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Lara Barsacq
Public rehearsals
Lara Barsacq conceived La Grande Nymphe as a performance which recalls a danced concert and sheds a contemporary female perspective on L’Après-midi d’un faune (Afternoon of a Faun).
La Grande Nymphe is for Lara Barsacq an occasion to reinvent the figure of the nymph that glides through L’Après-midi d’un faune, a poem by Mallarmé which inspired composer Debussy and choreographer Nijinski for their own iconic pieces that are very much of their own time; Barsacq’s piece draws from these sources of inspiration to create a new and quirky dance which is relevant to today’s world. What would the apparition of this great nymph look like today? It would first and foremost be informed by a new outlook that deconstructs the male gaze and pays homage to the female form. Music is paramount to the choreographer: Debussy’s Prélude à l’Après-midi d’un faune works as a matrix for pop and electro synthetic pieces that have been devised as so many alternative versions presenting a renewed perspective. Spoken or sung text evokes a desire for a full life freed from the constraint of normativity – a hymn to free bodies, in a performance that recalls a dance concert where the figure of the nymph will move back and forth between the myth and contemporary bodies moved by enjoyment and the hope for a freer life. In this piece that oscillates between reality and incarnation, abstraction and narration, dance and poetry, spectators will be able to imagine their own great nymph – woman, man, transgender person, animal, fairy, illusion or delusion.
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Creation and performance (work in progress): Marta Capaccioli, Lara Barsacq
Artistic advisor: Gaël Santisteva
Staging and costumes: Sofie Durnez
Light designer: Estelle Gautier
Music (live) Cate Hortl
Administration & production: Myriam Chekhemani
Communication & PR: Quentin Legrand — Rue Branly
Duration 1 hour
Production: Gilbert & Stock
Coproduction (work in progress): Charleroi danse — Centre Chorégraphique de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Théâtre de Liège, Les Brigittines (BE), CCN de Caen en Normandie for the Accueil-studio program, CCN2 — Centre Chorégraphique National de Grenoble (FR)
Residencies (in progress) : Charleroi Danse, Grand Studio, Les Brigittines (BE), CCN de Caen en Normandie, CCN2 — Centre Chorégraphique National de Grenoble (FR)
Where and when
January 2023
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ccn de Caen en Normandie 7:00 pm
Tickets
Limited seating – prior booking is advised