Le Gymnase - National Centre of Choreographic Development - Roubaix | Hauts-de-France

Labour

David Albert-Toth, Emily Gualtieri | Canada

In collaboration with La Condition Publique

  • 14+
  • 55 mins
  • CREATION 2026

Labour

In collaboration with La Condition Publique

Muscle and sweat. David Albert-Toth and Emily Gualtieri push themselves to the very limits. Labour. Five phenomenal womxn* embark on a radical endurance ritual. Here, millimetre-precise control borders on liberating chaos. An electric shock that instantly radiates fierce energy.

* The term ‘womxn’ (pronounced ‘femmes’) is an inclusive spelling used to refer to all people who identify as women or whose gender identity is marginalised.

Cast and creatives

Concept, creation, direction, artistic direction: Emily Gualtieri, David Albert-Toth – Performers, collaborators: Brianna Lombardo, Maïka Giasson, Jossua Satinée, Lou-Anne Rousseau, Frédérique Rodier – Stand-in performer: Jo Laïny Trozzo-Mounet – Apprentice: Clodie Lambert – Lighting: Paul Chambers – Lighting assistant: Jordana Natale – Costumes, set design: Jonathan Saucier – Composition: Frannie Holder – Arrangement: David Albert-Toth – Mixing, mastering: Ghyslain Luc Lavigne – Rehearsal director: Jamie Wright – Dramaturgy: Helen Simard – Technical director: Samuel Thériault – Additional technical coordination: Mateo Barrera – Production manager: Justine Bellefeuille – Communications: Kristina Hilliard

Production credits

Production: PARTS+LABOUR
Co-production + premiere: Agora de la danse
Co-production: CanDance Network Creation Fund, La Rotonde, Agora de la danse, National Arts Centre, dance: made in Canada festival, PuSh Festival, New Works, Rum för Dans
Support + Partners and creative residencies + Residency: Canada Council for the Arts, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Conseil des arts de Montréal, The Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal, Quai 5160, Centre culturel Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Studio Flak.
PARTS+LABOUR has benefited from residencies at Agora de la danse