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In 1990, Pauline Vaillancourt founded Chants Libres, the lyric creation company, in association with Joseph St-Gelais and Renald Tremblay, with a mandate to bring all artistic disciplines (music, theatre, visual arts, electronic media, video etc…) together around a common rallying point: the human voice.
After many outstanding productions, Chants Libres has become a unique breeding ground for artists working with sound, images, and words, who are striving to breathe new life into opera, whether for chamber opera or for full orchestra, musical or experimental theatre, using traditional methods or groundbreaking forms.
The Ice Child – Synopsis
The Ice Child reappears to haunt us after being buried in an icecap of the Andes Mountains for 500 years, becoming the shadow of man, the voice of women, haunting us to the point of madness.
Time, which learns nothing from history, by turns slow and whirling, marks the life of the characters as it passes, drawing them into a frantic, desperate and passionate chase.
Dizzy from the excitement of the moment, swept into the whirlwind of the future, will they understand the story of the Ice Child, will they be nourished by her song, will they be able to hold onto to time as it drifts by?… Life fights on and clings to existence, incredibly, furiously, and without remorse.
Pauline Vaillancourt, Artistic and General Director
Agent – Roger Lacroix
International Arts Management.Lx
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