Habitat
Petrikor Danse
Studio Pro Arte
21. September 2025 um 18:30:00
Habitat is a multidisciplinary solo inspired by the life cycle of hermit crabs, serving as a metaphor for the artist's emigration journey from Uruguay to Canada. Hermit crabs don’t have a shell; instead, they house themselves in objects according to their size. As they grow, their object becomes limiting and uncomfortable, so they look for a new one.
This multidisciplinary piece combines movement, sound, a paper sculpture named Hermes (made of 600 articulated paper cones) and lighting. All elements are controlled in real time by the performer, and serve as her shell, her habitat. The lighting and sculpture create beautiful visual effects reminiscent of aurora borealis. All these elements make of Habitat a hypnotic poetic experience with an aquatic eerie atmosphere.
About the Artist
Bettina Szabo is a Uruguayan dancer and choreographer based in Montreal and Paris. She studied with Hebe Rosa in Montevideo (Uruguay), and Rami Be’er at Ga’aton (Israel), graduates the EDCM in 2013 and obtains her BFA in Choreography at Concordia University in 2017 (Montreal, Canada).
She dances for the Ballet de Camara de Montevideo (2004-2007), the Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company (KCDC) (2010), the collective Interlope (2013-2014) for Jason Cutler (2019) and Paul Chambers (2021-2023) Yasmin Andersen (currently). She receives many awards and bursaries both as a dancer and choreographer; Best show, Best choreography and Best performance for La Movida Joven in Montevideo given by the Ministry of culture and sports of Uruguay, Dance Journey from MASA and the KCDC. She becomes fellow of La DSLR (2019) and the Royaumont Foundation(2021) in France, doing residencies in renowned centers in Canada and Europe. Her work is supported by the Canada, Quebec, and Montreal council of arts.
Her creations are interdisciplinary marked by a profound collaboration with music and visual arts. She creates Noir=+(2014) Sequelles (2016) Habitat (2020-2021) Zeruki (2022). Her work has been presented across Canada, Europe and Asia. Often, she collaborates with musicians such as Kalun Luong, Laurence Jobidon and the Écoute Ensemble. She creates art-videos alone and collaboratively such as The Case of Denise and Immortelles (2022), SKIN and Explosives (2020) and Compound Eyes (2017). Currently, Bettina is touring Habitat and working on her new creation Hélichryse with support of Alma Darama in Portugal, IRCAM in France and FLAK in Canada.
Credits
Choreography and performance: Bettina Szabo
Sculpture: Jacinthe Derasp
Musical composition: Ana Dall'Ara Majek and Joel Lavoie
Dramaturgy: Morena Prats
Wearable electronics: Alexandra Bachmayer
Costume: Anomal Couture
Rehearsal direction: Laurie-Anne Langis, Annie Gagnon and Philippe Poirier
Lighting design: Paul Chambers
Spatialization: Thibaut Carpentier
Technial direction: Audrée J. Lewka
Management: Aaron Fernandes
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