Rara Soley
Rara Soley’s music is rich in new sounds: tanbou, vaksinn, graj, tcha-tcha and vocals produce music that touches the soul. At the heart of this electric and therapeutic atmosphere of great intensity, ancestral spirits never hesitate to manifest themselves! A musical style originating from the traditional Haitian peasantry and based in the lakou (sacred courtyards), Rara, like the Haitian people, blends both African and indigenous heritage.
Mirages by Emmanuel Jouthe and Xavier Curnillon
The composite installation MIRAGES by the Emmanuel Jouthe | Danse Carpe Diem company is an intimate proposition that suggests a mise en abyme of the living.
Various modular stations project different viewpoints of human bodies or short choreographic solos. The work takes on its full meaning through its interaction with the viewer, who, in a gesture of openness, can pick up the dance in the palm of their hands or let it glide over other surfaces.
Continue the evening with DJ Sovann and dance your joy!
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Rara Soley is a musical group, formed in Montreal in 2013. Artistic director Ronald Nazaire (of Haitian descent) plays traditional Haitian drums, a skill passed down from father to son. Having formed several groups in Montreal, he played with many of the artists who are now part of Rara Soley. Rara Soley’s mission is first and foremost to promote and conserve traditional Haitian culture. Its goal is to promote and popularize the rhythms and ancestral songs of the vodou tradition. Rara Soley’s music is rich in new sounds—Haitian drums (Tanbou), horns (Vaksinn), graters (Graj), the cha-cha, and vocals produce music that touches the soul, creating a high-intensity, electric, and therapeutic atmosphere, where one can connect with ancestral spirits.
Emmanuel Jouthe, the artistic director of the company, has been expressing his art through movement for over 25 years. He uses the body, his primary medium, to allow for beauty and sensitivity to emerge. His choreographic approach is based on the sharing of movement through the poetry of porous materials.
DJ Sovann has been immersed in hip hop culture since childhood. A dancer and choreographer by profession, he’s a nightlife enthusiast with a passion for music that gets people dancing. Varying between R&B, house, hip hop, funk, disco and more, he loves to modulate the energy of the dance floor with his fingertips.
ARTISTIC DIRECTION
Ronald Nazaire
MUSICIANS
Ronald Nazaire, Karl-Henry Brézault, Anthony Fénélus, Michael Go, Cindy Belotte, Raguel André
ARTISTIC DIRECTION, CONCEPTION AND SCENOGRAPHY
Emmanuel Jouthe
VIDEO DIRECTOR AND CAMERA
Xavier Curnillon
ASSISTANT ARTISTIC DIRECTION AND SCENOGRAPHY
Lila Geneix
CHOREOGRAPHY
The dancers, Emmanuel Jouthe et Xavier Curnillon
DANCERS
Pierre Bastien, Élise Bergeron, Emmanuel Jouthe, James Phillips, Jessica Serli, Carla Soto, Marilyne St-Sauveur
PHOTOGRAPHY DIRECTOR
Yann-Manuel Hernandez
SCENARIO
Xavier Curnillon et Emmanuel Jouthe
EDITING AND COLORS
Xavier Curnillon
MUSIC AND SOUND
Antoine Berthiaume
VOICE
Erini, Antoine Berthiaume
PERCUSSION AND VOICE
Vagelis Karipis
AUDIO MIXING
Antoine Berthiaume
ASSISTANT TO THE INSTALLATION’S CONCEPTION
Mirari et Myriam Simard Parent
INSTALLATION’S PRODUCTION
Atelier 360 et Myriam Simard Parent
OUFIT
Jonathan Beaudoin
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Claire Pearl
(Mélanie Primeau)
DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS
Sarah Germain
(Mélia Boivin)
PRODUCTION
Emmanuel Jouthe | Danse Carpe Diem
