bang bang - Performance
Manuel Roque (choreographer & performer), Nils Levazeux (performer)
Friday, March 6th at 8:00pm
Gates at 7pm for baguette sandwiches and cash bar.
bang bang - dance workshop
Choreographer and performer Manuel Roque will lead a workshop on Théâtre Raymond Kabbaz’s stage on March 5 at 11:00 AM. This is a unique opportunity to meet the artist, explore his physical approach to movement, and engage with his work ahead of his performance on March 6.
Reserve your spot now, limited space available.
Pay What You Can workshop — everyone is welcome.
Open to ages 15+ for motivated amateur, student, and professional dancers.
Workshop participants receive access to a special discount for the March 6 performance when they RSVP for the workshop.
About Manuel Roque
Manuel Roque is a Québec-based choreographer and performer whose work is rooted in physical commitment, repetition, and endurance. A former member of Marie Chouinard’s company, he develops pieces that place the body under sustained pressure, revealing moments of fragility, resistance, and transformation. His work has been presented internationally and is known for its directness, intensity, and emotional clarity.
Manuel Roque est un chorégraphe et interprète basé au Québec dont le travail s’ancre dans l’engagement physique, la répétition et l’endurance. Ancien membre de la compagnie de Marie Chouinard, il développe des pièces qui placent le corps sous une pression continue, faisant émerger des moments de fragilité, de résistance et de transformation. Son travail, présenté à l’international, se distingue par sa force directe, son intensité et sa clarté émotionnelle.
About bang bang
Created in 2017, the solo bang bang is being brought back in the form of a duo.
bang bang is an ordeal. Built on a relentless repetition of jumps and athletic motifs counted in 11, it demands exceptional focus and physical commitment from its performers. Gradually, this demand reveals their combativeness, their resilience, but also the flaws of the human performer. This two-person version adds the idea of experiencing the ordeal together, combining each performer’s strengths and weaknesses.
Precision meets exhaustion. Over the course of 50 minutes, the performers’ identities dissolve. Continuing to jump becomes at once absurd, poetic, and political.
This creation earned Manuel Roque the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ) Award for Best Choreographic Work of the 2016–2017 season, as well as the Prix de la danse de Montréal in the Performer category (2017).
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