Les Solos 1978-1998 provide an opportunity to appraise the passionate and rigorous journey of a unique artist. This retrospective presents nine works conceived and previously performed by Marie Chouinard during her days as a soloist, as well as two new works. The following works are performed:

1978 Crystallization

1979 Sunday Morning, May 1955

1980 Quelques façons d'avancer tranquillement vers toi

1980 Mimas, Lune de Saturne

1980 Petite danse sans nom

1986 S.T.A.B. (Space, Time and Beyond)

1986 Crue

1987 L'Après-midi d'un faune

1990 Lettre ouverte à Terpsichore

1998 Étude poignante

1998 Humanitas

Solo

Length | 150 minutes

Created at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Canada, 1998

A Compagnie Marie Chouinard production, co-produced by the National Arts Centre (Ottawa, Canada) and the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal (Canada)

« A tornado of ininhibited imagination blew into the Joyce Theater (New York) (…) Marie Chouinard has brought back her marvellous menagerie of mythic beasts and orgiastic rites in a 20-year retrospective of her solos. » - Anna Kisselgoff, The New York Times, 2000

« The remarkable solos of Montreal choreographer Marie Chouinard are like obsessions dredged out of some combination of private experience and the collective conscious... Chouinard builds powerful art from the tension between transgressiveness and artful structures. » - Deborah Jowitt, The Village Voice, New York, 2000

« ... A strikingly original dance program... sensational... stunning visuals... The dancers are extraordinary. » - Sharry Underwood, The Burlington Free Press, 1999

« Chouinard’s genius shines in Solos... Chouinard’s Les Solos includes 11 works by the artist, a legacy that traces a spectacular trajectory. The majesty of Chouinard’s efforts is truly awe-inspiring... » - Michael Scott, The Vancouver Sun, 1999