Dance, travel, otherwise we are lost.
After a drink near the Seine river in such a pleasant day, I headed to Vanves for the last day of 20th ARTDANTHÉ Festival. Three pieces, one theme: identity. Medhi-Georges Lahlou: Run Run Baby Run Run Place des lavandières. Welcome to Medhi's playground. Ladder, flowery cactus, treadmill, pomegranates, watermelons. The oriental symbols continue to appear: …
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Pizza à la Casa becomes a after-show ritual at La Villette for me. After the Festival d'Avignon, Memory of The Great Tamer has already been distorted. During the show, I compared it, rectified it, reinforced it. The universe is the Great Tamer and the delicate surface the Earth. On the instable and delicate playground, the earth …
The other day, an article talked about human connection with places that they have never visited. Wuppertal may be the case for me. That was in January, 2014. When I firstly arrived at Wuppertal Hauptbahnhof, I felt having been there before. Walking thru the tunnel, a graffiti at right side caught my attention. Recognisable movement. …
Last year, I reserved A Love Supreme at 104. Unfortunately, I could not go and offered the ticket to a friend. He accepted it with pleasure though he was quite disappointed with the last few works from Ana Teresa Keersmaeker. The day after the show, I received an email from him. He was sincerely happy …
I am strangely attached to Belgium and artists from there. Jan Martens didn't draw my attention till a friend told passionately about the pieces he saw at the Théâtre de la Ville. Ever since, I have the name in mind when scanning programs. By One When Nederlandse Dansdagen released their program for the 20th anniversary, I was …
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