form all the more expressive.<\/p>\n

[.\u00a0.\u00a0.] Catherine gave the story an extraordinary emotional power and made me cry at each of her appearances. I understood what it means to admire a work of art to the point of feeling that strange emotion in the presence of art, that moment when art transcends words to touch the soul.\u00a0.\u00a0.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2013\u00a0St\u00e9phanie Girardeau, spectator, Fr\u00e9tillant et Agile<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Language: Without words<\/span><\/strong>
\nRunning time:<\/strong> 45 minutes
\nTechnique:<\/strong> Sand theatre
\nAudience:<\/strong> Adults, accessible to youth 10 years +<\/span><\/p>\n

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TICKETS<\/h2>\n

FREE<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Reservations required<\/p>\n

MIAM – Maison internationale des arts de la marionnette
\n30 Saint-Just Avenue
\nMontr\u00e9al (Qu\u00e9bec) H2V 1X8
\n514-270-2717<\/p>\n

TICKETS FOR THURSDAY, APRIL 24 – 3:30 p.m.<\/a><\/p>\n

TICKETS FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 25 – 7 p.m.<\/a><\/p>\n

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VIDEO<\/h2>\n