It's a tunnel. Or a room. I can see the outside, even as dark as the curtain. It is the air, and the sound of summer night. Here they are, punctual and stoic. Identities differ, subtly amplified by the costume design. Night goes deeper. Movement slows down. At the tunnel exit, mutation starts. Bodies come …
« My First” series (3): Online LIVE Performance
Reservation, confirmation, foyer, entrance, performance and after-show talk. A few days after the end of containment, May 17th precisely, online, I had my first post-pandemic LIVE performance. Like many festivals, auawirleben in Bern decided to go online this year and the word "live" really caught my attention. In addition, I like the theme. It must …
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« My First » series (2): Online Dance Festival
March 19. Spring Forward postponed.April 2. THE SHOW MUST GO ON - LINE. Online edition announced.April 13. Open for registration.April 21. 650 registrations already!April 24. Day 1. If someone asks me to define "Agility" in the future, I will take this example. The ideation took less than two weeks and full preparation lasted around 5 …
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Food for thought
Since the lockdown, unplanning has replaced planning: dance performances, concerts, theaters and associated travels. I am eager to go back to theaters and fully defend the importance of being physically in cultural venues. I want to cite A.O. Scott here: "Art is a way of knowing, of seeing and feeling, the borders that separate work …
« My First » series (1): Zoom with a Choreographer
Last December, when Catherine Zavodska, funder of Les Mécènes de la Danse, released the date for Jan Marten's Passing the Bechdel Test and the after-show talk, I regretted not being able to participate due to my travel plan for dance. A few months later, Passing the Bechdel Test cancelled. My travel cancelled. But I "met" …
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Phases of Love, in Dance
Phase of Passion Sweat Baby SweatLafayette Anticipations A spacious apartment. Maybe only because they can see nothing else but each other. Soft light. Probably only because they mounted the window blinds though shift continuously daylight and street lights. His whole attention is on her and hers on him. In a silence enhanced by some noises, …
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CAPSULE COLLECTION (Videos available for a short amount of time)- Kader Attou-Allegria: https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/093517-000-A/allegria-de-kader-attou-au-theatre-de-chaillot/ Pina Bausch- Barbe Bleue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C31aUjxHPYY- Kontakthof: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=pA2WGonbkA8&feature=emb_logo- Kontakthof (65+): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTCcRutPxZE - Palermo Palermo: http://www.pinabausch.org/en/editions/film/palermo-palermo- Un jour, Pina a demandé (Documentary in French): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsxpLQ-VKaA&feature=emb_logo Jérôme Bel- Cour d'Honneur: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyAOggBc3qg- Pichet Klunchun and Myself: https://vimeo.com/405731351- Shirtology: https://vimeo.com/405436500?fbclid=IwAR0hYSbN4NB5Gwrcb1yyhPyWbsn0-8crMiBckBG3MI2-1is90hgCUKYmk9w Yoann Bourgeois- Cavale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hJ5P_QcDT0 Trisha Brown- Working …
VESSEL
A rare, complete darkness. Curtain slides discreetly. Soothing smell of water. Barely noticeable is the human breathing in the Salle Vilar of Théâtre National de Bretagne (TNB). The darkness seems to last, as long as the beginning of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Finally, in the middle of the darkness appeared a dim spotlight which gently …
Portrait of Alice Ripoll
Note: I was invited by Catherine Zavodska to interview Alice Ripoll. And this turned out my first writing about dance both in French and English. French version can be found here: https://www.danseaujourdhui.fr/alice-ripoll-portrait-de-choregraphe/ In 2019, Alice Ripoll was a phenomenon in Europe having over 60 tour dates with one third slated in France. Her first appearance …
Dancers from Asia (2) – Ditta Miranda Jasjfi from Indonesia
Ditta suggested that we met at Café Engel. When I said that it was a quiet place, she suddenly remembered that it would not be my first time in Wuppertal. After leaving my luggage in the hotel, I headed for the Laurentiusplatz. It took me a while to realize that the schwebebahn was out of service as the …
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