In The Lindenmeyer System choreographer André Gingras takes his audience into an extraordinary dance experience inspired by migration and cultural identity. The audience travels through a world of bizarre and overwhelming images inspired by a study of migration and its personal and social impact. In order to give the public an authentic experience, the audience is labelled, bound and made to move to different points of observation.

For this choreography Gingras has created a specific movement language based on the dynamics of the botanical world; a world which is also characterized by migration, adaptations and crossbreeding.

Fall 2004 this piece was selected for the Dutch Dance Festival, a platform for leading performances of the preceding season:

‘Form and content have been combined in this production in an intelligent, humorous and wholly accomplished manner. André Gingras succeeds in addressing one of today’s most sensitive issues – migration – in an entirely innovative manner’ (selection committee Dutch Dance Festival).


The press about The Lindenmeyer System:

‘… astonishing and topical’ (de Volkskrant, The Netherlands)

‘The piece has strong timing and a beautiful form’, ‘… a cool happening with a light political undertone.’ (NRC Handelsblad, The Netherlands)

‘Aktionen der Tänzer sind stark und teilweise beklemmend, driften aber auch immer wieder ins Komische.' (Braunschweiger Zeitung, Germany)

'... l' energie des danseuses et l'univers d'André Gingras, la manière avec laquelle il construit un monde à la fois oppressant et ponctué d'humour reste passionnant à decrouvrir.' (La Libre Belgique, Belgium)