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Violence
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Choreographed by Paul-André Fortier in 1980, “Violence” is part of a series of hard-hitting works produced during the decade. It is a fine illustration of the dance-theatre element of Quebecois dance. To emancipate himself from the formalism that characterised modern dance in Montreal, the choreographer uses an unsettling emotive register that explores the sexual and relational tensions of a neurotic couple played by the choreographer and Michèle Febvre. The repetition of sequences of movements to saturation point, the emotional detachment of the characters against a backdrop of anodyne background music and the phallic used of a garden hose create the distance required for the harshness of the piece and bring to mind the work of Pina Bausch.Source : Geneviève Dussault in the thematic “An overview of dance in Quebec: unreasonable bodies”
CreditsChoreography: Paul-André FortierCreation: 1980
