“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.” Albert Camus, Summer, “Return to Tipasa,” 1952

This quote is a perfect description of the atmosphere during the creation of this new collection of 5 short films. In its own way, each one portrays an inner force that animates the human being beyond the self.

Ready-to-Wear Solos | James Viveiros

Courage, curiosity and determination. James explores the unknown, moving from water, to the shore, to the mountain.

Like the Sisyphus in us who pushes his rock up the mountain knowing that it will always roll back down, how do we determine gravity? Desire makes us move, the promise holds us, a better world is coming…or not.

Éliot Laprise, Karine Ledoyen (Directors)

Choreographer and dancer Karine Ledoyen trained in Quebec City and began her career in France. Returning to the provincial capital in 2001, she launched the Osez! concept, which received critical acclaim in Quebec and internationally. She founded the Danse K par K dance company in 2005, where the quest for human fragility dominates in all its forms, developing shows like Target, Air, The Nobody, Three Landscapes, Boys Dance, Night Dance, Dancing in a Living Room and Glorious Fragility. In parallel to her career, Ledoyen has reflected on her artistic practice as part of a master’s degree at Laval University. During the pandemic, she developed Osez! Solo, a series of performances danced outside for a single spectator. The concept evolved into Ready-to-Wear Solos, where she collaborated with director Eliot Laprise to make 10 short films that are presented as projections in the hands of passers-by in the street.

Eliot Laprise is attracted to acting as much as he is to directing. Since graduating from the Conservatoire d’art dramatique de Québec in 2007, he has performed in more than 20 plays on

various stages in the province. He has appeared on the big screen in many roles, including the films Les Grandes Chaleurs de Sophie Lorain and Triptyque, a film directed by Robert Lepage and Pedro Pires. He was also part of the cast of Feuilles Mortes, released in 2016. His became more in demand as a director in 2011, when he was selected from among 600 candidates to take part in La course Évasion autour du monde, a documentary competition held around the world. Since 2012, he has directed short fiction and documentary films, advertising and music videos, in addition to being a video designer for the stage. In June 2017, he completed a training at L’INIS, where he wrote his first play for the stage, Je veux participer au chaos.

Éliot Laprise Director, Photography Director
Karine Ledoyen Director, Producer
James Viveiros Choreographer, Key Cast, Performer
Pascal Asselin Musical Composer
Raphaël Posadas Technician
Vano Hotton Artistic Direction