The surprising drowsiness of Boris Charmatz
Surprising, yes, the choreographer Boris Charmatz, future director of the Wuppertal-Pina Bausch Tanztheater, will always be… Explorer of atypical proposals, always trying new forms, with “Somnole”, he offers us a solo on the thread of consciousness , as between waking and sleeping…
Sometimes the most beautiful creations find their roots in the limbo of reverie, when the sweet state of drowsiness makes us dream of all possibilities. And the sleeper sometimes jumps, fidgets, or sinks back into the cotton… Rocked by his own music.
A performance full of power and delicacy
No other sound, for this solo, than the inner music of the dancer that he will share with us. Because, whistler, Boris Charmatz has always been! And the bribes of whistled melodies will take us on a journey from Vivaldi to Gershwin, from Bach to festive refrains, according to his inspiration, drawing a subtle self-portrait. Rarely does a choreographer invite us to the fragile heart of intimacy…
Because it is the breath which guides the dance, which gives the chair to the mental space, which conditions all the movement. Terrible requirement… But impossible to guess the incredible performance required, all in power and delicacy, under the magic of the present moment…
“Somnole”: Wednesday 2 and Friday 4 March at 8.30 p.m., as well as Thursday 3 March at 7 p.m., small hall.