Cartes blanches de la danse

Ceci n'est pas un poisson d'avril-- Rejoignez-nous le 1er avril 2026 pour la toute première édition des Cartes blanches de la danse, où la danse contemporaine se frotte au burlesque, au ballet contemporain, à la country line dance et à des formes hybrides qui n’ont rien de sage.

A co-production by Voices' Artistic Director Jasmine van Schouwen and Maren K. Elliott

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What to Expect in This First Edition

Mycélium (III) — A contemporary solo with literary undertones that dives into the mythical and troubled hold of the Horne smelter, where the bodies of Rouyn‑Noranda still carry the traces of a history that shapes both identity and collective imagination.

Honey and Smoke — Petroculture, love, nostalgia, pride, and fear simmer into an emotional stew for an Albertan daughter far from home.

Unpacked: What We Carry With Us — A mother‑daughter duet woven from memories of moving homes, where objects, gestures, and fragments of memory reveal the invisible weight of instability and the way our bodies carry the ever‑renewed attempt to settle (or resettle) somewhere.

GREENBELT — An eco‑choreographic solo mourning a home swept away by the pressures of an exhausted economic system, inviting us to rethink our collective responsibility toward the living world, between ecological crisis and gestures of care, tenderness, and mutual aid.

Tenderness — An interdisciplinary trio where pole dance, viola, and guitar intertwine to summon a vibrant tenderness, woven between bodies, strings, and shared breath.

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Featured Artists: Kelsey Cross, Maren K. Elliott, Emma Flinn, Kendra Guidolin, Patricia Kenny, Melissa Nicholls, Dimitri Treheles, and Jasmine van Schouwen

Poster by Maren K. Elliott, created with contributions from Riley Hannah Lewicki, Patricia Kenny, and The Introverted Extrovert

Acknowledgments: We thank Éditions Quartz for permitting the use of excerpts from Arsenic mon amour by Gabrielle Izaguirre‑Falardeau and Jean‑Lou David in the piece Mycélium (III).