Feast of Fishbones
dance + mixed media animation + sound
we smirk towards the audience and become close to devouring you. if you can see us, it could be a trick we play. we invite you in, untraceable, unnameable and barely seen with the light. as performers of the asian diaspora, we are the ones that GAZE BACK.
creative team
creation/choreography: camille huang
collaborators: evelynn yan (performance), rodolfo rueda (sound),
experimental animation: camille huang
sophie robert (lighting), filmed by thalia danielson
video from tangente - danses buissonieres for emerging choreographers
Residencies: Studio Flak, Ecole de Danse Contemporaine de Montreal
14 min. danses buissonnieres, tangente, tiohtià:ke / montréal,
Oct 7-10 2023
Support from Canada Council for the Arts
critique de Emmalie Ruest:
“Feast of fishbones commence avec un jeu habile de lumière, faisant apparaître et disparaître un duo fusionnel mêlant horreur et sensualité. Ce début éclatant ne sera pas dépassé pour le reste de la proposition au niveau de l'intensité, qui n’en demeure pas moins intrigante et mystérieuse. Créée et interprétée par Camille Huang, en collaboration de la danseuse Evelynn Yann, cette pièce allie danse, performance et art visuel, rien de moins.”
SLUG MEAL
“Slug Meal” explores a sensation of “matter out of place”:
rooting from conceptions of immigrant food as distasteful.
Haunted by a swallowed slug, this piece is a performative
digestion, complexifying ideas of belonging and implications
of ‘filth’ in a Chinese, feminised body.
premiered at OFFTA festival
may 31-june 2 2024
salle fred barry, theatre denise pelletiere
tiotiah:ke, montreal
may 31-june 2 2024
salle fred barry, theatre denise pelletiere
tiotiah:ke, montreal
choreography, performance, set by camille huang
sound design by camille huang,
with contributions from
reworked piano by victor burton-dallaire
piano jenn mong
rehearsal direction- camil bellefleur
outside eyes: mélanie demers, angélique willkie
trailer filmed by thalia danielson at anti-space
sound design by camille huang,
with contributions from
reworked piano by victor burton-dallaire
piano jenn mong
rehearsal direction- camil bellefleur
outside eyes: mélanie demers, angélique willkie
trailer filmed by thalia danielson at anti-space
residencies:
parbleux - inception residencies
anti-space
workshopped at ATLAS impulstanz vienna
parbleux - inception residencies
anti-space
workshopped at ATLAS impulstanz vienna
possible with the support of the canada council of the arts
How To For Dummies
interdisiplinary performance
dance + piano + text
work in progress
creation by camille huang
In collaboration with Laura Brisson and Jenn Mong, Thalia Danielson
previous research with Julianna Bryson
work in progress presented at Théatre Aux Écuries
La Serre, Vous Etes Ici
November 2023
Montrêal QC
In collaboration with Julianna Bryson, Laura Brisson and Jenn Mong, Thalia Danielson
Presented at Theatre Aux Ecuries
La Serre, Vous Etes Ici
November 2023
dance performance, improvisation, contemporary dance technique, choreography
camille has performed works by marie chouinard, béatrice larrivee, sebastien provencher, helen simard, edgar zendajas, stacey désilier, parts + labour, grand poney, stefania skoryna. camille is a graduate of the professional program at l’école de danse contemporaine de montréal.
Camille Huang is a performer making works. Their work unfolds pluralities-poetic-mixed between forms.Camille creates work with a transdisciplinary ethic, flowing jaggedly through realms of sound, visual design and performance. They want to step towards a plural making sense of identity and possible futures.
Camille’s work as a choreographer/performer has been shown in the OFFTA 2024 (Slug Meal), Vous Etes Ici (How to For Dummies) and Danses Buissonnieres 2023 (Feast of Fishbones), as well as in the ATLAS choreographic programme of ImpulsTanz Vienna. Camille has a background studying anthropology at McGill and Concordia University and is a graduate from L’École de Danse Contemporaine de Montréal.
As a dance artist, Camille has worked Helen Simard, Isabelle Poirer, James Vivieros, Béatrice Larrivée amongst others, and notably performed the repertoire of Compagnie Marie Chouinard (Cri Du Monde) and Stephanie Lake Compagnie in Winter 2023. She has been mentored by Angélique Willkie and Mélanie Demers.
Camille also works in visual art+media realms relating to projection and film.
contact : cami.hyu@gmail.com
Presentations of Choreographic Works // Creation + Performance:
2024 – OFFTA Festival, “Slug Meal”, choreography + performance, Theatre Denise Pelletier, Salle Fred Barry, curated by La Serre Arts Vivants/OFFTA curatorial team
2023 – Vous Êtes Ici, “How to For Dummies” (work in progress) , choreography + performance, Théâtre Aux Écuries, curated by La Serre Art Vivants
2023 – Tangente Danse,“Feast of Fishbones” , Danses Buissonnieres, choreography +perforamnce, curated by Tangente
Other Freelance Work:
2024 – projection artist performer / collaborator in “The Conditions”, directed by Lucy May,
MAC Laurentides, St Jérôme, QC
2024 – dance artist in “Queer Core - Embodiment” by Camil Bellefleur, Maison de la Culture Mont Royal, residency
2022 + 2023 - Movement director and Co-Producer for interdisciplinary artist Sarah Rossy
creative art and movement/dance direction for 10 music videos in upcoming release of a visual album
Public Performances as a Dance Artist / Interpréte:
2023 – “Le Temps De”, by Béatrice Larrivée, Projet Fly, Tangente Danse, contract
2023 – Nuit Blanche: Sapphonix Collective + Earth World Collaborative, Christ Church Cathedral
2023 – “Colossus”, by Stephanie Lake Company, Danse Danse, Salle Wilfred Pelletier, Montreal
2023 – solo act at “Interwoven”, PAC Pan-Asian Collective Market
2023 - “Cri Du Monde”, Repetoire de Compagnie Marie Chouinard, Reworked by Isabelle Poirer, EDCM
2023 - “20 412 Pas Pour la Paix, Répertoire de Jacque Poulin Denis, EDCM
2022 - URSA MTL, “Interdisciplinary Production: Borderless Expression: Camille Huang and Sarah Rossy”
2022 – “Par Nécessité”, Helen Simard, Tangent, EDCM
2022 – Les Larmes Dans La Pluie”, Sébastien Provencher, Tangente, EDCM
2022 – “True Artifact”, Parts + Labour Danse, Tangente, EDCM
2021 – “Ce Qu’il Nous Reste”, Edgar Zendejas, Tangente, EDCM
2019 – “Wanting of the Waves”, duet with Andrea Carrion Garcia, Studio 7 and White Wall Studio
Residencies:
2024 – Inception Residency, Parbleux, curated by Parbleux
2024 – participation in “Queer Core” creation residency at Maison de la Culture Mont Royal
2023 – Residency at L’École de Danses Contemporaine de Montréal
2023 – research and choreographic workshop at Impulstanz Vienna, ATLAS choreographic program
Presentations of Choreographic Works // Creation + Performance:
2024 – OFFTA Festival, “Slug Meal”, choreography + performance, Theatre Denise Pelletier, Salle Fred Barry, curated by La Serre Arts Vivants/OFFTA curatorial team
2023 – Vous Êtes Ici, “How to For Dummies” (work in progress) , choreography + performance, Théâtre Aux Écuries, curated by La Serre Art Vivants
2023 – Tangente Danse,“Feast of Fishbones” , Danses Buissonnieres, choreography +perforamnce, curated by Tangente
Other Freelance Work:
2024 – projection artist performer / collaborator in “The Conditions”, directed by Lucy May,
MAC Laurentides, St Jérôme, QC
2024 – dance artist in “Queer Core - Embodiment” by Camil Bellefleur, Maison de la Culture Mont Royal, residency
2022 + 2023 - Movement director and Co-Producer for interdisciplinary artist Sarah Rossy
creative art and movement/dance direction for 10 music videos in upcoming release of a visual album
Public Performances as a Dance Artist / Interpréte:
2023 – “Le Temps De”, by Béatrice Larrivée, Projet Fly, Tangente Danse, contract
2023 – Nuit Blanche: Sapphonix Collective + Earth World Collaborative, Christ Church Cathedral
2023 – “Colossus”, by Stephanie Lake Company, Danse Danse, Salle Wilfred Pelletier, Montreal
2023 – solo act at “Interwoven”, PAC Pan-Asian Collective Market
2023 - “Cri Du Monde”, Repetoire de Compagnie Marie Chouinard, Reworked by Isabelle Poirer, EDCM
2023 - “20 412 Pas Pour la Paix, Répertoire de Jacque Poulin Denis, EDCM
2022 - URSA MTL, “Interdisciplinary Production: Borderless Expression: Camille Huang and Sarah Rossy”
2022 – “Par Nécessité”, Helen Simard, Tangent, EDCM
2022 – Les Larmes Dans La Pluie”, Sébastien Provencher, Tangente, EDCM
2022 – “True Artifact”, Parts + Labour Danse, Tangente, EDCM
2021 – “Ce Qu’il Nous Reste”, Edgar Zendejas, Tangente, EDCM
2019 – “Wanting of the Waves”, duet with Andrea Carrion Garcia, Studio 7 and White Wall Studio
Residencies:
2024 – Inception Residency, Parbleux, curated by Parbleux
2024 – participation in “Queer Core” creation residency at Maison de la Culture Mont Royal
2023 – Residency at L’École de Danses Contemporaine de Montréal
2023 – research and choreographic workshop at Impulstanz Vienna, ATLAS choreographic program