Chœur battant / Beating Choir
Summary
Three young Québécers meet three young Flemish people. Together, they speak out for a resilient and perseverant generation. They look ahead, projecting themselves into the future: Aurélie, Lajha, Mathieu, Maura, Oumi, and Romain break out of the isolation that was imposed on them by the forces of life. They envisage recent months, their humility and uncertainty coloured with the passion of their youth, as a springboard to a world that will reflect them.
What about fate? Do we choose the life we’ll live? Why do we become one person rather than another? What is the turning point? The breaking point? The moment of truth? The body and the words explode, the thirst for life becomes the driving force for the theatrical device, and these six young people take over the entire stage. Chœur battant/Beating Choir is their hymn to hope and freedom.
Choreographer – Director
Zoë Demoustier (Belgium)
Artistic support
Marie-Eve Huot (Québec)
Original cast
Romain Accoe (Belgium), Aurélie Brassard (Québec), Lahja Demoustier (Belgium), Oumi Niang (Belgium), Maura Tepperman (Québec), and Mathieu Thibodeau (Québec).
Costumes
Leila Boukhalfa et Annemie Boonen ( Belgium)
Participated in costume design
Ange Blédja (Québec)
Music
Willem Lenaerts, Pepijn Leenders (Belgium)
Lighting
Martin Sirois (Québec)
Artistic consultant
Amber Goethals (Belgium)
Rehearsal coach
Marie-Gabrielle Ménard (Québec)
Voice and diction consultant
Simon Labelle-Ouimet (Québec)
Technical director
Nicolas Fortin (Québec) and Davy Deschepper (Belgique)
Audio mixing, voices and interviews
Yelena Schmitz (Belgium)
Research and interviews
Annemie Boonen, Creative in Solitude (Belgium)
Interviews
Romane Van Damme (Belgium)
Transcripts
Romane Van Damme, Ineke Van Wambeke, Annemie Boonen (Belgium)
Co-creation between Le Carrousel, theatre company (Montreal, Canada) and BRONKS | Theatre for a young audience (Brussels, Belgium)
Photos : David Ospina
Premiered on April 14, 2023 at la Maison Théâtre (Montreal), by Le Carrousel theatre company (Montreal, Canada) and BRONKS | Theater for young audiences (Brussels, Belgium).
| 2022-2023 SEASON: 13 performances | |
| In Quebec: | Maison Théâtre, Montréal. |
| 2023-2024 SEASON: 14 performances – Four international festivals | |
| In Belgium: | Brussels – Festival EXPORT/IMPORT, Dilbeek, Louvain, Gand. |
| In France: | Lille – NEXT Festival. |
| In Germany: | Stuttgart – Festival SCHÖNE AUSSICHT – International Theatre Festival for Young Audiences. |
| In the Netherlands: | Utrecht – Festival TWEETAKT. |