SKIN/À Fleur de Peau

Sculpture, dance and music event by Barbara Bourget, Lyse Lemieux and Marguerite Witvoet

Performances of SKIN/À Fleur de Peau were presented by the Vancouver International Dance Festival from March 24-26, 2005 and SKIN; An installation from March 8 to 26, 2005.

SKIN/à fleur de peau was a project originating with Lyse Lemieux’s desire to create an interdisciplinary event that included her latex sculptures. The project started as a series of meetings between the artist, butoh dancer and choreographer Barbara Bourget and the composer Marguerite Witvoet exchanging around the concept of skin as an agent and witness to memory, change and transformation. The project became an installation and performance exploring the nature of skin. Lemieux’s installation of latex dresses, Witvoet’s composition and Bourget’s choreography were included in the 2005 Vancouver International Dance Festival at the Roundhouse theatre.

Choreography and performance: Barbara BOURGET, Sculptures and dresses: Lyse LEMIEUX, Composer: Marguerite WITVOET. Poetry: Anne HÉBERT. Sound: Zoe MCDOUGALL & Jim McPHERSON. Lighting: Gerald KING & Larisa FAYAD.

Photo documentation by Yukiko Onley