Are we experiencing the end of an illusion of connectedness? Canadian dancer, choreographer and musician Frédérick Gravel explores this question in SONGS OF LOVE AND COLLAPSE. The artistic director of the company DLD (named after its founder Daniel Léveillé Danse) perceives a growing gap between lived and perceived reality. An increasing alienation among his contemporaries. Yes, society is making progress. But this progress is fragmented, unevenly distributed. It is happening at different speeds and is no longer experienced and shared as common. The public debate: uninhibited and deafening. Gravel combines these symptoms of a fragile political and social situation with intimate, personal experiences. With the confusing feeling of extreme simultaneity - of agonizing slowness and frantic tempos. This creates the unique Gravel connection. Of choreography and rock, vulnerability and raw energy.

Artistic direction Frédérick Gravel With Kimberley de Jong, Alexia Martel, Jean-Benoît Labrecque, Jean Bùi, Marco Curci Musical direction Philippe Brault Live music José Major, Philippe Brault, Frédérick Gravel Original music Frédérick Gravel Set design Geneviève Lizotte Assistance Jamie Wright, Lucie Vigneault Technical direction and lighting Claire Seyller Photos Vladim Vilian Production management Mégane Trudeau Costume design Studio ZX Production DLD | Direction artistique Frédérick Gravel Co-production Charleroi Danse (Belgium), Theater im Pumpenhaus (Münster), Muffatwerk (Munich), Centre national des arts du Canada (Ottawa) With the support of Conseils des arts et des lettres du Québec, Canadas Art Council, Conseil des arts de Montréal