Un article de Sylvie Mousseau | Acadie nouvelle (24 avril 2026)
Sylvie Mousseau revient sur la performance de Georgette LeBlanc et Mélanie LeBlanc de l’oeuvre numérique Entre l’île et la dune créée par Raph Dely (LABORARE) à partir des textes de Geogette LeBlanc et d’Antonine Maillet. L’oeuvre et la performance nous replongeaient dans l’univers d’Antonine Maillet qui avait été présenté l’an dernier dans le spectacle Le Grand Peut-être.
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Antonine Maillet
Antonine Maillet (1929–2025), born in Bouctouche, was one of the foremost figures in Acadian literature. A playwright and novelist, she gave voice to the Acadian people through works such as La Sagouine and Pélagie-la-Charrette, which earned her the Prix Goncourt in 1979 — the first time a Canadian author received the award. Her writing, rich with humor, memory, and the rhythms of popular speech, helped bring Acadian culture to international prominence. A former professor and researcher, Antonine Maillet remains an essential ambassador for Acadie and the French-speaking world.
Georgette LeBlanc
Georgette LeBlanc writes at the confluence of memory, myth, and speech. Born of the tides and languages of Acadia, her voice flows between poetry, prose, song, and the stage, shaping worlds where stories breathe and the body remembers. A transdisciplinary artist with a PhD in Francophone Studies from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, she has focused her research and creative work on the intersections of ethnology and literature. A former Official Poet of the Parliament of Canada, she is the author of numerous award-winning and critically acclaimed books, including Alma, Amédé, Océan (2021 GG Literary Award for Translation) and Petits poèmes sur mon père qui est mort. She currently lives and works in Moncton, New Brunswick.
Raph Dely
Raph Dely (they/them) is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice ranges from experimental game design and immersive cinema to conceptual art, performance, and theatre. Their artistic escape stems from an obsession with staging and interactivity, focusing their work on the audience’s experience of the artwork. They were shortlisted for the Lumen Art Prize in the UK, created a video game about miscarriage that was recognized by Kotaku as one of the best obscure games of 2020, and co-founded the Laborare Collective with Marine Theunissen. They also traveled across Europe for six months on artistic residencies, producing screen prints and conducting choreographic research-creation on rising sea levels. Since 2021, they have been deeply involved with Living Arts, contributing video design, scenography, writing, and even interactive design to more than a dozen performances.
