Urban Dance is the first love of Etienne Lou. His dancer, Atn, was his first role as Adolescence.
“I tried to hide that I came from the bourgeois environment and in the corresponding language, noticed the actor in an interview Obligation In the Offices of the Theater Quat’sous. It was a game I played all the time, today I see it clearly. »»
Etienne Lou is a rising star of the Quebec Theater. Since its release from the National Theater School, of which five years ago, it has shone in more than a dozen games Riopelle projectRobert Lepage. It also occupies roles on television, especially in the series All my life AND Cyclone eye.
These days he is signing the text and presentation of a unique spectacle that combines his two passions. I understand. Respect. It is a mixture of hip-hop dance and intimate monologues.
“I’m really emphasized show “He is starting, sinking into his couch, the first creation he manages himself. It must be said that he gives a very personal story there and reveals details of his life, which he has long considered shameful, because the fact that he slept in the bed of his mothers for about 14 years. He was afraid of black …
“I have little dizziness, sometimes when I say my strong text in the test room,” he admits fever.
His theatrical confidentiality brings us back about 15 years back, at a time when Styles Prasping and Krump discovered, which will become his specialty.
“The dance is light through my adolescence, the one who has allowed me to emancipate,” says the 32 -year man.
Assertion tool
Etienne Lou grew up on the île-de-srow with his mother Quebec and two sisters, his father, Chinese descent, when he lost his life when he was 4 years old. His secondary was marked by racist insults. “I have been told every day that I am less than a man.” It took all the space a little. How do you answer it? »»
He found his advice to salvation in African-American culture. Members of the black community, especially dancers, were the most for him cool in the world. They seemed to be self -confident to defend themselves and have sexual success.
“Everything I wanted was on this side.” There, Asian was still good, because I was not 100 % white, ”recalls the actor, who won the bust in the Montreal competition in 2014 in the practices category.
Street dances associated with this culture served not only as a tool for confirmation and belonging to the community, but also as a mask that would give the identity of its taste. Dance also created its ability to provide pressure under pressure and below the other. Undoubtedly it is useful in the theater.
Dance is light through my adolescence, the one that has allowed me to emancipate
Are there many links between dance and theater? “100 %,” says Etienne Lou, an expression that repeats several times during the conversation. “When you are Street DancerYou have a name, you work on your character. There are terms narration Also. I tell a story through my wheel. There is also the idea of theatricality, ”notes the one who assumes the use of Franglais in his room.
Shrew Urban Dance
When he entered the theater school and devoted himself to this art, Etienne Lou left the development of his dance. However, he did not leave this way of expression, which inspires him again and again with his freedom and his inventive mentality.
With his creation on the Théâtre de Quat’sous, he wants to honor this environment, give it to know and raise him. “I also hope to create meetings between these two worlds and magical moments,” he says.
His show, which will be entitled to six performances, is like the main family meeting. He hired the artists he admires, Jigsaw, Pax and Spicey to assess the competition. His sister, Geneviève Lou, also a dancer and producer, will revive preliminary wheels.
A total of 24 dancers will be able to hear between which 8 Battle. The winner will be crowned every evening. Among the wheels of clashes will be presented by Atn Lou and judges theater and dance numbers.
Rather than being a source of mockery, its Asian identity is now a “superpower”, Etienne Lou believes. “There’s a lot of that concerts That I probably wouldn’t have without Asian, ”he says, including his current show. “There are not many of them show On white who are like, “Tell me about your identity and bring your back gang. “» »
And between his two artistic identities that brought him the greatest recognition? “Comic, 100 %,” he replied from Tac to Tac. “I think I just have more talent as an actor. »»
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