Sovann Rochon-Prom Tep

Millepertuis

  • Alone on stage, the virtuoso dancer Walid Hammani embarks on an extended trance. His relentless, hypnotic dance evokes both the urgency of existing in the gaze of others and the need to return to oneself. With jolting intensity, he strives to reconcile the euphoria and wisdom that inhabit him.

    Drawing from the vocabularies of popping and electro, of which he is a master, his gestures impress, amuse, unsettle, and move. Just as the seemingly fiery yellow petals of the millepertuis plant (St. John’s wort) conceal a deep, earthy red ink, the performance seeks to reveal the depths of being and magnify the contradictions that define us. 

    • Choreographed by Sovann Rochon-Prom Tep

    • Performed by Walid Hammani alias Waldo

    • Music Vithou Thurber-Prom Tep et Shash’U (Richard St-Aubin)

    • Lighting design Jonathan Cleveland

    • Artistic Advisor Marie Claire Forté et Handy “HYA” Hyacinthe

    • Costume Pénélope Dulude-de Broin (final design) + Marie-Hélène Gervais (seamstress)

    • Costume (research and creation) Jasmine Lebel – Juste du feu (artistic direction), Camille Thibault-Bédard (design), Guillaume Plourde (dyeing), Heirloom Hats (hat)

    • Technical Direction Jonathan Cleveland

    • Production Management Maurice-G. Du Berger

    • Executive Producer Lorganisme

    • Coproduction Agora de la danse, Festival TransAmériques

    • Residencies Agora de la danse, Studio La Lola avec Créations Estelle Clareton

    • Support Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Conseil des arts du Canada