FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 2026 @ 7:30pm

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Dance is back this season! We’re pleased to bring choreographer Audrey Gaussiran’s MOSAÏCO to warm you up in January. This thrilling contemporary dance show explores the multiplicity of cultural identities through the fusion of contemporary dance and digital art. Five dancers from diverse backgrounds perform gestural choreography that influences digital art, which then projects across their bodies and the background in a beautiful melange.

Combining dance and digital art, MOSAÏCO explores the multiplicity in identity construction. This piece is performed by 5 dancers on stage, primarily from culturally diverse backgrounds. They support the theme with a mixed and rhythmic gestural vocabulary. Their movements influence a highly reactive digital projection in the background: the appearance, transformation, or decomposition of a textured mosaic changes with the performers’ gestures. The performance is punctuated with poetic texts, providing the audience with insight into the profound reflection that has fuelled the choreographic process.

MOSAÏCO transcends the boundaries of contemporary dance by exploring the multiplicity of cultural identities through the bold fusion of dance and digital art. On stage, five dancers from diverse backgrounds come together to support this theme with authenticity, expressing themselves through a mixed and rhythmic gestural language that takes the audience through the various facets of identity construction.

What influences our identity construction, from our family to our life experiences and even our territory, and in what ways? This ensemble of dancers includes Aly Keita, with expertise in circus and Guinean dance, as well as Andrea Niño Sarmiento, specializing in Afro-Colombian and contemporary dance. The team also includes Aymen Benkreira, a versatile dancer excelling in urban dance and tap, and Emmanuelle Martin, known for her gestural blend of ballet, urban dance, and Indian dance. Joined on stage by choreographer Audrey Gaussiran, expressing herself through a mixed flamenco style, they form a vibrant and colorful mosaic reflecting the diversity of their cultural origins and dances.

Furthermore, the origins and ancestors as part of the identity reflection are staged by the virtual presence of two other dancers: Lina Moros, a pioneer of flamenco in Montreal, and Louis Roy, a proud carrier of the Quebecois tap tradition. They appear on video and transform through digital manipulation, much like our memories inevitably undergo alterations.

The emotion is elevated by poetic texts that punctuate this captivating exploration, immersing the audience in the depths of the exploration of identity. The entire creative process is enriched by this introspection, offering the audience an intimate connection with the work.

MOSAÏCO thus embraces cultural diversity and the union of different artistic disciplines and aesthetics. It is an experience where dance and digital art come together to awaken the collective consciousness to the individual multiplicity that forms our collective richness.

You can check out a preview of MOSAÏCO on YouTube.

ABOUT THE CHOREOGRAPHER:

Fascinated by a variety of dance styles, Audrey Gaussiran trained from a young age with masters in Brazil, Cuba, New York, and Spain. She completed her studies at the Conservatoire de danse de Montréal in 2007, integrating classical ballet into her eclectic training, shaping her art with a decidedly cosmopolitan approach.

From 2008, Audrey accumulated numerous experiences as a performer, including La Traviata (2008, Ottawa), Sherazade (2008 to 2011, Canada/France), and Ballet Oriental du Canada (2011 to 2012, Montreal/Germany). Additionally, she responded to numerous choreographic commissions, such as the adaptation of the famous Blank Placard Dance by Anna Halprin (2014), Lakméby the Théâtre d’art lyrique de Laval (2016), Par la fenêtre with poet Nancy Lange (2019), and Quebra (2022) with slam artist Sarah Khilaji.
From 2012 to 2016, Audrey found her place in Calgary within a company that deeply inspired her through its contemporary and rhythmical approach: DJD (Decidedly Jazz Danceworks). From 2017 to 2021, she performed and co-choreographed with the percussive dance company ZEUGMA Danse.
As an independent choreographer, Audrey expresses her social concerns through works such as Le 2e sexe (2014) and Corrida(2017). Her artistic exploration also materialized through the creation of Portraits dansés (2015 to 2017), a series of seven short films that earned her a nomination for the CALQ’s Work of the Year in 2019.

Her creative repertoire expanded with pieces such as CTRL:N(2019), Fisheye (2020), and MOSAÏCO (2024), where her hybrid movements intertwine harmoniously with digital innovation. Her choreographic journey earned her a nomination for Emerging Artist of the Year in Laval in 2024. Audrey Gaussiran thus embodies a modern artistic vision, rooted in the cultural and technological diversity of our time.

CREDITS:

Artistic Direction: Audrey Gaussiran

Choreography: Audrey Gaussiran and the dancers

Dancers on stage (5): Aly Keita, Andrea Nino Sarmiento, Audrey Gaussiran, Aymen Benkreira, Emmanuelle Martin

Dancers in digital projection (2): Lina Moros, Louis Roy

Other dancers who participated in the creation: Claudelle Bilodeau, Kristin C. Molnar Jancso, Rocio Vadillo, Yelitza Garcia

Digital Art: Francis Lecavalier

Composition and Sound Design: Joannie Labelle

Poetry: Sarah Khilaji, Paul Zakarivan, Audrey Gaussiran, Jean-Pierre Gorkynian

Dramaturgy: Valérie Gagnon-Laniel

Outside Eye: Shérane Figaro, Rocio Vadillo

Lighting: Rachel Réard

Costumes: Manon Guiraud, Mariane Labonté

FINANCIAL PARTNERS

Canada Council for the Arts (CAC)

Council for the Arts and Letters of Quebec (CALQ)

City of Laval

La danse sur les routes du Québec

OTHER PARTNERS

Académie de Danse Makam

Bigico

Concept Alpha

Domaine Forget de Charlevoix

Loisirs Bon-Pasteur

Maison De La Culture Pointe-Aux-Trembles

Maison des arts de Laval

Petit Théâtre du Vieux Noranda

ROCAL – Regroupement d’organismes culturels et d’artistes lavallois

Salle Émile Legault