Baraye: The Right to Joy
Terra Sapiens Studio x Québec Dance
Celebrating dance as a symbol of life
Dance is not a luxury. It is a language, a right, and — for many around the world — an act of resistance.
Baraye: The Right to Joy was commissioned by Le Regroupement québécois de la danse (RQD) as Québec's official contribution to International Dance Day 2023. Launched on April 28, the work is both a celebration and a declaration: that freedom of expression — through the body, through movement, through joy — is not something to be taken for granted.
At a moment when artists in Iran and across the world were risking everything to dance, to sing, and to be seen, the film asks Québec's dance community to turn outward — to share their passion not just as artistic practice, but as an act of solidarity with those for whom that freedom is still a fight.
Baraye is a reminder that culture is never neutral. And that joy, when it is claimed collectively and offered freely, becomes one of the most powerful forms of resistance there is.
Director
Damian Siqueiros
Directeur photo
Max Machado
First Camera
François Côté-Lemay
Camera B and Drone Operator
Félix Simard
Gaffer
Jacques Bechard
Interviews
Guillermo Castellanos
Dresser
Elodie Renaux
Editor-in-chief
Daniel Montiel
Choreographers
Kyra Jean Green
in collaboration with / en collaboration avec
Nasim Lootij
Dancers
Diana León
Elahe Moonesi
Janelle Hacault
José Flores
Thibault Rajaofetra
Lakeysha Word Desmond
Emmanuelle Martin
Marco Edouard
Kiasa Nazeran
Extras
Helena Vallès
Simin Ahari
Atarpai Beigi
Juliette Diallo
Seyedeh Noushin Bahraini
Parisa Rajabian
Produced by Le Regroupement québécois de la danse, with the Think Dance campaign.
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