Stéphane Maddix Albert

Médéri Sauro

Quirky chiac & english bilingual storyteller, Stéphane Maddix Albert is inspired by ancient tales that have been kept alive in Acadian homes until the sixties-ish; stories intertwining deep wisdom with strange corners of the mind that disrupt the usual flow of our train of thought. While honoring the plot and character archetypes, Maddix rebirths them into our current world through unconventional and unexpected twists that tickle the brains of both young and old. His creative mind is fed by scrap yards, shopping malls, folklore, suburbia as well as by sci-fi, contemporary art, queerness, activism, and peasantry. His performance style is casual, vibrant, funny and on the verge of psychedelic. Maddix is from Moncton, New-Brunswick and is now residing in Gespe’gewa’gi (Gaspésie) on unceded territory of the Mi’gmaq Nation; these places shape his life and art.

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Dissonance Treasures

With his new work, Stéphane Maddix Albert wants to highlight the dissonant aspects of the repertoire of old Acadian tales, those that seem weird in the context of our current sensibilities. We could put these stories aside… or we could dive in and see what they have to teach us about our own contradictions. While working with these stories, Maddix plays with patriarchal clichés of “trad” culture using the tools of burlesque and drag. This makes for something like a genderfuck sugar shack drag. He’s therefore pursuing his multidisciplinary research in contemporary storytelling to create strange celebratory atmospheres, on the theme of dissonance. He will be inviting the public to witness presentations of his process, because a big part of his creativity is ignited through improvisation in front of real folks.

CREDITS

Creations

Le haricot magique, 2021, Maddix & the beanstalk, 2021

Contes anciens freestyle, 2020, Ancient tales freestyle, 2020

Partners

Salon58 Mandoline Hybride
La Chapelle Scènes Contemporaines