(写于2020年)八十年代中期，Philippe Noisette从尼斯来到巴黎求学。新一代成衣设计师诸如Thierry Mugler和Jean-Paul Gaultier让他兴奋。当时参加《解放报》抽奖，他中了奖，得以在秀场隔壁的屏幕上同步观看Jean-Paul Gaultier时装秀(相当于今天的直播)。“我告诉Jean-Paul Gaultier，哪怕是在屏幕上，那也是一场难以置信的表演。隔天，我就回到秀场附近徘徊，想亲眼看一次时装秀，我成功了。我乐在其中，对我而言这是崭新的，让人激动；但同时我也意识到，和最初几次舞蹈演出观赏经验相比，时尚少了些深度。这不影响我对时尚设计师们的敬意，远超过对时尚本身(的敬意)。”继续阅读
Maija Hirvanen – Mesh
On a milky white stage four dancers lie down as if sleeping. A windy sound caresses their bodies and it seems that someone enters their dreams – otherwise why would their bodies move in a crescendo, as if electrified?
The Non-Fungible Body
Paris. In my tiny apartment, I am visiting DFC Francisco Carolinum, a four-storey museum located at 17 Clarion Alley on San Francisco Island. I will not keep you in suspense: located in the Metaverse Voxels, this virtual venue, one of the first in the world, is part of the Linz-based Francisco Carolinum art museum. The current exhibition documents …
Soa Ratsifandrihana – gr oo ve
June in Centre National de la Danse Pantin, I enter an empty stage with the audience murmuring on four sides. The intimate ambience bonds us like a family, longing for a blackout moment to travel into gr oo ve, the first creation by Soa Ratsifandrihana.
Spring Academy 2022
You can find below the links to my feature & reviews The Spring Forward 2022 menu CHOREOMANIACS Simona DeaconescuThe movement creates a sensory dimension to the voice-over, enhancing our empathy towards those distant people. In addition, this 40-minute performance recalls our recent pandemic experience while sadly ignorant people are always present, either attributing dance to …
Nuit / Night
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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Dance Visa 