RUBBERBAND
Victor Quijada
Ever So Slightly
Dancers
Rion Taylor
Jovick Pavajeau-Orostegui
Wyeth Walker
Dareon Blowe
Micah Sell
Jessica Muszynski
Cindy Mateus
Emma-Lynn Mackay-Ronacher
Mackenzie Corrales
Anna Lopez
Musicians
Jasper Gahunia
William Lamoureux
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Choreography: Victor Quijada
Original Casting: Jean Bui, Paco Ziel, Brontë Poiré-Prest, Rion Taylor, Daniela Jezerinac, Jessica Muszynski, Jovick Pavajeau-Orostegui, Mackenzie Corrales, Emma Lynn Mackay-Ronacher, Cindy Mateus, Wyeth Walker, Sierra Kellman, Zao Dinel
Artistic Coordinator and Dancer: Rion Taylor
Lighting design: Yan Lee Chan
Original music: Jasper Gahunia, with the participation of William Lamoureux
Costume design: Cloé Alain-Gendreau
Dramaturgy: Mathieu Leroux
Technical Director: Marcin Bunar
Sound Technician: Arnaud Vaillancourt
Executive Director: Fannie Bellefeuille
Production and Tour Manager: Diana Catalina Cárdenas
Director of Communications: Salomé Boniface
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Victor Quijada offers here a unique creation with ten dancer-athletes in top form. Ever So Slightly explores the behavioural mechanisms and reflexes we develop against the ceaseless flow of irritants that bombard us in our daily lives. Most of us long for calm and resilience, but how do we get to a zone where noise and aggressivity no longer have a place?
Simultaneously delivering delicacy, brutality, finesse, and high-voltage action, the choreographer conveys all the energy contained in urgency, revolt, chaos, and flight.
The premiere of Ever So Slightly took place in December 2018 at Théâtre Maisonneuve of Place des Arts, in Montreal.
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Ever So Slightly is a coproduction of RUBBERBAND, Danse Danse, Société de la Place des Arts de Montréal, Théâtre Hector-Charland and Global Arts Live.
RUBBERBAND benefited from the support of Danse à la Carte and residencies atPlace des Arts, Salle Pauline-Julien, CCOV – Centre de création O Vertigo andThéâtre Hector-Charland for the creation of Ever So Slightly.
With the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Conseil des arts et deslettres du Québec, the Conseil des arts de Montréal, and the Ontario Arts Council.
Founded in Montreal in 2002 by Victor Quijada, RUBBERBAND quickly captivated audiences and critics with three creations presented at Espace Tangente over two seasons. At the same time, the company participated in mixed programs and organized events in various venues in Montreal that highlighted more confidential pieces. Tender Loving Care and Hasta la Próxima share a place in Le Devoir's top five dance productions, while Elastic Perspective began a series of over 100 performances in 2003 after winning the Prix RIDEAU at the Festival Vue sur la Relève. RUBBERBAND then obtained a residency at Usine C for the 2003-2004 season, where the piece Slicing Static was born. This creation was named Best Dance Production in 2004 by Hour (now Cult MTL).
In 2005, Anne Plamondon joined Victor Quijada as Artistic Director. A second residency at Usine C was granted to the company in 2006, followed by another four-year residency at Place des Arts. During this period, four new pieces were created with the support of multiple partners: Punto Ciego and AV Input/Output in 2008, Loan Sharking in 2009 and Gravity of Center in 2011.
In 2013, Quijada created Empiric Quotient, a show for six performers trained in the RUBBERBAND Method. In 2016, the company created Vic's Mix, a condensed version of the best moments of the choreographer's work. During the festivities for the 375th anniversary of Montreal (2017), the members of the company were joined by some thirty students from the Écolesupérieure de ballet du Québec and the École de danse contemporaine de Montréal to take over the Esplanade de la Place des Arts with the multidisciplinary performance City Thread.
In 2018, for the first time in RUBBERBAND's history, Victor Quijada called upon a large ensemble by directing ten dancers on the huge stage of Théâtre Maisonneuve at Place des Arts in Ever So Slightly, presented by Danse Danse. In 2019, RUBBERBAND was a finalist for the Grand Prix du Conseil des arts de Montréal for its production Ever So Slightly.
The year 2020 marked Victor Quijada's return to the stage as a dancer in Trenzado, a piece that addresses the problem of being everywhere and nowhere at the same time. Reckless Underdog, created in 2023, propels the company’s achievements of the last twenty years to new heights. In a larger-than-life work, thirteen dancers come together in a choreography of three acts. Each part, a piece in itself, draws spectators into a unique, complex world through its distinctive scenography, music, and movement aesthetic.
RUBBERBAND’s newest creation, Second Chances, invites Quijada and the audience to delve deep inside themselves, reflecting on origin, belonging, and displacement, between universal questions and intimate, personal thoughts.
RUBBERBAND has co-produced six films choreographed by Quijada, he also directed four of them: Ever So Slightly - The Movie, Gravity of Center, Secret Service and Small Explosions That Are Yours to Keep. Gravity of Center won the 2012 Les Enfants and Air Canada/Spafax awards at the RVCQ / FestivalPrends ça court!. It also won Best Experimental Short Film and Best Cinematography in a Canadian Short Film at the CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival. Hasta La Próxima, shot in 2003, was a finalist in the short film category at the American Choreography Awards. Victor Quijada participated in the creation of three music videos, for the songs Man I Used to Be by k-os, La Garde by Alexandre Désilets, and Blue Wonderfulby Elton John.
Now well established, the company is the embodiment of Canadian artistic innovation in the United States, Europe, Mexico, and Japan. RUBBERBAND is at the forefront of Montreal's contemporary dance community and is internationally recognized for its unique vision.
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