Dog Rising
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26 Jun 2026 - 28 Jun 2026 |
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8:00PM (Fri & Sat), 3:00PM (Sun) |
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The Box, Freespace |
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320 / 280 |
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26 Jun 2026 - 28 Jun 2026 |
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8:00PM (Fri & Sat), 3:00PM (Sun) |
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The Box, Freespace |
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320 / 280 |
With its celestial bodies launched into orbit, vibrating in a lustful and hypnotic ritual, Dog Rising mirrors the life cycle, the dynamic flow of matter. From primitive impulses to gestures that are at times sexual, at times mechanical, Clara Furey’s new creation comes together like a polyphony of pulsating bodies, in turns dissonant and in unison. The choreographer turns her attention to the way sound vibrations penetrate the bones, the way our skeletons absorb shocks, and listens closely to the presence of the body as it fully manifests itself.
On stage, the performers erect an architecture of pleasure. The trio is inhabited and nourished by empathy and acute attention to the energy of the body and to others. Through their tireless movement work, tensions are released in the endless repetition of cyclical gestures. Dog Rising invites us to embark on an extreme journey, a mesmerising, haunting, and penetrating spiral. It is an invitation to grow and regenerate physical strength through shocks and discomfort sublimated into joy, with a musical score by her loyal collaborator Twin Rising.
Clara Furey is a choreographer and performer based in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal. She explores the codes that travel in and across various art forms. She looks at encouraging an awakening of the sensorial perceptions of the audience and the performers, giving them emotive immediacy, direct access.
After completing musical training at the Conservatoire de Paris, she trained as a dancer at the École de danse contemporaine de Montréal and later worked with choreographers such as George Stamos, Damien Jalet, and Benoît Lachambre.
In 2017, she choreographed her first group work, Cosmic Love. She also gave 90 performances of her solo piece When Even The as part of the MAC exhibition honouring Leonard Cohen. In 2019 she created Rather a Ditch, a solo piece performed by Céline Bonnier.
With Dog Rising (2021), Furey concludes her exploration of tension and immobility, freeing previously contained energies in a performance focusing on persistence, groove and pleasure.
With her latest creation, UNARMOURED (2024), she calls for an erotism on her terms. A polyphonic architecture of pleasure.
Her works toured in numerous festivals including the Biennale of Venice, the Festival TransAmériques in Montreal, ImPulsTanz in Vienna, Performance Mix in New-York City, Fierce Festival in Birmingham, B-Motion in Bassano del Grappa, and in different countries such as Lithuania, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Spain, The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Azerbaïdjan, and Bulgaria.
Continuing international tours, she also regularly teaches workshops.
Concept and artistic direction: Clara Furey
Choreographed by: Clara Furey in association with Be Heintzman Hope, Brian Mendez, Winnie Ho
Performed by: Justin De Luna, Baco Lepage-Acosta, Brian Mendez
Rehearsal: Lucie Vigneault, Simon Portigal
Musical composition: Twin Rising
Lighting design: Karine Gauthier
Technical director: Darah Miah
Outside eye: Peter Jasko, Dana Michel, Christopher Willes, Caroline Monnet
Development: A Propic – Line Rousseau, Marion Gauvent
Produced by: Clara Furey
Executive producer: Parbleux
Co-produced by: Atelier de Paris – CDCN (France), CD Spectacles (Gaspé, Canada), Centre Chorégraphique National d’Orléans –
Direction Maud le Pladec (France), Festival TransAmériques (Montréal, Canada), La Briqueterie – Centre de Développement Chorégraphique
National du Val-de-Marne (Vitry-sur-Seine, France), La Rotonde (Québec, Canada), New Baltic Dance Festival (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Partners and support for creation: Parbleux (Montréal, Canada), L’Écart – Art Actuel (Rouyn-Noranda, Canada), Danse à la Carte (Montréal,
Canada)
The creation of this work was made possible thanks to the financial support of: Conseil des Arts du Canada, Conseil des
Arts et des Lettres du Québec, Conseil des Arts de Montréal
With the support of：Dance Reflections by Van
Cleef & Arpels
