MERGING SPECIES
interdisciplinary performance - experimental opera2025
Pictures - George Fok
MERGING SPECIES unfolds as a performance where gesture, opera, electronics and scenographic space merge into a single evolving score.
The work brings together modular synthesis, violin and the voice of soprano Michelle Bawden within an electronic composition. Her voice is performed live and transformed in real time through a gestural electronic interface performed by Gabriela Hébert.
Through her movements, the voice is continuously reshaped, creating a dynamic relationship between the two performers and the surrounding space.
Artistic direction, composition and live electronics - Gabriela HébertSoprano - Michelle BawdenViolin - Zein NakhlehMovement direction - Ariane LevasseurLive art - Amélie Clément, Ariana Molly, Céleste, Hajia Maa, Joy Boissiere, Nicolas Bourgois, Martine Bilodeau, Vincent IsabelDancers - Châtelaine Côté-Rioux, Clémence Dinard, Camille Scully, Desirée James, Elle Horton, Frédérique Perron, Jacynthe Desjardins, Jimmy Trieu Phong Chung, Lou-Anne Rousseau, Marie-Anne RahimiCostume design - PROCESSVISUAL Stage management - Laura Kulber Hair - Karine Savard, Mathieu BeauséjourMakeup - Édouard Pierre AyotteCamera - Cedric Laurenty, George Fok, Gustav Lavoie, Xavier Rivard-Désy