Lucy M. May | Looumms
Anima / Darkroom
Available to tour for seasons: 2024-25, 2023-24
Photo credit
Performer(s) in the photo: 7Starr
Photographer: Do Phan Hoi
Creation
2019
Length
60 min.
Number of interpreter(s)
1
Target audience(s)
All Audiences
Keyworks
Contemporary, Street Dance, Indoors, Mediation available
Description
Hosted in the belly of the theatre, this Krump solo feeds a hunger for communion. The celebrated Krump artist 7Starr performs in dialogue with light, silence, noise, and darkness, freestyling with his raw lexicon. He forges into dark places, carrying us across the gaps that seem to separate us. A groundbreaking work that catalyzes Contemporary dance and Krump practices in a bid for emotional reciprocity. On a mission to breach the singular self, Anima / Darkroom pitches towards a trans-personal catharsis with both vulnerability and brute force. The effort to listen and be heard, to bear witness and be seen, reverberate in an imperfect harmony. Do you see me?
Choreographer(s)
7Starr, Lucy M. May
Credits
A production of : Lucy M. May. Choreographed by : Lucy M. May & 7Starr. Performer : 7Starr. Concept and Direction : Lucy M. May. Lighting Design : Jon Cleveland. Sound Design : Patrick Conan. Original Musics : Patrick Conan & Big Rulez aka God’sHand (Marion Arinloye). Costume Design : Pax. Artistic advisors : Ellen Furey, Alexandra «Spicey» Landé. Outside eye : Valérie «Taminator» Chartier, Nindy Banks, Etienne Lou. Technical direction : Jon Cleveland. Rehearsal assistant and Stage support : Mathilde Mercier-Beloin. Mentorship : Ola Maciejewska. Voice coach : Etienne Lou. Sound consultant : Guillaume Côté. Voices : Goof, Ja James Britton Johnson, Shean Elie-Leconte AKA Shany Boubou HeavySoul, Tommy «Sin’cere» Nuguid. Communications Assistance : Andréanne Samson. Administrative Assistance : Margarita Herrara-Dominguez. Photographer : Elias Touil, Do Phan Hoi, Tommy «Sin’cere» Nuguid. Videographers : Matt McKinney, JaKnows, Emily Gan, Matt Maaskant, Kinga Michalska, Kimura Byol. Video editing : Eduardo Menz | World Premiere : La Chapelle Scènes Contemporaines et Gutta Zone, Montréal, le 26 septembre 2019 | Partners: Anima / Darkroom benefitted from a technical residency at La Chapelle Scènes Contemporaines, Centre de Création O Vertigo – CCOV, Maison des Arts de Laval, and at La Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay, member of the Accès culture network. Created in residence and with the generous support of Studio 303, le Centre d’art Diane Dufresne in collaboration with Diffusion Hector-Charland, The Third Floor Projects / Usine C, Danse à la Carte and Studio Illest Drive. The creation of this work was made possible thanks to the financial support of Canada Council for the Arts and the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.
