CANCELLATION: As part of the mobilization against the pension reform, the public opening of Latifa Laâbissi and Antonia Baehr around their next creation "Colors and Numbers" will not take place on Thursday March 23 at 7 p.m.
gr oo ve + Odd Meters
Double bill
Shows - installations
Two soli for an evening of choreographic conversation, between different styles and eras for g r oo v e, which borrows, samples and revisits, and between movements and rhythms for Odd Meters, which follows the sinuous tempo of dreams.
g r oo v e — Soa Ratsifandrihana
After working for many years dancing other people’s works, French and Madagascar native dancer and choreographer Soa Ratsifandrihana has created her first piece as a collage of references that she quotes and transforms. Her solo g r oo v e combines intimate and popular dances: the Madagascar Afindrafindrao, which dates back from the 19th century, the American Madison, popularized in the 1960’s by African-American singer Al Brown, or the stylized turns of popping dancer Pepito. A constellation of images skillfully articulated and fueled by an energy that gains momentum along the piece.
Odd Meters — Mikko Niemistö
Odd Meters starts out with a frantic rhythm that the body follows in quick little steps as a boxer on a ring, then moves towards a game of stillness and connection to the floor. The piece is infused with the experience of dreaming; Finnish choregoprapher and dancer Mikko Niemistö has used one of his dreams as the starting point for this feverish piece and attempts to recreate its obsessional, fragmentary and labyrinthic quality. Odd Meters owes its name to the musical term for irregular tempos based on odd rhythms: in the piece, they are superposed and confronted, as they go through the dancer’s body, who channels its impulses and memories in an impressive performance.
Cast
gr oo ve by Soa Ratsifandrihana
Choreography, performance Soa Ratsifandrihana
Music created by Alban Murenzi and Sylvain Darrifourcq
Light designer Marie-Christine Soma
Costume designer Coco Petitpierre
Costumes Anne Tesson
Light technicians Suzanna Bauer, Diane Guérin (alternately)
Sound technicians Guilhem Angot, Jean-Louis Waflart (alternately)
Archives and advisor Valérianne Poidevin
Advisor Thi-Mai Nguyen Intern Mylène Monjour
Duration 45 minutes
Production and PR AMA – Arts Management Agency : France Morin, Cécile Perrichon, Anna Six
Coproduced with Arts Management Agency, Charleroi Danse, La Place de la Danse – CDCN Toulouse Occitanie, Mars Mons arts de la scène, Workspacebrussels, Atelier 210, T2G – Théâtre de Gennevilliers, la Soufflerie scène conventionnée de Rezé
With the support of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles Service de la Danse
With the support of the CNDC Angers, Pointculture, Iles asbl, GC De Kriekelaar, Fabbrica Europa — PARC Performing Arts Research Centre, Kaaitheater and the CND Centre national de la Danse
Followed by Odd Meters by Mikko Niemistö
Choreography and performance Mikko Niemistö
Staging Elina Lifländer
Sound design Johannes Vartola and Mikko Niemistö
Light designer Teo Lanerva
Production manager: Riikka Thitz Advisor Karolina Ginman
Duration 55 minutes
Production : Zodiak — Center for New Dance, Mikko Niemistö
International PR consultant: Moving in November festival
Residencies: Konstnärsnämndens internationella dansprogram: Atalante / Bjällansås studio, Ehkä productions
Supported by: Koneen säätiö, Taiteen edistämiskeskus, Suomen kulttuurirahasto, Svenska kulturfonden
Partnerships
With the support of Onda – Office national de diffusion artistique
Where and when
June 2023
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14
CCN + 24 rue de Bretagne 8:00 pm