soul mates
POETICAL PERFORMANCE
with masks and puppets

​    WITHOUT WORDS 
 

Soul mates is an ode to childhood.

Both a visual and a performing artwork, this creation explores the irrepressible  connection between human nature and nature in the wild. An alliance that takes shape at the heart of the forest, within the body and the senses of the Child.

In these times of great inner emptiness and information overload, Magali Chouinard perseveres in her commitment to silence, beauty, and wonder with this allegory about childhood. Nature has given every Child the formidable ability to live in the moment, to play, to connect with the Living and with something greater than the Self.
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Soul mates is a poetical reflection on joy and on the profound connection to the Wild Child that lives somewhere within every one of us.
TRANSLATION: Denise Babin @ denisebabin.com

With an immersive sound environment designed for intimate places

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photos création en studio - Karine St-Arnaud


The creation presented outdoors in summer 2023 
​will be adapted to studio spaces in 2024

All audience 5 +
School group (kindergarten & 1re)
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*PERFORMANCE FOLLOWED BY ENCOUNTER WITH AUDIENCE

 @ Paul Serres / Casteliers sur l'herbe

CREATION TEAM

CREATION, SCENOGRAPHY, PERFORMANCE : Magali Chouinard
STAGE DIRECTION  : Myriame Larose, Karine St-Arnaud, Magali Chouinard
SOUNDSCAPE : Julien-Robert Legault-Salvail
SPATIALIZATION ET SOUND CONTROL : Varnen Pareanan
MANIPULATION ADVISORS : Karine St-Arnaud, Myriame Larose
MASK PERFORMANCE ADVISOR : Johanne Benoît
TECHNICAL TEAM :  Marie Muyard, Les ateliers Sylvain Racine
 Mylène Guay, Élizabeth Bosquet, Angel Manov

soul mates, it is also a trilogy project  
an ILLUSTRATED BOOK & an INHABITED INSTALLATION  
are​ being created to complete the trilogy cycle.

Illustrated book    
Christian Quesnel - scenic writing advisor  
Inhabited Installation
Sylvie Tourangeau - performative presence advisor ​

Maquettes bande dessinée et banc d'essai installation habitée. 21-22 / @ Magali Chouinard

Thank you to  Conseils des arts et lettres du Québec for creation support.
Magali Chouinard especially thanks Casteliers and Festival de  masques et marionnettes 1001 Patentes for their confidence and encouragement with the creative residencies and their distribution support.
Special thanks also to Festival international des arts de la marionnette à Saguenay and Festival Marionnettes Plein la rue for their distribution support.***
​Very special thanks to Karine St-Arnaud, Denise Babin, Sacha Gadhiri, Louise Lapointe, Myriame Larose, Dany Lefrançois, Benoît Lagrandeur, Pavla Mano, l'association québécoise des marionnettistes, le théâtre Motus, Stéphanie Roy, Gaétan Plouffe, Georges Krump, Jean-François Allard, Patrice Allard et Isabelle Laurent, Marthe Adam, Julie Laviolette, Marie Muyard, Mathieu Marcoux et Sophie Castonguay et Anna Marcoux,  Johanne Benoît, Luc Tremblay, Gilles Strasbourg, Fanny Chouinard, Sylvain Racine et Pascal Desrosiers, Maude Chouinard-Boucher, Camille Chouinard-Boucher, Fanny Tousignant, Mylène Guay, Suzanne Pasquin, Alexandre Chouinard, Catherine Trempe, Flavie Chouinard, Julie Boisvert.