L’ombre d’un doute (1992)

Pierre-Paul Savoie’s first choreographic repertoire includes solo pieces such as Tripes attisées (1987), a poignant study focusing on resilience, the hero Don Quixote de la Tache (1988) and pieces such as the Antichambre (1987), Encre de Chine (1991) and the experimental opera L’Ombre d’un doute (1992). Her choreographic style is reflected in a search for interdisciplinarity, a penchant for humour, acrobatic gestures and an assumed theatricality. Her work is part of a desire to democratize dance.

A large-scale dance-opera project, L’ombre d’un doute brings together 37 participants (dancers, actors and musicians). This creation is rooted in the history of art. The creator, Pierre-Paul Savoie, presents a universe that is at once baroque, absurd and modern, inspired by paintings, sculptures, photographs, videos, archives, music and texts that have marked the history of humanity.

Credits
Design: Bernard Lagacé and Pierre-Paul Savoie
Choreography and direction: Pierre-Paul Savoie
Original music: Ginette Bertrand
Set design and accessories: Bernard Lagacé
Lighting: Timothy Crack and Alain Lortie
Projections: Mark Morgenstern
Costumes: Paule-Josée Meunier
Choir Director: Frédéric Vogel
Interpreters : André Audet, Françoise Berd, Grégoire Dunlevy, Carole Éthier, Denis Gaudreault, Danielle Lecourtois, Michele Léger, Mathilde Monnard, Jacques Moisan, Gaétan Nadeau, Gilles Simard, Richard Sommer, Vicki Tansey
Vocal quartet: Monique Cardinal, Mercedes Roy, Jean Ouelet, Roger Bellemare
Choir: Dominique Banoun, Réal Blais, Lisa Carrier, France Charron, Lucie Coluccino, Michel Deschênes, Angela Di Lauro, Berthe Dionne, Kevin Dosch, Gigi D. Hébert, Jeff Hall, Henri Higgins, Kirby Hill, Claudine Lévesque, Dominica Merola, Alain Ouellette, Gilles Plante, Robert Proulx, Sylvain Roy
Projections: Mark Morgenstern
Collaboration with texts: Marie-Michèle Cron, Michou Sylvain
Soundman: Bertrand Chenier
Technical Director: Timothy Crack
Production Manager: Marie-Josée Laforce