Tentacle Tribe Press Kit

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Tentacle Tribe
...Tap into the grid...
Tentacle Tribe is a Canadian-Swedish
creative alliance between Emmanuelle Lê Phan
and Elon Höglund. The two experienced
performers create uncommon dance works
using conceptual hiphop and influences
from all types of earthly creatures..
220 av. des Pins Ouest #122, Montréal, Québec, Canada, H2W 1R9 • tel: 514.963.2055 •
www.tentacletribe.com • www.facebook.com/tentacletribe • email: [email protected]
Tentacle Tribe
Through years of performing an array of different dance styles and steadily participating in the street
dance scene, as hiphop dancers, b-boy and b-girl, and as stage performers, they form Tentacle Tribe. This
Montreal-based alliance brings together the collective experience of Emmanuelle Lê Phan and Elon
Höglund onto the stage. As autodidactic creatures of infinite possibilities, they've created their own
movement style, influenced by breaking, popping, animals, the organic mechanic and the vibrations
around us. They wish to create work that transcends the boundaries separating movement styles, and
pieces that express the embodiment of music beyond technique. The work experiments with intricate
partnering, refined musicality and a saturated dose of physical choreography.
The company was founded in 2012 while the two artists were performing their first collaboration, a duet
tailored for the Cirque Du Soleil stage in Québec City. This duet, Body to Body was also adapted into a
short film entitled: Elon & Emmanuelle by director Natalie Galazka which was selected in film festivals in
the US, Canada, and Italy. Their second creation, When They Fall, was premiered at Festival Quartiers
Danse 2012 in Montreal and with much popularity, has officially set in motion the young dance
company’s bright future.
Emmanuelle Lê Phan
Ottawa born Emmanuelle comes from a rather
unique background of contemporary dance training
paralleled with years of activity in the street dance
world. As one of Canada’s most prominent b-girls,
Emmanuelle, also known as B-girl Cleopatra, has
competed and won many breaking competitions
throughout Canada, the US and Sweden. She has
been featured in music videos: K-Os, Yelle, Calvin
Harris, and dance films of all kinds.
With her extensive knowledge of various street styles,
and her schooling in contemporary dance, she
gradually developed her own style of experimental
dance. Having obtained her BFA in contemporary
dance from Montreal’s Concordia University, she
pursued her ambitions of performance and creation
by cofounding Solid State Breakdance Collective and
dancing for Rubberbandance Group. In 2005, she
was part of Cirque Du Soleil’s nine-month creation of
The Beatles LOVE Show working with choreographer
Dave St-Pierre and performed in Las Vegas for 2
years. In 2009, she joined Cirque Éloize , working
with choreographer Mourad Merzouki in the creation
and touring of “ID” a hiphop/circus show.
Emmanuelle came back to work with
Rubberbandance in 2010 for their creation Gravity of
Center, currently on tour. She also dances for the
Bboyizm Dance Company, and when she can, battles
with her all-female crew Legendary Crew.
In 2012, she cofounds Tentacle Tribe and presents
Body to Body at Short & Sweet Montreal and in Cirque
Du Soleil’s Quebec city show 2012. She presented
When They Fall, a new Tentacle Tribe creation at
Festival Quartiers Danse in September 2012.
Links to see more of Emmanuelle’s dancing
B-girl Cleopatra repping in 2011: !
https://vimeo.com/35614019
Emmanuelle 2012 demo:
http://vimeo.com/56560672
Elon Höglund
Born in Stockholm Sweden, Elon comes from a
family of artists: his father a musician, painter and
puppeteer and his mother a painter and illustrator. All his life he has been exposed to the process of
creation. Elon grew up dancing and listening to Hip
hop music, but his search for expression pushed him
to explore deeper into the realm of movement.
Training various styles of martial arts since a young
age (Kung fu, Capoeira,Tea Kwon Do) and dance
styles (B-boying, Popping), evoked in him a
realization of purpose. He went on to find further
inspiration in other street styles, theatre and
contemporary dance, which lead to the creation of
his own movement philosophy. Elon has performed
and choreographed fusion style contemporary
works since 2001 in Theatre, Dance and
Contemporary Circus productions.
In 2005, he was hired by Cirque Du Soleil to be part
of the creation of the The Beatles LOVE Show in Las
Vegas, in which he performed and choreographed
his own solo, that seamlessly fused contemporary
dance and Hip hop. Elon has since then performed
all over North America, Europe and Asia with
Bboyizm Dance Company, Rubberbandance Group,
Cirque du Soleil, Cirque Eloize and the Norwegian
State Theatre. He has performed live on TV in
Sweden, Norway, South Korea and in the US. He
has worked with choreographers such as Dave StPierre, Daniel Ezralow, Mourad Merzouki, and
Victor Quijada. Elon is also an active member of
Fresh Format b-boy crew.
In 2012, he cofounds Tentacle Tribe and presents
Body to Body in Short & Sweet Montreal and in Cirque
Du Soleil’s Quebec city show 2012. He presented
When They Fall, a new Tentacle Tribe creation at
Festival Quartiers Danse in September 2012.
Links to see more of Elon’s dancing:
Elon's choreography in a cabaret in Las Vegas:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7inRvjXxQk
Elon’ freestyle form @ Cirque Du Soleil
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEcOxXE-5kM
Works
When They Fall
Length of piece: 10:40
Number of Dancers: 2
Premiere date: September 12th, 2012 at Festival Quartiers Danse (Montréal)
music by: Swod, Beats Antique, Betty Bonifassi and Charles Imbeau
Private link to the piece: !
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link to the trailer: !
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https://vimeo.com/50443137 password: zef! !
http://vimeo.com/56710465
Like two strangers crossing paths in an anonymous world, dancers collide and share fleeting moments
of intimate synchronicity. Potential explodes, space and time warp; the dancers re-enter their individual
trajectories, transformed after their unforeseen encounter.
When They Fall explores the power of momentary connection within an otherwise disconnected world.
Two individuals inhabit separate spaces, dancing alone, yet unknowingly influencing one another. The
dancers’ solo pathways converge and their once unseen connection unfolds into an awareness that
escalates to a reaction, collision, fusion, synchronicity, then separation. The work also explores the
contrast between internal time – as it is experienced by individuals – and external, or real time by
changing the choreography’s performance speed (extreme butoh-like slowness, to breakneck speed) and
direction (forward and reverse). Dancers play with “choreographic time warps”, through popping
animation concepts such as strobing, dime stopping, rewind, freezing and slow motion effects to create
surreal choreographic suspensions of time and space.
Body To Body
Length of piece: 3:00
Premiere date: February 2012 at
Short & Sweet in Montreal
Number of Dancers: 2
-Duet recruited for Cirque Du
Soleil's special event Chemins
Invisibles, a show created every
summer in Québec city. The
2012 edition: “La Frontière de
pixel” featured Tentacle Tribe's
duet every night from June 24th
until September 1st. A total of 52
shows.
Private link to the piece:
password: pixel
Elon & Emmanuelle (short film)
-length: 5:00
-Director & Producer: Natalie Galazka
-performers & choreographers: Tentacle Tribe
-composer: Garth Stevenson
-producer & DOP: Melissa C. O’Brien
-projections by Dawn Of Man
-A playful, moving street art piece told
through dance, based on the premise that our
environment is communicating with us at all
times. Inspired by the work of street artist
Banksy and featuring Montreal dance artists,
Elon Höglund & Emmanuelle Lê Phan.
Private link to the film:
password: mouah
Press
Danse From The Mat • dance blog
Les pieuvres peuvent-elles danser? La
réponse par Tentacle Tribe
le 17 septembre 2012
par Nayla Naoufal
link: http://dancefromthemat.com/
2012/09/17/les-pieuvres-peuvent-elles-danserla-reponse-par-tentacle-tribe/
quote: “...allie une grande physicalité à un
grand sens de la musicalité. Leur gestuelle
organique, innovante et très fraîche a enchanté
la salle, qui vibrait par procuration...”
Curious Montreal • art & culture blog
La générosité des artistes émergents
le 14 septembre 2012
par Marie Des Neiges Magnan
link: http://www.curiousmontreal.com/
nouvelle/la-generosite
quote: “Leur langage était clair, leur énergie,
brute et le choix musical, original et bien
recherché. Tentacle Tribe, un duo hommefemme, deux corps qui se parlent, se
répondent... Ils sont talentueux, et surtout, ils
ont ce petit quelque chose de plus qui fait que
tu ne peux plus détacher le regard…”
The Dance Current / July•August 2012
Danscussions • dance blog
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly! A Glimpse
into Quartiers Danses Wild, Wild West of
contemporary dance
September 16th 2012
by Helen Simard
link: http://www.danscussions.com/2012/09/the-goodbad-and-ugly-glimpse-into.html
quote: “...Emmanuelle LêPhan and Elon Höglund
stormed the stage and donkey-kicked their spectators into
the final frontier of dance innovation...this high velocity
duet establishes them as competitive choreographic
contenders in the Montreal dance scene...a flawless and
highly original movement vocabulary... more hardcore
than Clint Eastwood in High Plains Drifter... When They Fall
was clearly the coup-de-coeur of the evening.”
Danscussions • dance blog
Transatlantique’s Ark
September 19th 2012
by Stephanie Fromentin
link: http://www.danscussions.com/2012/09/
transatlantiques-ark.html
quote: “...in the voice of the late great Steve Irwin (the
crocodile hunter) "is a real LIVE one!" Though Emmanuelle
Lê Phan and Elon Höglund's Tentacle Tribe is inspired by
squid and aquatic life, their dynamic execution has got quite
a bite! Researched using animalistic qualities, When they Fall
(premiere showing) stood on its own four feet. Whether
their timed floor work or syncopated solo sections brought
them to literally fall to the ground, they definitely didn't fall
short of impressing the audience from both contemporary
and hip-hop perspectives alike.”
Movement Museum • dance radio
show and podcast
Bloody Underrated • Music, theater
and comedy blog
Manuel Roque and Show Reviews!
Opening Night of the Festival Quartiers
Danse 2012
September 20th, 2012
September 13th 2012
by Allison Burns, Jenn Doan, and J.D. Papillon
by Allison
link: http://movement-museum.blogspot.ca/
quote: “... fantastic control of their bodies...you see
them finding their own signature coming into
play...finding their own identity for themselves...
The chemistry, the trust between them is just mindblowing. They’re doing a lot of lifts, acrobatic
movements but without ever losing the connection
between them... quality of movement and the
musicality is always so present... following the
music and letting it emerge through their body...”
link: http://bloodyunderrated.net/2012/09/13/
opening-night-of-the-festival-quartiers-danses-2012/
quote: “...literally squirming in my chair watching
choreographers/dancers Emmanuelle Lê Phan and
Elon Höglund move...members of Tentacle Tribe have
mastered these skills, and created a new atmosphere
to surround them. It was a serious ten-minute work.
The choreography was fast and fluid. The clear and
strong performers interacted comfortably in partner
work, and shared the stage well.”
Nightlife.ca • Guide to Montreal’s urban life
Les 10 meilleurs spectacles des danse à Montréal en 2012
December 7th, 2012
by Marites Carino
link: http://www.nightlife.ca/arts-culture/les-10-meilleurs-spectacles-de-danse-montreal-en-2012
quote: “#4: I first saw an initial version of this duet at Short & Sweet last June, and by the end of the three
minutes, the explosion of applause was a great way to launch this couple’s new creative partnership
Tentacle Tribe, which features their intensely physical creative partnering, mingled with hip hop inspired
moves. Keep an eye out for this piece and this company, because it’s going to evolve into something
good.”
Collaborators • The Tribe
Natalie Galazka: Writer, Director, Producer
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1406603/
Yan Lee Chan: Lighting designer
http://yanleechan.com/fr.htm
Betty Bonifassi: Composer & musical arrangements
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9atrice_Bonifassi
Charles Imbeau: Brass player
Yura Liamin: Photographer http://yuraliamin.com/
Tap Into The Grid (working title)
Length of piece: 15 min (Work-In-Progress)
Number of dancers: 2
Premiere date: October 3rd, 2013 at Monument National with Tangente
Music by: Béatrice Bonnifasi
Tap Into The Grid (working title)
Length of piece: 30 min
Number of dancers: 2
Premiere date: October 14th, 2014 at Cinquième Salle with Danse Danse
Music by: Béatrice Bonnifasi

Tentacle Tribe Press Kit

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