Film shooting (musical) on Street petit Champlain
October 16th 2008 16:41
July 2008, part of the 400th anniversary celebration in Quebec. The settlers were to sail and discover land, live with wilderness and animals, fight nature and elements, build homes and homeland, arm and battle and die...on the little square on Rue petit Champlain. a history lesson for me. There was an interactive element to the show; for example, some tourists became the ocean waves and sailboats in the beginning scene (picture). The whole show had magic and kaleidoscope shifts of scenes and deft theme dances with a tiny though charming space and a handful of performers (very professional), and incorporated some imporvising and also jesting elements, under the brisk manoeuvres of the lively directress with a microphone on her chin--it was really good.
I left the scene a bit confused though. Here in the US people cannot talk about the settlement history without talking about the natives, and largely admitting it was massacre; the story was absent in the anniversary show. It was all heroic and noble.
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