Photo: David Wong
Chant 2:
Le murmure du vivant
(The whisper of the living)
Immersive experience involving music, dance and visual arts.
CHANT 2: THE WHISPER OF THE LIVING is an immersive experience combining improvised music (vocals, electroacoustics), contemporary dance, and visual arts to explore, both intimately and collectively, the question of silence:
What emerges when our noise falls silent?
Listening is not a musician prerogative, but rather an ethical stance, particularly necessary in the face of the challenges our society is currently confronted to. Indeed, exploring silence implies to induce ourselves to an aesthetic of encounter. It means questioning our relationship to others, but also to time and to the void. It means to open ourselves to resonance and mystery. It also means revaluing the non-spectacular: "Total presence turns the world into a miracle" (Louis Lavelle).
Le Murmure du Vivant is a multidisciplinary ecosystem where sound, movement, and visual elements are organically interwoven in order to invite the audience to a transformative experience: listening differently in order to think differently.
"This piece creates an atmosphere of great intensity, driven by a deliberate slowness that allows each element to fully inhabit the space. The scenography and dramaturgy are intelligently interwoven to construct a coherent and immersive universe, supported by a particularly powerful soundscape. Alexandre Templier's voice unfolds with a breadth and a restrained intensity, punctuated by precise vocal flourishes. Gradually, the whole draws the audience into a form of communion, almost a collective trance—a rare and nuanced moment of sharing that acts as a sensitive counterpoint to the brutality of the present." - Marco Pronovost, curator of dance and multidisciplinary practices
“Magnificent. Luminous. Full of a grace I have rarely seen. The impression of witnessing something sacred, magical. Like a ritual. Something definitely otherworldly.” – L.
“An enchantment…the gentleness, the slowness, the crashing sounds, the voice, the visuals, the music, the lights, everything swept me away into a world of wonder. Thank you.” – Suzanne
“We so enjoyed the experience, the calm, the shadows and light, it was exceptional!” – Llona & Balthazar
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WITH
Alexandra Templier | artistic and musical direction, dramaturgy and staging, production, voice
Vanessa Massera | electroacoustics
Audrey Bergeron | dance performer and creator
Ariane Dubé-Lavigne | dance performer and creator
Marijoe Foucher | dance performer and creator
Hélène Messier | dance performer and creator
Ricardo Morejon | sound design
Marie-Hélène Bellavance | scenography
Josiane Leblanc | direction and lighting design
Amy Keith (assisted by Kathy Jin) | costumes
Annie Gagnon | rehearsal director and artistic advisor
Andrée Martin | dramaturgy and staging advisor
Pierre-Luc Senécal | musical advisor and musical design
Other artists involved in the research process :
Philippe Dépelteau | dance performer and creator (2024-2025)
Ariane Boulet | dance performer and creator (2024-2025)
Caroline Planté | guitare (2021)
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SHOWS
2026
· Feb 28-March1&3 - Festival "La Semaine du Neuf", Le Vivier - Montréal
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GRANTS & PARTNERS
2026
· Production residency at Théâtre Gilles-Vigneault, St-Jérôme, QC
· Creation residency at Centre d'Expérimentation Musicale, Chicoutimi, QC
· Grant from Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec (production)
2025
· Grant from Canada Council for the Arts (research&creation - phase 2)
· Grant from the Conseil des Arts de Montréal (research&creation - phase 2)
· Research residency at Orford Musique, QC
· Research residency at Fonderie Darling, invited by Corpuscule Danse and Danse-Cité
2024
· Pôle Relève Le Vivier (research, creation & production) in partnership with Codes d'Accès
· Grant from the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec (research&creation - phase 1)
· Grant from the Conseil des Arts de Montréal (research&creation - phase 1)
2023
· Research residency at Maison de la Culture Notre-Dame-de Grâce
2021
· Grant from Canada Council for the Arts (research&creation - phase 1)
