La marche du crabe is a company dedicated to researching and creating live performances specifically tailored for early childhood and young audiences. It advocates for a close sensory approach, tailoring every aspect of its creations to the needs of its diverse spectators.
At the intersection of circus arts, dance, and theater, accompanied by the symbolism of stage props, the creations establish themselves as intimate acts seeking to renew the dialogue between artists and spectators.
La marche du crabe takes the stance of addressing sensitive themes openly to all its audiences, from infants to adolescents, from adults to seniors. Embracing the unpredictability of the moment, the company orchestrates improvised performances, focusing on the execution of an action, its authenticity, and its significant impact.
Its immersive environments, on-site encounters, and close-proximity shows with the audience foster an intimate connection, an emotional resonance, and symbolics, grounded in the surrounding reality.
In doing so, La marche du crabe nurtures its creative processes through cultural mediation encounters to confront and confirm the direction of the work; from tone to aesthetics, from storytelling to staging.
The company designs arts awareness workshops to reach its audience, preparing or extending their engagement with its works. Participants are guided to explore the expressive capacities of their bodies and voices, sharing their creativity and imagination, fostering an exchange that promotes a sense of community.
Eco-responsibility, mentoring, and resource-sharing drive their actions.
Sandy Bessette is interested in the hybrid language between dance, circus, and theater. Her performance background combines movement improvisation with theatrical and ensemble dance work. Specialized in creation for early childhood in Quebec and Europe, her productions emphasize the voices of artists and live music on stage. She created ``Un orteil dans le vide`` a duet of dance and german wheel on the theme of mourning, and then ``Remous Remis,`` an non verbal acrobatic theater about sibling relationships. Inspired by various encounters in hospital, prison, and underprivileged environments, she choreographed ``De doigts et de pied,`` a sensory experience for toddlers, and ``Le Mobile,`` an immersive aerial circus show for infants. She continues to explore the relationship with the audience in her indoor and in situ works, notably with ``Hiatus,`` ``Amarelinha,`` ``Victor,`` and ``Yggdrasil,`` which she creates with Simon Fournier. She develops various artistic initiatives in school and community settings, working with both children and seniors, and aims to continue her efforts in hospital and prison environments.
Simon Fournier divides his life between theater, dance, and circus. He began his career with the company Dave St-Pierre during the creation Foudre, and toured with the trilogy including La pornographie des âmes and Un peu de tendresse bordel de merde. As an actor, he has performed in Les Amoureux auront des cataractes by Cassandre Emmanuel, Les mots secrets by André Perrier, File d’attente at the I.N.K. theater, and has worked as a physical actor and fight choreographer in Détruire nous allons and Le Vin Herbé by Philippe Boutin. He is also an acrobat in Babel by Antony Venisse and Ruelle by Jeff Hall. He dances for Heather Lynn MacDonald, Sophie Gee, Catherine Lafleur, and Delphine Veronneau. The company La marche du crabe led him toward working with young audiences, notably as a physical actor in De doigts et de pied and as an improviser in gallery performances called Les Explositions. In Le Mobile, he narrates, sings, plays the ukulele, and dances on aerial fabric. With his partner Sandy Bessette, he creates and facilitates cultural mediation projects with citizens, including children and seniors. Simon loves science, in situ theater, and neighborhood life, which are reflected in the writing of his plays Amarelinha, Victor, and Yggdrasil. When he's not acting or writing, he is a father and continues to explore his inner child with Gaspard and Elena.
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