Mystic-Metallic vocalizes the sadness of the Abitibi region ravaged by the mining industry, and attunes itself to the popular uprisings hoping for its recovery. In an attempt to exorcise this ecological despair, Mystic-Metallic summons the alchemical power of dance. A dance that screams in the face of those responsible for this devastation, then turns tenderly to minerals and metals to listen to their whispers. How can we revive the subterranean intrigue of the mineral kingdom, rediscovering its capacity to bewitch?
Metal music and its abyssal chants accompany the dance, opening up a path of connection with the depths of the earth. Mystic-Metallic pays homage to the voices that break the intoxicated silence. Like the canary at the bottom of the mine, she warns us that if we scream, we’re dying. In dialogue with Abitibi residents and activists seeking to wean themselves off the colonial poison of extractivism, the work hesitates, like them, between the desire to destroy and the urgency to heal.
Mystic-Metallic is a conjuration: under the influence of supernatural processes, the great lie of acceleration collapses, engines choke, pick-ups cough, holes close up.
L’Annexe-A
N. Zoey Gauld + Audrée Juteau + Catherine Lavoie-Marcus
Audrée Juteau
Amélie Laurence Fortin
Karine Gauthier
Guillaume Vallée
Simon Labbé
Ellen Furey
Emmanuel Audet, Maude Théberge
Art Circulation
Festival TransAmériques
La Chapelle – Scènes Contemporaines, Agora des arts (Rouyn-Noranda) + Service culturel de la Ville de Val-d’Or + Compagnie Marie Chouinard, Département de danse de l’UQAM, Le Radeau, Danse-Cité
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Entente de partenariat territoriale CALQ et Abitibi-Témiscamingue