Fragiles Apparitions – variations in 3 songs

Sarah Wendt + Pascal Dufaux

Fragiles Apparitions – variations in 3 songs is a three-part ritual that explores the soft power of the ephemeral. Between textile carapaces and soft organs, architectures of soap films and mirror reflections, this performance-installation envelops us in an immersive, sensorial environment where forms tremble, dissolve, and reappear. Structured as three songs in dialogue, the work moves through three interconnected movements in which dance, matter, and live music merge. Each song traces a different state of transformation—revealing the delicacy of the living, the slowness of metamorphosis, and the persistence of touch as an act of resistance. The result of an extended research process, Fragiles Apparitions brings together the collaborative practice of Sarah Wendt and Pascal Dufaux, whose work bridges choreography, sculpture, sound, and installation. Their research explores the viscosity and behaviour of materials—soap films, honey, textiles, and hybrid sculptural forms—in relation to the moving body and its sensory perception. In this encounter between bodies and materials, movement and image, the performance offers a hypnotic, tactile experience—an homage to fragility, interdependence, and the precariousness of life.

CREDITS

Scenography, choreography, direction, music, sound objects, sculptures, costumes and performance:

Sarah Wendt & Pascal Dufaux

Performers and collaboration on the choreography:

Elinor Fueter and Rachel Harris

Lighting design and collaboration on the light scenography:

Paul Chambers

Inflatable light object:

Studio Rat

Dramaturgy:

Thea Patterson and Kathy Casey

Co-production:

Montréal Danse

Creative Contributions:
Lucy Fandel, Émile Pineault, Nien Tzu Weng and Winnie Ho

Creation Support:

Conseil des arts du Canada, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, OBORO