Apr 07Apr 18, 2024
BORIS CHARMATZ
TANZTHEATER WUPPERTAL PINA BAUSCH + TERRAIN • Liberté Cathédrale • French première
SOME THIRTY DANCERS ARE FEATURED IN THE FIRST ORIGINAL WORK CHOREOGRAPHED BY BORIS CHARMATZ FOR THE TANZTHEATER WUPPERTAL WHERE HE IS THE NEW DIRECTOR. BODIES FORMING THE GROUP ARE CROSSED BY SOUNDS OF BELLS AND ORGAN, VOICE AND SILENCE.
Boris Charmatz has an unusual relationship with venues that combine grand scale and numbers. Vast space and powerful sound form the cathedral, both a physical construction and an imaginary setting, melding and uniting the features. The voice rises beyond the vault, waves of frequencies fill the building, echoing, while the strict cadence of vibrations on metal stands as a call to the faithful. Voice, organ, silence and bells determine the structure of the choreography, segment after segment, like blocks shaping elemental matter. Liberté Cathédrale could be described as half-way between a Gregorian version of pogo dancing and the madding crowd, a quest for physical expression taken from religion, and able to bring together bodies in contact.
Choreography Boris Charmatz
Organist Jean-Baptiste Monnot Assistante choreographer Magali Caillet Gajan Lighting Yves Godin Costumes Florence Samain Voice coach Dalila Khatir Sound material Olivier Renouf, Phill Niblock, Ludwig Van Beethoven…
With l’Ensemble du Tanztheater Wuppertal & guest artists : Régis Badel, Emma Barrowman, Dean Biosca, Naomi Brito, Emily Castelli, Ashley Chen, Maria Giovanna Delle Donne, Taylor Drury, Çağdaş Ermiş, Julien Ferranti, Julien Gallée-Ferré, Letizia Galloni, Tatiana Julien, Milan Nowoitnick Kampfer, Simon Le Borgne, Reginald Lefebvre, Johanna Elisa Lemke, Alexander López Guerra, Nicholas Losada, Julie Anne Stanzak, Julian Stierle, Michael Strecker, Christopher Tandy, Tsai-Wei Tien, Aida Vainieri, Solène Wachter, Frank Willens, Tsai-Chin Yu
Premiere performance September 8, 2023, at the Mariendom church in Neviges / Wuppertal
In partnership with the Théâtre du Châtelet
BORIS CHARMATZ / TANZTHEATER WUPPERTAL PINA BAUSCH+[TERRAIN] LIBERTÉ CATHÉDRALE PRODUCTION
PRODUCTION Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch + [terrain]. WITH SUPPORT FROM Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels. COPRODUCTION Théâtre de la Ville-Paris – Maison de la Danse, Lyon / Pôle européen de création, supporting the 2023 Biennale de la danse – Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg. WITH SUPPORT FROM Kunststiftung NRW and steirischerherbst, Graz – Culturgest, Lisbon – Lafayette Anticipations, Paris. Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch and [terrain] have jointly developed a Franco-German artistic project directed by Boris Charmatz. [terrain] is supported by the French Ministry of Culture-DRAC Hauts-de-France and the region Hauts-de France, and is associated with the Opéra de Lille, the Phénix-scène nationale de Valenciennes pôle européen de création, and the Maison de la Culture d’Amiens-pôle européen de création et de production. Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch receives support from the city of Wuppertal and the Land of North Rhine-Westphalia. JOINTLY PRODUCED BY Théâtre de la Ville-Paris – Théâtre du Châtelet.
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