KÒSA

LAB’Ò #1 >> May 2025 (65 hours) 
LAB’Ò #2  >> May 2026 (65 hours)
LAB'Ò #3 >> November 2026 (55 hours)
LAB'Ò #4,5,6 >> to be confirmed 

TOTAL of planned LAB'Òs until 2028 : 6

Second projet in lab from 2025 to 2028 : KÒSA
KÒSA explores the theme of death by examining its various dimensions: the physical force, the gravity and the universal metaphor of it, the liminal world, mourning and the void, dreams and spirituality, scientific knowledge and youthful wisdom. The LAB'Ò is informed by interviews made with children as well as specialists in theology, thanatology, physics, and astrophysics. It traverses the body and the kinesthetic states of collapsing, falling, and open the way to multiple realms. The documentary approach and the gathering of testimonies, central to all of Rhodnie’s productions, anchor, nourish, and refine KÒSA's creative process. 

From aesthetics to scenography, we find a thread tied to the theme of death through the lens of Afro-descendant ancestral practices—cyclical, ever-shifting, like a body returned to the multiple grounds. This dimension (as of today) will be shaped through dance, music, voice, scenography, and light.

In this regard, light will embody a spiritual breath, casting optical illusions and revealing the weight and depth of objects. While the materials remain to be defined, we envision large modular, versatile boxes that may at times serve as coffins, shrouds, or passages of light through which one may cross from one realm to another.

SEE 33% OF THE WORK PROMO VIDEO HERE>>  LINK

“What if death was simply yet complexly, a question of dimensions?” - Rhodnie Désir.

Credits

KÒSA (conceptors of the demo video):

  • Creative Head, choreographer, interpret and vocal composer_ Rhodnie Désir
  • Creative Support_Isabelle Poirier (dance) + Jahsun (music)
  • Music+voice_Kayiri (violon) + Evelyne Lange (drum)
  • Music composition: Rhodnie Désir + Okan
  • Arrangements_Rhodnie Désir + Kayiri + Evelyne Lange
  • Conception & collaboration_Yso South (Costume, Scenography) + Engone Endong (Sound) + Chantal Labonté (Light) + Philip Szporer (Artistic Consultant)
  • Technic_Sarah Merrette-Fournier (Director) + Pierre-Alexandre P.Guay (Sound)
  • Production Manager_Mathilde Boudreau
  • Executive Manager_Morgane Huguet
  • Documentary Caption_Clark Ferguson (video) + Kevin Calixte (photo)
  • Research assistant_Emmanuelle Marin
  • Soundtrack :
    • "KILAMA (reverse)" Paroles, musique, interprétation/Written & performed by Okan, arrangements_Rhodnie Désir
    • “MAGNETS” Musique, interprétation_Evelyne Lange + Kayiri
    • “WANGA” Paroles, musique_Rhodnie Désir Interprétation_Evelyne Lange, Kayiri, Rhodnie Désir
    • “Ding Dong” Paroles, musique_Rhodnie Désir Interprétation_Rhodnie Désir, Evelyne Lange, Kayiri

Co-production

Dance Immersion

Partenaires à la création

Conseil des arts du Canada, CALQ, Conseil des arts de Montréal, Université de Montréal