Immersive and sensual experience with sound, light effects and moving and colliding bodies, I want to be part of the chaos is a contemporary dance performance that has little to do with traditional theater.
This creation by Eliot Laprise, which can be seen at the Théâtre Périscope until February 4th, pays homage to human contact, to the exploration of emotions and brutal sensuality. A punk research, according to the creative team, about our awareness of the other and the need for listening and benevolence.
In the summer of 2008, Eliot Laprise, who was riding a bicycle, collided with a car. Initially upset, the driver comforted the guilty cyclist when she saw his state of shock. An open and sincere moment that shaped him. Inspired by this incident, Eliot Laprise imagined a series of initially banal accidents that make a person feel like they exist somewhere and for someone.
On stage, thanks to a powerful soundtrack, sophisticated light and smoke effects, we find Léa Ratycz Légaré, Sonia Montminy, Nelly Paquentin, Fabien Piché and Alexandrine Warren.
On a bare game board, characters appear and disappear through the magic of lighting. They fall, hug, run, slip and suffer on the ground.
No dialogues
Émile Beauchemin’s lighting effects are imaginative and effective. The electro soundtrack, delivered live by DJ Jean-Michel Letendre Veilleux, is powerful and of a very high quality.
I want to participate in chaos is a meeting of bodies. We’re thinking a bit of David Cronenberg’s Crash without the sheet metal and the cars. Bodies colliding to feel emotions.
The actors offer a very physical game. Fabien Piché once again demonstrates his great talent.
The narrative framework is revealed through a few short phrases and reflections recited by Alexandrine Warren. There is no dialogue.
I want to participate in the chaos is a theatrical object that requires openness and interest in contemporary dance. If that boldness is accepted, this 60-minute, multi-interpretation show delivers on its promise.