Once again with Mamma dances, Eryn Dace Trudell defies categorizing. This is a site-specific dance installation at the magnificent Chateau Dufresne Museum. An  exquisite group of mama dancers performs a choreography, accompanied by their babies, exposing the intimate human bond between mother and child within a structure of dance and other distractions. Images of unconditional love and unpredictable emotion are magnified by the physical presence of the children amidst the mothers and their world of dance.
Choreography  : Eryn Dace Trudell
Performers : A  Group  of dancers  accompanied by their babies.

            ‘’ Trudell's 70-minute work, …is much more than a dance piece. In fact, the quantity of actual movement is purposefully rationed. Where it occurs, it is always significant. There's nothing decorative, virtuosic or superfluous in the choreography. The fundamental intent of Trudell and her artistic collaborators is to make their audience co-travellers and to take it to another level of awareness.’’ Michael Crabb, National Post, Toronto, June 11, 2001, on Eryn Dace Trudell’s Heliotrope

 Eryn Dace Trudell, (Toronto / Montreal) 
Dance Artist Eryn Dace Trudell relocated to Montreal three years ago from Toronto. She received her B.F.A. from The Juilliard School. With a background in Graham, Limon and Ballet, Ms Trudell's dance practice has expanded in the domain of alternative, new dance techniques. She is a certified Skinner Releasing Technique Facilitator and Contact Improvisor. Her repertoire of original choreography includes five full length productions, two mixed-ability site specific commissions and several new Canadian operas and plays. As a performer, she has had the pleasure of working closely with independent Canadian, American, European and South American choreographers. Her daughter, Yoko, was born October 16th, 2005.
www.eryndacetrudell.com

Performers :
Eryn Dace Trudell , Mamma to Yoko, born October 16th , 2006; Marilou Castonguay, Mamma to Adrienne, born February 4th, 2006; Monica Gan , Mamma to Duclan, born January 15th , 2006; Aurélie PEDRON, Mamma to Billy, born March 2nd, 2006; Caroline Rebecca Sirois , Mamma to Arthur, born November 11th, 2004; A-Shõvàne Brisinbi Mamma to Zoem born October 24th, 2004; Nancy Rivest , Mamma to Aglae, born January 8th, 2005; Jessica Runge, Mamma to Zachary, born January 31st, 2006.

September 19 and 24, 2 pm, Chateau Dufresne Museum