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at yes of day

at yes of day by Yvonne Coutts, photo by John Lauener

at yes of day is a study in concentration, disturbance, resistance, and acceptance. Through a discourse on presence and using tasks of a day as metaphor, the work is constantly in process. The undefined beginning of the work, decided in part by the audience, leads to a real time sorting of details by the performers.  The physicality creates relationships, but the question of time and place is always in flux. The action of remembering becomes a process which imprints memory traces with new elements of sensation, perception, thought, or experience in associative connections.

at yes of day is part of a commissioning project that is comprised of solos and duets of 30 minutes each – intimate encounters created by exceptional choreographers with whom Sylvie Bouchard wanted to journey creatively, enabling all collaborators to discover together. 

CREDITS

Yvonne Coutts (in close collaboration with the performers): Choreography

Marc Boivin and Sylvie Bouchard: Performers

Jesse Stewart: Music Composition

Michael Singer, collaborators: Text

Collaborators with Cheryl Lalonde: Costumes                            

Peter Earle: Sound Unit Construction

Jareth Li: Lighting Design

PREMIERE 

September 27, 2018

Winchester Street Theatre

Toronto, Ontario

PERFORMANCES

November 2018

ODD Box

Ottawa Dance Directive

Ottawa, Ontario

RUNNING TIME

30 minutes

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 photos by John Lauener

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