Jerry snell in residency at SAT for the Passion of Henry

HENRY :: Jerry Snell

Jerry Snell presents THE PASSION OF HENRY

Multi media performance event
Research and creation residence at the SAT

“Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac…” Henry Kissinger

Jerry Snell proudly presents the new collective creation: The Passion of Henry, an industrial performance event denouncing over 40 years of international terror. The result of a research and creation residence at the Society of Technological Arts, The Passion of Henry is presented April 28 & 30 2005 at 8 pm at the SAT.

Artist, director and composer for dance, theatre, cinema and circus, Jerry Snell’s new collective – creation fuses all these elements collaborating not only with artists from Canada but also from China, Vietnam, Japan, Netherlands, Belgium and Chile: Pascal Dabe (actor), Michel F Côté (composer), Lorne Brass, Thien Vu Dang, Martin Laporte, Yasuko Tadokoro (film and video), Pascale Montpetit, Kurt Chen, Goos Meeuwsen and Alacanté de Chilé (virtual performance), The Passion of Henry excavates the mind of  Henry Kissinger, mythical icon of international hypocrisy of the American political society. Integrating 5 video screens and mixed with archive materials, live music and performed on stage by actor Pascal Dabe from Belgium, The Passion of Henry presents at the same time a sarcastic and cruel reflection of our contemporary world. Noble Peace Prize recipient, mass murderer, anti- Christ or playboy. accept this unique invitation for a public brain scan into one of the 20th century’s most terrifying Secretaries of  State.

Inspired by the atrocities of the War of the Vietnam for which the thirtieth anniversary will be commemorated next April 30th, Jerry Snell signs the concept and direction of The Passion of Henry. Originating from Vancouver, Jerry is known internationally for the excellence of his work widely presented since 1980 in Europe, South /North America and throughout Asia. Founding member of Carbone-14, where he worked from1980 to 1995 as actor, singer, musician, director, composer and choreographer,Jerry founded, in 1996, with Nadine Thouin the physical theatre company STP. His film and television career spanned over 20 years and has included  acting roles in such films as Jean-Claude Lauzon’s Night Zoo, Vincent Ward’s Map of the Human Heart, Francois Girard’s Emmy award-winning Le Dortoir and

15 février 1839 by Pierre Falardeau. Snell founded his own company, JERRY

SNELL INDUSTRIES, in 2004 and is based in Montreal and Taipei. He is currently composing with the acclaimed Tai Gu Tales Dance Theatre of Taiwan.

JERRY SNELL INDUSTRIES

A recent creation residence with the National Circus School and its resulting performance (co-produced by TOHU, la cité des arts du cirque) propelled Jerry Snell’s audacious creativity before an audience in Montreal of over 5,000 spectators in only 6 days. In this same period Snell transformed over 25 years of groundbreaking creation, performance, direction and international touring with Carbone 14 and STP into his own new company: JERRY SNELL INDUSTRIES.

Snell is like a chameleon, able to fuse diverse cultures and mediums from dance and theatre to rock concerts and film acting. He is a composer, musician, singer, political activist and circus director, and often combines all these elements in a single event.

This first non-stop year for the company JERRY SNELL INDUSTRIES is a perfect illustration of this vital one-man industry. His latest circus performance Angels of the Storm created a unique relationship with the directors of TOHU and the National Circus School and also gave rise to a number of new opportunities, one of which is to create a new martial arts/acrobatic performance entitled The Art Of War in a residence planned for 2006-7.

Spring 2005 finds Snell in residence in Montreal at the Société Les Arts Technologiques (SAT) along with close collaborator Michel F Coté. They will direct an event that will bring the voice of Montreal’s immigrant community together through a multimedia examination of how the year 1975 changed the lives of a vast number of Montreal residents of Asian and South American origin.

Following this event, Snell will return to Asia on an exceptional invitation from renowned choreographer Lin Hsiu Wei to compose and perform music for her company Tai Gu Tales Dance Theatre for a work that is to open the Taipei Arts Festival in October 2005 and then tour across Taiwan. The directors of the National Chiang Kai Shek Cultural Centre: National Theatre of Taiwan have also invited Snell for a residence in 2006 to create an acrobatic performance piece with local Taiwanese Artists.

Considered a pioneer in Canadian-Asian cultural development, Snell’s close contacts with artists and respected institutions in Macau, Hong Kong, Beijing, Guangzhou and Taiwan allow him to develop important artistic ties that channel the flow of ideas between Canada and Asia.

JERRY SNELL INDUSTRIES has a long-term vision: to bring foreign thought, philosophy, artists and performances to Canada, and through its internationally esteemed creators, bring Canada across the globe to spectators around the world.