By popular acclaim, Chouinard's internationally renowned Montreal-based company returns to Miami.

"A sure sign, in France, when the applause all starts to follow the same rhythm, that a show has a bright future. After three enthusiastic encores, the high priestess of quebec dance jubilantly saluted the 'holy Trinity' – a réverence for each dancer, an arms-wide embrace for the stage and a walk-about through the rows of the visibly packed theatre." – Maud Cucchi, La Presse

Henri Michaux: Mouvements was created at the Impulstanz, Vienna International Dance Festival (Vienna), It includes 64 stage-height pages of India-ink drawings by Belgian painter and poet Henri Michaux. Here is an excerpt of the description of the creation of Mouvements, from the company's website:

In Paris in 1980, the German sculptor Klaus Rinke presented Marie Chouinard with a work entitled "Mouvements" by Henri Michaux. A Belgian poet and painter, Michaux explored the inner zone, experimenting with drugs that gave rise to his "mescalinized" works. His book "Mouvements" comprises 64 pages of India-ink drawings, a 15-page poem and an epilogue, presenting multiform figures that Marie Chouinard took delight in reading literally, from left to right and page to page, like a choreographic score.

Marie Chouinard, twenty-five years later, decided to create a piece from Michaux's "feast of bursting lines, spots and kaleidoscopic arms." The choreographer thus proceeded to decipher the positions of the body depicted by the artist. The voice plays an important role since Carol Prieur recites various excerpts from Michaux's poem and epilogue, and even sings certain passages from the "Mouvements", which could also be musically transcribed. Michaux's drawings are projected against the backdrop of the stage, allowing viewers to make their own personal readings of the artist's score. As a visual echo of a black drawing on a white page, the COMPANIE's dancers, dressed in black, dance on a white floor.

Note: includes partial nudity.

Read more about Compagnie Marie Chouinard at mariechouinard.com (Note the "English" link in the upper right corner of the page)

Read about Belgian artist Henri Michaux at henri-michaux.com.

Targeted support for these concerts comes from: the Knight Arts Challenge/John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; City of Miami Beach Cultural Affairs Program, Cultural Arts Council; Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Mayor and Board of County Commissioners; National Endowment for the Arts (a federal agency); South Arts; State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture.

Season partners and supporters for Tigertail's 33nd season include: Aquarius Press; Books & Books; Bresaro Suites; The Children's Trust; City of Coral Gables Cultural Arts Program; City of Miami Beach Cultural Affairs Program, Cultural Arts Council; Clarke Foundation; Consulate General of Brazil; Consulate General of the Netherlands; Consulate General of Japan; E.S. Moore Family Foundation; Florida Dance Association; Funding Arts Network; The Galler Group; Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau; Japan Foundation; John S. & James L. Knight Foundation; JPMorgan Chase; MiamiArtZine; Miami Beach Botanical Garden; Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Mayor and Board of County Commissioners; Miami-Dade County Public Library; Miami-Dade County Public Schools; Miami River Inn; National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and additional funding provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; National Endowment for the Arts; National Performance Network with major funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Ford Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts (a federal agency), Altria, MetLife Foundation and the Nathan Cummings Foundation; Pridelines; Publix Super Markets Charities; Joseph H. & Florence A. Roblee Foundation; Safe Schools South Florida; The Law Office of Linda M. Smith; South Arts; State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture; The Miami Foundation; VSA Florida; Vortex Communications; WDNA & WLRN FM; Wells Fargo and our many private supporters.