Rafa Tremblay-van Zuiden
About the Artist
Rafa Tremblay-van Zuiden is a creative impulse in motion. Everything they touch becomes a playground: dance, DIY costumes, scenography, collages, music… They never do things halfway; whatever the medium, they dive in completely. Their path is eclectic: studies in biology, an obsession with mushrooms and birds, followed by a detour into the world of circus arts. Currently pursuing a Master’s in Dance at UQAM, Rafa explores the meeting point between the moving body and costume, where clothing becomes an extension, a metamorphosis, and a form of resistance. Alongside their research, they work as the student life coordinator in the dance department, and co-founded SYMBIOSE!, a laboratory for dance, experimental music and immersive installations born from a deep belief in the radical power of collective play. With Christian Brun del Re, Rafa forms Glamour Magique, a post-queer psychomagical performance duo oscillating between the ridiculous, the erotic, and the sacred.
Glamour Magique : Le début des yeux
Presented by Tangente as part of Danses Buissonnières
September 27, 28, 29, 30 2025
Still dressed in their wedding gowns, Glamour Magique is overtaken by a flood of absurd slogans. “Everything is Sparkle Sparkle,” “Where did you find your tongue,” “Take Your Pills” echo and spread like strange incantations. Between shaky morals and broken rituals, their bodies stagger, caught in a spiral of flesh; a dance is born. Playful, heavy, raw, every move wrestles with a shifting reality. Trying to survive this theatre of endless repetition, their bodies distort and dissolve, until the slogans either collapse or explode into pure saturation.
Rafa Tremblay-van Zuiden and Christian Brun del Re in Glamour Magique’s Le début des yeux, photo by Isa Fuentes
