No More Fantasies

Project Description

Corrupting the form of 'pas de deux' by employing a utilitarian approach to physical interaction, the limits of two female bodies is displayed unadorned. Through movement, text and physical contact, this exciting new work by Julianne Chapple (of company Future Leisure), subverts the common expectations put on the female body.

Artists Julianne Chapple and Maxine Chadburn work at the limits of their strength and mobility attempting to maintain compassion, empathy and trust in the audience and each other. Limbs are stepped on, handled, lifted, or moved with delicate care, as the two women utilize each other's bodies for motion, propelled through space by surrendering agency to the other.

Company Profile

Led by artistic director Julianne Chapple, Future Leisure is dedicated to the creation, instruction and presentation of innovative movement practices. With an emphasis on interdisciplinary collaboration, the company creates works which are based in and around the body and often incorporate movement, text, video, sound and sculpture. These hybrid pieces utilize surreal imagery, explorations of objecthood and invitations to contemplate alien worlds. Since it’s founding in 2018, the company has produced two evening length works in collaboration with the Dance Centre and New Works, traveled to perform at festivals in Toronto, Calgary, New York City and Derry, Northern Ireland, and produced two editions of the Shooting Gallery Performance Series. Since March, Future Leisure has presented three works through digital platforms presented by the National Arts Centre, MST: Performative Art, Upintheair Theatre’s e-Volver festival and CB Nuit.

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