repertoire
très loin by Sylvie Bouchard, photo by Dahlia Katz
IN CREATION
Ho m a ge
Choreography: Sylvie Bouchard
Performance: Sylvie Bouchard and Morgan Lovell
Premiere: early 2026 (date tbc)
Running time: 50 minutes
Ho m a ge assembles hidden and compartmentalized childhood memories through the mind of both the young child and the adult.
ENSEMBLE WORKS
photo by Dahlia Katz
très loin
Premiere: October 11, 2023 at the Theatre Centre, Toronto
Choreography: Sylvie Bouchard, with the performers
Performers: Sierra Chin Sawdy, Sully Malaeb Proulx, Raelyn Metcalfe and Pulga Muchochoma
Premiere: October 11, 2023
Running Time: 65 minutes
très loin marries dance, visual art and sound to explore childhood trauma, dissociation, roads to recovery and the search for resilience.
COMMISSIONED WORKS
The following solos and duets can be presented individually, or combined to present a one hour program.
photo by John Lauener
photo by John Lauener
photo by John Lauener
...but water is like a mirror
Choreography: Sashar Zarif
Performer: Sylvie Bouchard
Premiere: May 10, 2023
Running Time: 30 minutes
An intimate ritual of body and breath. Blood remembers, mind wanders, while water brings the body to find its centre, through colourful currents.
photo by John Lauener
photo by John Lauener
photo by Dahlia Katz
Bob's Last Request!
Choreography: Tedd Robinson
Performers: Sylvie Bouchard and Gerry Trentham
Premiere: May 10 , 2023
Running Time: 30 minutes
Before his death, Bob requested that a specific song from his band’s repertoire be performed at his funeral...
SITE SPECIFIC
PAST WORKS
Histoire d'amour
photo by Joseph Michael Photography
Choreography: Julia Aplin, Susie Burpee, Louis-Martin Charest and Denise Fujiwara
Director and Dramaturg: Marie-Josée Chartier
Performers: Sylvie Bouchard, Brendan Wyatt and Vincent Leblanc-Beaudoin
Premiere: May 2012
Unquiet Winds
photo by Joseph Michael Photography
Choreography: Denise Fujiwara
Performers: Sylvie Bouchard and Brendan Wyatt
Premiere: May 3, 2012
Running Time: 10 minutes
Inspired by medieval Japanese and European love poems, Unquiet Winds creation employs principles of Japanese Butoh dance.
La vie
photo by John Lauener
Choreography: Sylvie Bouchard
Performer: Mairéad Filgate
Premiere: 2011
A Flock of Flyers: Remix
photo by Joseph Michael Photography
Choreography: Sylvie Bouchard
Premiere: July 2012
A Flock of Flyers was originally created by Sylvie Bouchard and David Danzon, under the company CORPUS, and premiered in 1996.
Feather & Bill
photo by Alex Brennany
Choreography: Sylvie Bouchard and Lisa Anne Ross
Performers: Sylvie Bouchard and Lisa Anne Ross
Premiere: 2009
L'Implorante
photo by Joseph Michael Photography
Choreography: Sylvie Bouchard
Directors: Claude Guilmain and Louise Naubert (Théâtre la Tangente)
Performers: Sylvie Bouchard and Bernard Meney
Premiere: June 2011
This is How We Love
photo by Joseph Michael Photography
Choreography: Susie Burpee
Performers: Sylvie Bouchard and Brendan Wyatt
Premiere: May 3, 2012
Running Time: 10 minutes
Quirky, passionate, and never the same from night to night, this duet is a game of love.
L'éternel voyage
photo by John Lauener
Choreography: Sylvie Bouchard
Performers: Mairéad Filgate, Meredith Thompson and Brendan Wyatt
Premiere: October 23, 2014
Carousel
photo by Wolf Read
Choreography: Sylvie Bouchard and David Danzon
Premiere: 1997
Carousel was first created by Sylvie Bouchard and David Danzon under the company CORPUS.
Photuris Versicolor
photo by John Lauener
Choreography: Sylvie Bouchard and Marie-Josée Chartier
Performers: Sylvie Bouchard and Marie-Josée Chartier
Premiere: August 2015