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4 YEARS
and
UP
THE CICADA
AND THE ANT
For young & family audiences
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THE CICADA AND THE ANT
CALQ - Production of the Year Award
for the Eastern Townships 2014
"A high caliber production [...]
Ingenious and performed with brio." La Tribune
A major production that has been Concept and choreography /
presented on the international stage, Francine Châteauvert
in China and Mexico, The Cicada and Dancers / Stéphanie Brochard,
the Ant is a choreographic work for Amandine Garrido Gonzalez, Jasmine
young and old that casts a glance at Inns, Geneviève Lauzon, Keven Lee,
the world of art and of agriculture. Elise Legrand, Xavier Malo
Largely influenced by Francine
Music / Michel G. Côté
Châteauvert’s rural roots and
upbringing and freely inspired by the Set design / Simon Vincent
renowned fable by Jean de La Costumes / Dominique Thériault
Fontaine, this work transports us to
Lighting / Armando Gomez Rubio
the heart of life, into the difficulty and
Assistant Artistic Direction /
beauty of the ordinary.
Stéphanie Brochard
The soil, a field, an empty space
where anything is possible, where TECHNICAL RIDER SUMMARY
gradually humans settle, build, sow,
work, sing and harvest. From the Duration 55 minutes
sowing of the seed to the harvest, the Dancers 7
production paints a down to earth, Personnel on tour 10
poetic vision of the world of the artist Set up 8 hours
Strike 2 hours
and of the small farmer.
Stage dimensions*
9m x 9m x 5m
youtu.be/06o4S8uCWuY 30' x 30' x 16'
*depth x width x height
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SURSAUT
DANCE COMPANY
Founded in 1985, the Sursaut Dance Company
is dedicated to the creation, production,
and dissemination of dance works
for young and family audiences.
Joyful, poetic and touching, the passion and a seemingly endless
company’s productions are witness to energy to develop the company as we
the maturity of a progressive and know it today. In 2015, in the spirit
evolutionary artistic vision, that for of renewal, she initiated creative
more than 30 years has been aimed at collaborations with young artists,
young audiences. Conscious of the thus opening a path towards the
intelligence, the openness, the great future, in continuity with the artistic
capacity to listen and see and the approach that Sursaut has come to be
demanding nature of young audiences, known for.
the company works with seriousness,
authenticity, and with the greatest The Sursaut Dance Company is a
respect for this audience. Presented pioneering figure in the field of
from coast to coast in Canada as contemporary dance for young and
well as internationally, Sursaut’s family audiences in Canada. Resident
productions inspire and charm young at the Centre des arts de la scène
and old alike, everywhere they are Jean-Besré in Sherbrooke since 2007,
presented. a centre unique in Quebec that is
dedicated to the creation and
Since 1987, Francine Châteauvert production of dance and theatre,
has been artistic director and Sursaut is a major contributor to the
choreographer for the company. From development of professional dance
the beginning, she has collaborated outside major urban centres, and to
closely with Adam Dymburt, and the vitality of the performing arts in
together they have worked with the region.
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ARTISTIC
DIRECTION
Francine Châteauvert
A self-taught artist, Francine Châteauvert made her first forays into the art of
movement in artistic gymnastics before instinctively and naturally plunging
into the world of dance and choreographic creation. Her arrival at the Sursaut
Dance Company marked the start of a unique artistic approach that has never
ceased to evolve and deepen.
Decidedly contemporary, her creations are imprinted with authenticity and
freshness, offering performances imbued with a poetic realism in a highly
physical choreographic style. Her work is characterized by a finely tuned
choreographic language; a fusion of abstraction, symbolism, and theatricality
of movement. Her artistic approach is greatly influenced by her background and
rural lifestyle, by a profound sense of belonging to the earth and to nature and
its cycles and by her childhood memories. She has created more than 30 works
for the Sursaut Dance Company, of which some of the most recent are:
The Cicada and the Ant (2013), Boo! (2009), and At nightfall (2005).
In November 2014, Francine Châteauvert received the Conseil des arts et des
lettres du Québec Production of the Year Award for the Eastern Townships for
The Cicada and the Ant. In 2006, she also received the Prize for artistic
creation in dance for the Eastern Townships from the CALQ. The daily newspaper
La Tribune awarded her the Mérite estrien “Personnalité de Chez Nous” in
1996 for the quality of her work and for her contribution to the region, and she
also received the Prix d’excellence from the City of Sherbrooke in 1992 for the
professional quality of her production, the mastery of her art, and the boldness
of her artistic approach.
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PRESS CLIPPINGS
THE CICADA AND THE ANT
Sursaut resents a high-caliber The elements of the stage setting
new creation. present a rustic world that is rich and
Francine Châteauvert succeeded in evocative.
dusting off La Fontaine’s poem by […] magnificent final scene…
setting it beautifully to movement.
Sursaut’s version of The Cicada and
Choreographically, there is nothing the Ant was a gamble that paid off.
more to add: it was ingenious and
brilliantly executed. The seven dancers La Tribune, Sherbrooke
deliver flawless performances, at once
athletic and poetic.
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PRODUCTIONS
2018 — Essaim 1998 — Les excentriques
2017 — Acuna 1996 — Les promenades d’Olivier
2015 — Me2 1994 — The Nutcracker and the King
of the Rats
2015 — Chemins de travers
1993 — Le bal sans fin
2013 — The Cicada and the Ant
1992 — Fou de vivre
2012 — In situ: A Dance Happening
1990 — Le minuscule quotidien
2010 — Les meilleurs moments/
The Best of Sursaut 1990 — Risques d’orages
2009 — Boo ! 1989 — Collisions
2008 — Le jardin caché 1989 — Danselieu
2005 — At nightfall 1988 — Les états d’Anne
2004 — L’Échappée 1988 — J’ai la bougeotte et toi ?
2001 — Family Portrait
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2018-2019
CALENDAR
THE CICADA AND THE ANT
March 16th, 18th & 19th, 2019
Iro Valaskakis-Tembeck Hall
NDG Cultural Centre
Montreal, QuebecTOURING
CHINA Las Artes Salinas; Hidalgo de Salinas
2 China Children’s Theatre Festival,
nd Festival cultural de Mayo, Teatro
Beijing Poly Theatre, Beijing Comedy Degollado; Guadelajara + Teatro Nazas;
Theatre; Beijing + Shanghai City Theatre, Torreon
Daguan Theatre; Shanghai + Xuzhou SPAIN
Concert Hall; Xuzhou + Nanjing Cultural
Liber 2008 Sant Andreu Teatre;
Centre, Nanjing Poly Grand Theatre;
Barcelone
Nanjing + Baotou Grand Theatre; Baotou
+ Int’l Conference Centre, Dalian Poly UNITED STATES
Theatre, Dalian Development Zone Grand
Capitol Center for the Arts; Concord, New
Theatre; Dalian + Qingdao Grand Theatre;
Hampshire + Flynn Center for the
Qingdao + Weihai Conference Centre;
Performing Arts; Burlington, Vermont +
Weihai + Henan Arts Centre; Henan +
Reg Lenna Center For The Arts;
Wuhan Qintai Grand Theatre; Wuhan +
Jamestown, New York + Wexner Centre for
Wenzhou Grand Theatre; Wenzhou +
the Arts; Columbus, Ohio
Ningbo Grand Theatre; Ningbo + Wuxi
Grand Theatre; Wuxi + Jinan Grand CANADA
Theatre, Shandong Grand Theatre; Jinan British Columbia – Cultural Olympiad
+ Tianjin Grand Theatre, Tianjin Binhai Vancouver 2010, Vancouver East Cultural
Cultural Center; Tianjin + Harbin Grand Centre (The Cultch); Vancouver +
Theatre; Harbin + Huanggang Grand Centennial Theatre; North Vancouver +
Theatre; Huanggang + Chongqing Poly University Centre Farquhar Auditorium;
Theatre, Chongqing Guotai Theatre; Victoria + Surrey Arts Centre; Surrey +
Chongqing + Dongguan Yulan Theatre, Clarke Theatre; Mission + Port Theatre;
Dongguan Culture Weekend Theatre; Nanaimo + Max Cameron Theatre; Powell
Dongguan + Hohhot Poly Theatre; Hohhot River + Evergreen Cultural Centre;
+ Shanxi Poly Grand Theatre; Taiyuan + Coquitlam + North Peace Cultural Centre;
Weifang Poly Grand Theatre; Weifang + Fort St. John + The ACT; Maple Ridge +
Gansu Grand Theatre; Lanzhou + The Chilliwack Arts and Cultural Centre;
People's Hall of Ningxia; Yinchuan + Chilliwack + Cowichan Performing Arts
Qinghai Grand Theatre; Xining + Fuling Centre; Duncan + Massey Theatre; New
Grand Theatre; Fuling + Guangzhou Dr. Westminster + Tidemark Theatre;
Sun Yat-sen's Memorial; Guangzhou Campbell River + Shadbolt Centre for the
Arts; Port Hardy + R.E.M. Lee Theatre;
MEXICO Terrace + Lester Centre; Prince Rupert
Feria de San Marcos, Teatro Morelos; Alberta – The Banff Centre; Banff +
Aguascalientes + Instituto Zacatecano de Keyano Theatre; Fort McMurray + Horizon
Cultura Ramon Lopez Velarde; Zacatecas Stage; Spruce Grove + Calgary
+ Teatro Centenario; Mexico + Festival del International Children’s Festival; Calgary
Desierto, Teatro El Pilar, Festival + Arden Theatre, Northern Alberta
internacional de danza contemporanea International Children’s Festival; St.
Lila Lopez, Teatro La Paz, Teatro Albert
Polivalente; San Luis Potosi + Teatro de
WWW.SURSAUT.CANorthwest Territories – Northern Arts Maisonneuve, Collège de Maisonneuve,
and Cultural Centre; Yellowknife Maison de la culture Pointe-aux-Tremble,
Maison de la culture Rivière-des-Prairies,
Yukon – Yukon Arts Centre; Whitehorse
Salle Émile-Legault, Salle Iro-Valaskakis-
Ontario – Ottawa International Children’s Tembeck; Montreal + Salle Albert-
Festival, Centrepointe Theatre; Ottawa + Rousseau, Bibliothèque Gabrielle-Roy;
First Ontario Performing Arts Centre; St. Québec + Salle de spectacle de la
Catharines + Centre in the Square; Baie-des-Chaleurs; New Richmond +
Kitchener + Grand Theatre; Windsor + Salle Desjardins-Telus; Rimouski + Salle
River Run Centre; Guelph + Oakville Alphonse-Desjardins; Rivière-du-Loup +
Centre for the Performing Arts; Oakville + Théâtre Baie-Comeau; Baie-Comeau +
Rose Theatre; Brampton + Flato Markham Salle Jean-Marc-Dion; Sept-Îles +
Theatre; Markham + Sanderson Centre; L’Anglicane; Lévis + Salle Edwin-
Brantford + Burlington Centre for the Bélanger; Montmagny + Salle Alphonse-
Arts; Burlington + Capitol Theatre; Desjardins; Saint-Georges-de-Beauce +
Kingston + Meadowvale Theatre; Auditorium de la Polyvalente Benoit-
Mississauga + Market Hall Performing Vachon; Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce + Salle
Arts Centre; Peterborough + The Capitol Maurice O’Bready, Théâtre Centennial;
Centre; North Bay + Korah Collegiate Sherbrooke + Espace Théâtre Muni-Spec;
Theatre; Sault-Ste-Marie + Centre Mont-Laurier + Salle Pauline-Julien;
culturel Les trois p’tits points ; Alexandria Sainte-Geneviève + Centre culturel; Île
Newfoundland and Labrador – Arts and Bizard + Festival des arts de Saint-
Culture Centre; Saint-John’s + Arts and Sauveur; Saint-Sauveur + Théâtre
Culture Centre; Corner Brook + Arts and Lionel-Groulx; Sainte-Thérèse + Eeyou
Culture Centre; Stephenville + Joseph R school; Chisasibi + Ciné-Théâtre Merlin;
Smallwood Arts & Culture Centre; Gander Maniwaki + Salle Albert-Dumouchel;
+ Arts and Culture Centre; Grand Falls/ Salaberry-de-Valleyfield + Théâtre
Windsor + Lawrence O’Brien Arts Centre; Hector-Charland; L’Assomption +
Happy Valley-Goose Bay + Labrador West Auditorium Jean-Baptiste-Meilleur;
Arts and Culture Centre; Labrador City Repentigny + Théâtre du Cuivre;
Prince Edward Island – Harbourfront Rouyn-Noranda + Théâtre des Eskers;
Theatre; Summerside + Confederation Amos + Auditorium Le Carrefour; Val d’Or
Centre of the Arts; Charlottetown + Polyvalente Polyno; La Sarre + Théâtre
Nova Scotia – Strathespy Place; Mabou du Vieux Terrebonne; Terrebonne + Salle
+ Chapel Auditorium St. Francis Xavier J.-Anthonio-Thompson; Trois-Rivières +
University; Antigonish Salle Philippe-Filion; Shawinigan + Salle
Rolland-Brunelle; Joliette + Le Palace;
New Brunswick – Imperial Theatre;
Granby + Salle Léo-Paul-Therrien;
Saint-John + Capitol Theatre; Moncton +
Drummondville + Théâtre des Muses;
Riverview Arts Centre; Riverview + The
Laval + Salle André-Prévost; Saint-Jérôme
Playhouse; Fredericton
+ Salle Odyssée; Gatineau + Auditorium
Quebec – Place des Arts, Centre Massey-Vanier; Cowansville + Auditorium
Pierre-Péladeau, Théâtre Mirella et Lino Polyvalente Horizon-Blanc; Fermont + Le
Saputo, Maison culturelle et carré 150; Victoriaville + Centre
communautaire de Montréal-Nord, Salle communautaire de Blainville
Jean-Eudes, Théâtre Outremont, Maison
de la culture Frontenac, Maison de la
culture Mercier, Maison de la culture
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STAFF BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
Artistic and General Director /
Francine Châteauvert President /
Martine Labrie, Contractual,
Director of Administration Arts and Culture projects
and Development /
Adam Dymburt Vice-president /
Francine Châteauvert, Artistic and
Communications and Development / General Director, Sursaut Dance
Marie-Anne O’Reilly Company
Katerine Boisclair
Treasurer /
Administration / Pierre-Marc Veillette, Head Designer,
Nancy Rheault BRP inc.
Executive Assistant / Secretary /
Karen Pellerin Maxime Tardif, Lecturer,
University of Sherbrooke
SURSAUT Administrators /
DANCE COMPANY Réjean Bergeron, Consultant,
250 du Dépôt, #322, Collecto, Bundled Educational Services
Sherbrooke, Quebec, J1H 5G1 Stéphanie Brown, Teacher,
Alexander Galt Regional High School
Phone: 819 822-8912
info@sursaut.ca Sylvie Leduc, Human Resource Advisor
Daniel Roy, Contractual, Visual Arts
Thérèse Shaheen, Co-owner,
Sanders Farm
The Sursaut Dance Company is funded by the Conseil des arts et
des lettres du Québec, the Canada Council for the Arts
and the City of Sherbrooke.
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