THE DOOR OPENED WEST Marc Boivin + Sarah Chase

Schedule

Fri, 27 Feb, 2026 at 07:30 pm to Sat, 28 Feb, 2026 at 08:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Ottawa Dance Directive / ODD BOX / Arts Court | Ottawa, ON

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Series Dance 10 #55 presents a dance-theater work by Montreal performer Marc Boivin and West Coast choreographer Sarah Chase.
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SERIES DANCE 10 #55 presents / présente Marc Boivin et Sarah Chase

February 27 / 7:30 pm

February 28 / 3 pm

& 19h 30 (Version française)


ODD BOX

The door opened west alternates between apparition and disappearance and gracefully celebrates the language of the body, a treasure trove of memories.

La porte s’ouvre à l’ouest alterne entre des jeux d’apparitions et de disparition, et célèbre avec grâce le langage du corps, tel un précieux écrin à souvenirs.


Choreographed by / Chorégraphie Sarah Chase
Performed by / Interprétation Marc Boivin
Soundscape / Environnement sonore Antoine Bédard
Lighting Design / Lumières James Proudfoot

Photos Michael Slobodian

Premiered at Festival TransAmériques, Montreal, on June 2, 2021

Création au Festival TransAmériques, Montréal, le 2 juin 2021


SARAH CHASE

She has worked with several great choreographers, including Alexander Baervoets (Belgium), Raimund Hoghe (Germany), as well as Benoît Lachambre (Canada), created pieces for the Toronto Dance Theatre, Peggy Baker Dance Projects, Andrea Nann and DreamwalkerDance, Robin Poitras and Ron Stewart, Antonija Livingstone, Montréal Danse, and Theatre Replacement. In 2004, she won the Jacqueline-Lemieux Prize, and in 2006, she received the “Festival Prize” at the Munich Dance Biennale for her piece The Passenger. After creating autobiographical solos A Crazy Kind of Hope for Andrea Nannand and Unmoored for Peggy Baker, Sarah Chase completes this distinctive triptych combining movement and life narratives withThe door opened west, which centres on Marc Boivin. /

MARC BOIVIN

In addition to his career as a performer and an educator, namely at the École de danse contemporaine de Montréal, he has created choreographic works with several other dancers, most notably Impact, his first solo piece, that he himself performed, and Une idée sinon vraie… created in collaboration with the Quatuor Bozzini and composer Ana Sokolovic. With The door opened west, Chase develops a poetics of memory related to Boivin’s childhood memories, with a strong focus on architecture and natural elements. This complex piece combines gesture sequences with specific lighting patterns, illuminating this biographical piece with a bright and mysterious arithmetic.


SARAH CHASE

Elle a collaboré avec plusieurs chorégraphes de renom, notamment Alexander Baervoets (Belgique), Raimund Hoghe (Allemagne) et Benoît Lachambre (Canada). Elle a conçu des œuvres pour Toronto Dance Theatre, Peggy Baker Dance Projects, Andrea Nann et DreamwalkerDance, Robin Poitras et Ron Stewart, Antonija Livingstone, Montréal Danse et Theatre Replacement. En 2004, elle a reçu le prix Jacqueline-Lemieux, et en 2006, elle s’est vu décerner le « Prix du Festival » à la Biennale de danse de Munich pour sa pièce The Passenger. Après avoir créé les solos autobiographiques A Crazy Kind of Hope pour Andrea Nann et Unmoored pour Peggy Baker, Sarah Chase termine son triptyque unique de mouvements et de récits de vie avec The door opened west, centré cette fois sur Marc Boivin.

MARC BOIVIN

Parallèlement à sa carrière de danseur et d’enseignant, notamment à l’École de danse contemporaine de Montréal, Boivin a collaboré avec d’autres artistes de danse pour créer des pièces chorégraphiques. Parmi celles-ci, on compte Impact, sa première pièce solo qu’il a lui-même interprétée, et Une idée sinon vraie…, créée en collaboration avec le Quatuor Bozzini et la compositrice Ana Sokolovic. Avec The door opened west, il s’associe à Sarah Chase qui conçoit une poétique unique à partir des souvenirs d’enfance de Boivin. Cette pièce complexe, qui met l’accent sur l’architecture et les éléments naturels, mélange des séquences de mouvements avec des jeux de lumière spécifiques qui éclairent cette œuvre biographique axée sur une arithmétique lumineuse et mystérieuse.



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