FQD Closing: Street Dance from Copenhagen to Montreal

TRANSHUMANIST by Lene Boel

With a choreographic language shaped by street styles and somatic practices, Lene Boel pushes the boundaries of physical expression. In TRANSHUMANIST, two popping dancers embody a tension between machine and humanity, exploring the upgrade of body and mind with sharp articulation and uncanny presence. A futuristic duet from Boel’s ongoing trilogy on the human condition

Thin by Valérie "Taminator" Chartier

Winner of the Prix de la danse de Montréal 2023-2024, Valérie Chartier alias "Taminator aka Lady Maddripp" explores with intensity an intimate chapter of her life marked by anorexia nervosa. Using Krump - her visceral language of choice - and the cello, THIN plunges to the heart of the psychic roots of illness and ego, revealing a universal struggle between control and vulnerability. A raw and authentic choreographic narrative, where every movement becomes an act of truth.

Retraced by 7Starr

Vladimir ‘7Starr’ Laurore, a pioneer of the Canadian krump scene, presents a striking work in which movement becomes the subject of research. At the frontier of science, abstraction and urban dance, Retraced dissects Krump down to its most microscopic details. Surrounded by top-class collaborators, 7Starr pays tribute to its roots while propelling the genre into new sensory and technological territory. An immersive, brutal and luminous experience.