CUTLASS SPRING

Performer reveals her sexual identity

‘I’ve always been obsessed with … sex stuff.’ Using her body as an archaeological site, Dana Michel digs for her most intimate childhood memories. After spells in sultry Berlin clubs and sizzling Jamaican dance halls, Michel analyses her cultural roots at a sexual level, examining her identity with uncommon imagination, humour and daring. In 2017 that outsider's gaze was awarded a Silver Lion at the Venice Biennale.

credits

Dana Michel: creation & performance
Ellen Furey, Peter James, Mathieu Léger, Roscoe Michel, Yoan Sorin, Alanna Stuart: artistic advice
David Drury: sound consultant
Karine Gauthier: lighting design
Karine Gauthier: technical direction

Dana Michel: production
Par B.L.eux: associate producer
Key Performance - Julia Asperska, Koen Vanhove: broadcasting

Arsenic - Centre d’art scénique contemporain (Lausanne), Rosendal Teater (Trondheim), Black Box Teater (Oslo), Centre Chorégraphique National d’Orléans, National Arts Center (Ottawa), Festival TransAmériques (Montreal), Julidans (Amsterdam), Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Brussel), Montpellier Danse, Moving in November (Helsinki): coproduction

Co-produced with the support of the Visiting Dance Artist Program, a joint initiative of the National Arts Centre and the Canada Council for the Arts.

Centre Chorégraphique National d’Orléans (France), Centre National des Arts (Ottawa, Canada),
CounterPulse (San Francisco, États Unis), Dancemakers (Toronto, Canada), da:ns lab (Singapour),
Galerie du Dourven – Passerelle Centre d’art contemporain (France), Kunstenfestivaldesarts
(Belgique), PAF - Performing Arts Forum (France), Par B.L.eux (Montreal, Canada), Usine C (Montreal, Canada), Reykjavik Dance Festival (Islande), Tanzhaus Zurich (Suisse): creative residencies

The creation of this work was made possible thanks to the financial support of Canada Council for the Arts and Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.

Dana Michel is an artist associate of Par B.L.eux