Old
“The essence is to know your souls’ dance”
Form changes, but essence remains intact. The material world dissolves, but the energy that courses through us transmutes into something vivid and clear. How do we embrace old age? Margie Gillis uses her body to illustrate this evolution, one that is punctuated by highs, lows, loss, and discovery. As she herself navigates this new phase of her life, she invites us to join her as she faces a depletion of the physical body with softness and acceptance. OLD is a tumultuous journey brimming with possibility.
Dancer and choreographer – Margie Gillis
Directors – Margie Gillis and Randal Newman
Set Design -Randal Newman
Lighting Designer – Pierre Lavoie
Technical Director – Judith Allen
Costumes – Margie Gillis, Randal Newman, Sonya Bayer
Video creation, Sound and video director -Samuel Thériault
Artistic Assistant -Hoor Malas
Music
Alongside the Meadows
Composer, pianist – Sebastian Zawadzki
Shenandoah
Traditional
Singer: Rhiannon
Musician: Laurence Hobgood
Les Vieux
(excerpt)
Composer, singer: Jacques Brel
Heban
Composer, pianist: Sebastian Zawadzki
Concerto in G Minor (BWV 1056): II. Largo
Composer: J.S. Bach
Musician: John Abberger
Story 1 & 2
Composer, pianist: Sebastian Zawadzki
Excerpt from Métis sur Mer
Composer: Gaétan Leboeuf
Pendulum
Composer, pianist: Sebastian Zawadzki
Savage Daughter
Composer: Wyndreth Berginsdottir
Singer: Margie Gillis
The Parting Glass
(excerpt)
Traditional
Singer: Hozier
Impromptus, D.899, No 2 in E-Flat Major: Allegro
(excerpt)
Composer: Schubert
Musician: David Fray
And eclectic environmental sounds
INFORMATION
General Public
Duration: 60 minutes
Year of Creation: 2023
Booking: Cusson Management