OFFTA / Mythe
2018 ÉDITION
Mythe
Mykalle Bielinski
60 MINUTES
Through polyphonic singing, oral poetry and improvisation, the immersive concert Mythe rekindles with the origins of human spirituality in a lyrical ritual born from a universal quest: the acceptance of life’s transience. A choir of six women engages in various dialogues with death to reconfigure our relationship with time, with the Other and with ourselves. In this search for inner peace, singing serves as prayer and speech becomes incantation. Recited in both french and english, the show is an invitation for communion on the collective search for meaning. From this encounter stems a partial answer to the fundamental question “How can one live?”
Ideation, music, text, co-direction and performance Mykalle Bielinski
Dramaturgy and co-direction Sophie Devirieux
Performed by Mykalle Bielinski, Florence Blain Mbaye, Larissa Corriveau, Laurence Dauphinais, Élizabeth Lima, Émilie Monnet
Set design Odile Gamache
Lighting design Hugo Dalphond
Sound design Joël Lavoie
Technical direction Seoyoung Park
Movement advisor Sarah Dell’Ava, Mélanie Demers
Choir direction Stacey Brown, Mélodie Rabatel
Photo and video teaser Mykalle Bielinski
With the support of Conseil des arts de Montréal, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
Creative residencies Recto-Verso, Maison de la culture Frontenac, Diffusion En Scène + Musée d’art contemporain des Laurentides
Mykalle Bielinski’s practice involves singing, performance, musical composition, and poetic writing. Her works place the voice at the heart of an aesthetic and spiritual search for the self and the sacred, while her words, music, and theatre projects focus on creating a feeling of communion. Holding a degree in acting from UQAM, she has collaborated on various theatre and dance projects as a performer, musician, and sound designer.
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