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Le Patin Libre, Murmuration © Nora Houguenade

Le Patin Libre

Murmuration

https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/36045

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March 27 - 29, 2025

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March 2025

Mar 27 2025

Thursday
7:30pm
Mar 28 2025

Friday
7:30pm
Mar 29 2025

Saturday
1:30pm

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Aréna Stade-Pierre-Lafontaine 255 Rue Saint-Antoine Gatineau

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Le Patin Libre

Mar 27 - 29, 2025

Aréna Stade-Pierre-Lafontaine

9 performers on skates in purple costumes move in formation across the ice. — Le Patin Libre, Murmuration © Nora Houguenade

Le Patin Libre, Murmuration © Nora Houguenade

Family programming Dance Contemporary

“Dancers transform into flocks of birds in this dizzying ballet on ice that will take your breath away! ”

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≈ 65 minutes · No intermission

NAC Co-production

Their new work investigates the mechanisms that govern how starlings move together in the haunting aerial synchronisations called murmurations. Almost imperceptible micromovements and instinctive changes in direction create a chain reaction that dictates the trajectory of the flock, whose members are constantly on the alert and attuned to those around them. Murmuration transmits the dynamic interactions of a harmonious and exhilarating coexistence. These high-flying skaters will have the whole family’s hearts soaring!

DANCE PARTY ON THE ICE!
Saturday, March 29 after the 1:30 P.M. performance ONLY
Bring your skate to the arena and join Le Patin Libre skating artists on their ice stage after the show! The ice rink is transformed into a dance floor where short playful workshops allow beginners as well as experts, to experience a joyful moment of dance on ice skates. Please note that the participants must be able to skate independantly without support.

Developed with support from the National Arts Centre’s National Creation Fund.

Co-Presented with Ville de Gatineau.

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Gliding with lightning speed, Le Patin Libre is propelled by rigorous precision and enthusiasm. These iconoclastic skaters astonished and revolutionized the world of dance with their first two on-ice routines, and their innovative vision of the art of skating has launched them onto rinks all over the world. Their new work investigates the mechanisms that govern how starlings move together in the haunting aerial synchronisations called murmurations. Almost imperceptible micromovements and instinctive changes in direction create a chain reaction that dictates the trajectory of the flock, whose members are constantly on the alert and attuned to those around them. Murmuration transmits the dynamic interactions of a harmonious and exhilarating coexistence. These high-flying skaters will have...

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Featuring Le Patin Libre

Featuring Le Patin Libre

Le Patin Libre was launched in 2005, in Montreal, by a bunch of rebellious high-level figure skaters who wanted to get away from sparkles and stereotypes to create something legtimately artistic and trully cool with their athletic virtuosity. Since 2014, the company tours the international contemporary performing arts network with pieces described as contemporary skating by dance critics. The company turns ice arenas into pop-up theatres, inviting everybody in public infrastructures normally reserved to exclusive sport clubs.

Le Patin Libre constantly invests itself in efforts to make both skating and performing arts accessible to more people. The ice dancing parties, free performances, workshops and winter carnivals organized by the artists of the company play a vital role in keeping LPL rooted into something that goes beyond art and skating.

Le Patin Libre a été fondé en 2005, à Montréal, par un groupe de patineurs artistiques de haut niveau qui, avec un sentiement de rébellion, voulaient s'éloigner des paillettes et des stéréotypes pour créer quelque chose de légitimement artistique et vraiment “cool” avec leur virtuosité athlétique. Depuis 2014, la compagnie parcourt le réseau international des arts de la scène contemporains. Ses pièces sont décrites comme du patinage contemporain, par les critiques de danse. La compagnie transforme les patinoires en théâtres éphémères, invitant des foules diversifiées dans des infrastructures publiques normalement réservées aux clubs sportifs exclusifs.

Le Patin Libre s'investit constamment pour rendre le patinage et les arts de la scène accessibles au plus grand nombre. Ses soirées de danse sur glace, ses spectacles gratuits, ses ateliers et les carnavals d'hiver organisés par les artistes de la compagnie jouent un rôle essentiel pour maintenir l'enracinement de LPL dans quelque chose qui va au-delà de l'art et du patinage.

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Choreography Alexandre Hamel

Choreography Alexandre Hamel

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Choreography Pascale Jodoin

Choreography Pascale Jodoin

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Choreography Samory Ba

Choreography Samory Ba

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Choreography Alexandre Hamel, Pascale Jodoin, Samory Ba
With Haley Alcock, Samory Ba, Jacqueline Benson, Sophie Blomqwist, David Billiau, Taylor Dilley, Jennifer Edwards, Alexandre Hamel, Pauline Irman, Pascale Jodoin, Melanie Kajanne Källström, Kristýna Mikulášová, Maude Poulin, Oktawia Ścibior, Bethann Weick
Lighting design Yoann Tivoli
Music Philippe Le Bon, Jasmin Boivin
Costumes Charlyne Guay, Pascale Jodoin
Artistic advisor Yaron Lifschitz
Co-production National Creation Fund of the National Arts Centre, Théâtre de la Ville de Paris, CanDance Creation Fund: Danse Danse,  National Arts Centre, Dance House, Fall for Dance North and TO Live, La Rotonde
With support from: Canada Council for the Arts, Conseil des arts et lettres du Québec, Conseil des arts de Montréal, Dance North Scotland, Le Dôme ice rink (Laon, France), Le Blizz ice rink (Rennes, France), City of Baie-Saint-Paul
Co-presented with Ville de Gatineau