soul mates
@Paul Serres
soul mates
Poetical performance without words
soul mates is a poetic ode to the joy of the Wild Child that every one of us has somewhere inside.
A cross between visual art and performance art, soul mates is an ode to the coming together of the human soul and its wild sisters, whose multiple forms are embodied in nature. It is also an ode to childhood, where living in the present moment, in one’s body and in one’s senses comes naturally.
In these times of great inner emptiness and information overload, soul mates dares to offer a moment of silence, beauty, and wonder, and invites audiences of all ages to experience a timeless experience.
Masks and puppets
Immersive sound environment
Video editing : Olivier Bochenek with the participation of Karine, Myriame, Magali // video filming : Studio rouge 01-24 Luc Tremblay / Théâtre de la Petite Marée 07-24 Mathieu Boudreau
Photographs : Cynthia Dupuis
RUNNING TIME: 50 MINUTES
CULTURAL MEDIATION – PUPPET MANIPULATION AND PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP
Available either before or after a performance
Study guide available soon
ALL AUDIENCES 5 years +
SCHOOL GROUPS: 1st cycle
Tour information for presenters:
SCÈNE PRO and LES VOYAGEMENTS
CREATION AND TOURING TEAM
CREATION, SCENOGRAPHY, PERFORMANCE: Magali Chouinard
STAGE DIRECTION COLLECTIVE: Myriame Larose, Karine St-Arnaud, Magali Chouinard
MANIPULATION AND OTHER SUBTERFUGES/TRICKERY: Frédéric Jeanrie
SOUNDSCAPE: Julien-Robert Legault-Salvail
LIGHTING DESIGN AND SOUND SPATIALIZATION: Varnen Pareanan
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR AND STAGE MANAGER: Varnen Pareanan
MANIPULATION ADVISORS: Karine St-Arnaud, Myriame Larose
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SCENOGRAPHY ASSISTANTS: Marie Muyard, Les ateliers Sylvain Racine
HELPING HANDS: Véronique Poirier, Mylène Guay, Élizabeth Bosquet, Angel Manov
The Wild Child costume was first designed in 2016, during the creation of the show nomad soul,
in collaboration with Claude Rodrigue and Carole Myles.
CREATION, SCENOGRAPHY, PERFORMANCE: Magali Chouinard
STAGE DIRECTION COLLECTIVE: Myriame Larose, Karine St-Arnaud, Magali Chouinard
MANIPULATION AND OTHER SUBTERFUGES/TRICKERY: Frédéric Jeanrie
SOUNDSCAPE: Julien-Robert Legault-Salvail
LIGHTING DESIGN AND SOUND SPATIALIZATION: Varnen Pareanan
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR AND STAGE MANAGER: Varnen Pareanan
MANIPULATION ADVISORS: Karine St-Arnaud, Myriame Larose
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SCENOGRAPHY ASSISTANTS: Marie Muyard, Les ateliers Sylvain Racine
HELPING HANDS: Véronique Poirier, Mylène Guay, Élizabeth Bosquet, Angel Manov
The Wild Child costume was first designed in 2016, during the creation of the show nomad soul,
in collaboration with Claude Rodrigue and Carole Myles.
FINANCIAL PARTNER
I would like to thank the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec for providing essential support for my creative work. This acknowledgement from my peers, members of the jury, was the wind in my sails that allowed me to embark on this adventure.
CREATIVE AND PRESENTATION PARTNERS
Many thanks for the creative work residencies made possible by Casteliers, the Association québécoise des marionnettistes (AQM), the Festival 1001 Patentes qui bougent, the Maison de la culture Claude-Léveillée, and the Théâtre de la Petite Marée. Their encouragement made all the difference throughout the many creative stages.
I would also like to thank the following for having featured soul mates in their performance schedules, an essential contribution to the development of this work, which ran from the summer of 2022 to the summer of 2024: Casteliers, Festival international des arts de la marionnette à Saguenay (FIAMS), Festival Marionnettes Plein la rue, and Théâtre de la Petite Marée.
A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU
To Karine St-Arnaud and Myriame Larose, my treasured stage direction partners.
Thanks to their sensitivity and unwavering faith in creation, soul mates has taken flight!
Thank you, so very much, for your generous help, your sound advice, your hospitality and your encouragement!
In other words, for all the things that are so important during the creative process to keep us on course all the way to the finish line :
Denise Babin, Sacha Gadhiri, Louise Lapointe, Pavla Mano, le Théâtre Motus, Isabelle Payant, Stéphanie Roy, Gaétan Plouffe, Georges Krump, Jean-François Allard, Patrice Allard, Isabelle Laurent, Marthe Adam, Julie Laviolette, Marie Muyard, Maude Chouinard-Boucher, Luc Tremblay, Gilles Strasbourg, Fanny Chouinard, Camille Chouinard-Boucher, Fanny Tousignant, Mylène Guay, Suzanne Pasquin, Alexandre Chouinard, Catherine Trempe, Flavie Chouinard, Julie Boisvert, Sylvie Baillargeon, Sylvain Bazinet, Claudine Rivest, Murielle de Zangroniz, Dominique Marier.
And thanks to Anna Marcoux and her parents, Sophie Castonguay and Mathieu Marcoux, for their generous contribution to the making of La chanson d’Anna.
I would like to thank the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec for providing essential support for my creative work. This acknowledgement from my peers, members of the jury, was the wind in my sails that allowed me to embark on this adventure.
CREATIVE AND PRESENTATION PARTNERS
Many thanks for the creative work residencies made possible by Casteliers, the Association québécoise des marionnettistes (AQM), the Festival 1001 Patentes qui bougent, the Maison de la culture Claude-Léveillée, and the Théâtre de la Petite Marée. Their encouragement made all the difference throughout the many creative stages.
I would also like to thank the following for having featured soul mates in their performance schedules, an essential contribution to the development of this work, which ran from the summer of 2022 to the summer of 2024: Casteliers, Festival international des arts de la marionnette à Saguenay (FIAMS), Festival Marionnettes Plein la rue, and Théâtre de la Petite Marée.
A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU
To Karine St-Arnaud and Myriame Larose, my treasured stage direction partners.
Thanks to their sensitivity and unwavering faith in creation, soul mates has taken flight!
Thank you, so very much, for your generous help, your sound advice, your hospitality and your encouragement!
In other words, for all the things that are so important during the creative process to keep us on course all the way to the finish line :
Denise Babin, Sacha Gadhiri, Louise Lapointe, Pavla Mano, le Théâtre Motus, Isabelle Payant, Stéphanie Roy, Gaétan Plouffe, Georges Krump, Jean-François Allard, Patrice Allard, Isabelle Laurent, Marthe Adam, Julie Laviolette, Marie Muyard, Maude Chouinard-Boucher, Luc Tremblay, Gilles Strasbourg, Fanny Chouinard, Camille Chouinard-Boucher, Fanny Tousignant, Mylène Guay, Suzanne Pasquin, Alexandre Chouinard, Catherine Trempe, Flavie Chouinard, Julie Boisvert, Sylvie Baillargeon, Sylvain Bazinet, Claudine Rivest, Murielle de Zangroniz, Dominique Marier.
And thanks to Anna Marcoux and her parents, Sophie Castonguay and Mathieu Marcoux, for their generous contribution to the making of La chanson d’Anna.
PRESENTATION PARTNERS
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The soul mates poetic performance
is part of a trilogy project.
Three gateways to the experience of being connected
to something greater than oneself.
AN ILLUSTRATED BOOK and an SHORT ANIMATED FILM
are currently being created to complete the series.
