Le Patin Libre, whose members are all highly trained skaters, caused a sensation in 2014 with Vertical Influences, a revolutionary display of contemporary dance on ice.
“We take full advantage of what makes skating a unique and legitimate art form: the glide”, explains Alexandre Hamel. “The glide allows the disconnection of the body’s displacement in space from its physical movement.” A Le Patin Libre performance is an adrenalin-laced experience. “We use that rush to fuel our choreographic poetry.” The same artistic team—skaters Pascale Jodoin, Jasmin Boivin, Taylor Dilley, Samory Ba and Alexandre Hamel, joined by dramaturg Ruth Little—brings us another gravity-defying show. “Dancers and acrobats have to walk, run, flip, leap, and so on. We, on the other hand, can zoom around without moving a muscle!”
INFORMATIONS
- For everyone
- Length : 70 minutes
- Year of creation : 2018
- 5 artists on stage
technique
Technical rider
Conditions
Costs covered by the theater
- Hotel : 7 single bedrooms
- Perdiem : 7 people on tour
- A 500€ fee for the local transport of the company
Costs covered by the company
- Cargo
- International transport
Fee
cultural outreach
Wether it is for a winter carnival, the inauguration of a rink or a cultural mediation event, our friendly skating-artists are happy to take advantage of all opportunities to share their art and their passion for Glide. Their long experience in the organization of participative events on ice allows them to create happenings inclusive for everybody, including beginners.
CREDITS
Choreography : Le Patin Libre (Alexandre Hamel, Pascale Jodoin, Samory Ba, Jasmin Boivin, Taylor Dilley)
Original music : Jasmin Boivin
Dramaturgy : Ruth Little
LIghting : Lucy Carter
Technical Direction and sound engineer : David Babin
Coproduction : Danse Danse, Dance Umbrella, NAC, Théâtre de la Ville de Paris, Nuits de Fourvière de Lyon | Financial support : Conseil des arts et Lettres du Québec, Conseil des arts du Canada, Conseil des arts de Montréal
Support during creative residency : The Yard, Martha's Vineyard, Patinoire Le Dôme, Laon, YMCA Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, Arrondissement Plateau Mont-Royal, Atrium 1000 De La Gauchetière, Municipalité de Ferme-Neuve, Municipalité de St-André-Avelin, Compagnie Marie Chouinard.
the company
Le Patin Libre is a contemporary ice skating company from Montreal. This performance art uses ice, skates and glide as medias. Some people see our work as a form of “contemporary dance on ice”. The first collective was founded in 2005 by ex high-level figure skaters. They regrouped with the intention of transforming their athleticism into a mean of free expression. Far from sparkles, stereotypes and champions’ demos, the creations of Le Patin Libre propose real works of art exploiting the amazing choreographic and theatrical potential of glide.
press report
L'Agence Mickaël Spinnhirny remercie le Conseil des arts du Canada et Emploi-Québec.
