A body floats through a synthetic landfill beneath a suspended cello. A Mozart piano concerto slows down to the point of disintegration. Incantations are whispered and sung. Traces on a wall generate cavernous sounds of a world succumbing to its own collapse. There is no pianist.

Both a gutted concert and a living installation, ‘concerto’ stems from a decade-long intermittent collaboration between writer Olivia Tapiero and choreographer Charlie Prince. The two artists become at once technicians, performers and witnesses. Their gestures unfold in a suspended time, giving way to a profound meditation on the cost of grace, and what it means to mourn the world as the world mourns itself. 

With music as a starting point, concerto offers a suspended time while engaging with the austere and glorified codes of classical music. In this concert-installation, we interrogate the porous borders of our respective disciplines, writing and dance. Loops of sound, sentences and images expand and become the contemplative space in which we move. 

Trailer : https://vimeo.com/1013532412?fl=tl&fe=ec

Dates:
May 29,30,31, June 1, 2025 @ FTA - Festival TransAmériques, Montréal, Canada
September 20, 21, 22, 2024 @ Sursock Museum, Beirut, Lebanon
September 5, 6, 7, 8 , 2024 (Premiere) @ Tangente Danse , Montréal, Canada
May 10, 2023 (showing) @ Maison pour La Danse Du Quebec, Canada
April 8, 2023 (showinng) @ Tangente Danse, Montréal, Canada
April 1, 2023 (lecture-performance) @ Tangente Danse, Montréal, Canada

Creation & Performance : Charlie Prince & Olivia Tapiero
Original Music: Charlie Prince & Olivia Tapiero
Dramaturgy: Marilou Craft
Movement Consultant: Linda Rabin
Video: Selim Mourad, Sammy Benammar
Coproduction and support : Charleroi Danse (BE) , Tangente Danse (CA) , Par.B.l.eux (CA), Boghossian Foundation (CA), Festival Acces Asie (CA), Canada Council for the Arts (CA)
Video taken by Vjosana Shkruti