REBO(U)ND

created by Montreal Danse
Projected by Sigma 1 Environments
Presented by Crimson Coast Dance

May 16 Terminal Bar

May 17 China Steps area (projected onto Courtyard Marriott)

Be sure to check the night skyline over the Backyard Festival-Sunk City as Crimson Coast Dance adds verticality to the annual weekend of music and dancing May 16 to 18.

Working with the Festival, Sound Heritage, The Nanaimo Conference Centre, the Courtyard Marriott and A Sigma-1 Environments, Crimson Coast Dance is pleased to project REBO(U)ND by Montreal Danse on the Friday and Saturday nights of Backyard Fest – Sunk City.

Friday the imagery will be visible from the Terminal Bar.

Saturday, with the support of the Nanaimo Conference Centre, the looped film will be seen high on the tower of the Courtyard Marriott Hotel.

“Two years of planning have gone into this project and over that time the Marriott Hotel was completed offering the perfect screen. We are beyond excited to bring this new genre of presenting performing arts to Nanaimo’s skyline!” ~ Holly Bright

REBO(U)ND is a filmed loop of a section of a dance work that has been edited for large scale outdoor projection. It has been presented in Vancouver, Montreal, and European countries. It is a choreography based on the concept of suspension, revealing and magnifying bodies on the verge of escaping gravity and translating the ephemeral moment of the apex, when the dancers float – the space between momentum and drop, between freedom and imbalance, while the body seems to defy space and time.

Projected on urban architectural surfaces, or even outdoor rock walls, REBO(U)ND is offered to the gaze of passers-by and the curious, bringing dance out of theaters and studios. The video mapping allows a game of perceptions by thwarting the notions of duration, gravity, scale and space. A visual experience to be lived and felt, REBO(U)ND is a vibrant tribute to dance that admirably illustrates the sensations of abandonment and freedom that this art provides.

You can listen to the soundtrack here:

REBO(U)ND is a co-production of Montréal Danse, Lorganisme and mirari. mirari’s theatrical approach and daring digital creative process, combined with Caroline Laurin-Beaucage’s poetic sensibility and the work of Kathy Casey (dramaturg), generate an impactful work, presented across Canada and internationally.

Nanaimo’s showing is presented by Crimson Coast Dance made possible with video mapping and projection by A-Sigma 1 Environments, specialists in high impact lighting, visuals design and interactive environments. This International Company takes their magic around the world while they are located in North Cowichan.

Additional thanks to Courtyard Marriott, Nanaimo Conference Centre, and the City of Nanaimo Cultural Department, Traffic and By-Laws.

REBO(U)ND is among the 200 exceptional projects supported by Canada Council for the Arts’ New Chapter program. With this $35-million initiative, the Canada Council helps showcase the diversity of artistic expression across Canada.