A co-creation by N. Zoey Gauld, Audrée Juteau, and Catherine Lavoie-Marcus, Mystic-Metallic articulates the sadness of a territory marked by the race for precious metals. Combustion dance and guttural chants open up a path to the secret life of the mineral world.
We are obsessed with vibrations: those of the metallic minerals that populate the subsoil, those of the engines that stubbornly dig for them, those imprinted on the nerves of our working hands. Our bodies, the earth, and the machines, placed on a common frequency, to the point where we can no longer distinguish between what shatters and what is shattered, what runs on fuel and what serves as fuel – everything looks the same in those underground galleries or in the open pit of the “energy transition.”
Three gargoyles are sent to decontaminate the earth. Kneeling in the chemical soup of abandoned mining sites, they come to defy the darkness. Their abyssal songs connect with the vibrant depths of the earth.
This performance is presented as part of the Resonating Spaces – Dance from Finland, Sweden and Canada showcase, along with Haunted Desires by Björn Säfsten (Nordberg Movement) and Living in Color / In Living Color by Sonya Lindfors (Zodiak – Center for New Dance).