Toulouse. Contemporary dance in the spotlight at the Ici & Là festival
“La Place de la Danse” presents in Toulouse, until February 16, the highlight of its season: the Ici & Là festival.
It is recognized as a National Choreographic Development Center (CDCN). “Dance Square” present, at the beginning of 2023 in Toulouse, no less than 19 shows. A real highlight of the season, this festival called “Ici & There” is held until February 16.
The event offers an immersion in the contemporary dancesto show a certain panorama of the current choreographic creation. It mixes recognized or emerging artists, in order to form, according to its organizers “ a festival hard-hitting, intriguing, joyful and resolutely alive, where we wonder, have fun, venture there, together “.
19 dance shows in Toulouse
Among the variety of shows offered, the festival offers two pieces for the opening, which will be performed this Saturday, January 28. At the Garonne theatre, “Transversal” by Vincent Thomasset questions the relationship between image and fiction, thanks to a solo by Lorenzo De Angelis, ” innervated with fictional actions and virtual characters “. It’s at 7 p.m. He will be followed at 8:30 p.m. by Boris Charmatz, one of the leaders of the new wave of French dance, who will perform his piece “Dozed”. Again it is a solo, this time ” playful and facetious of elusive moments between waking and sleeping, consciousness and dream… “.
Another highlight of this dance festivala three-piece program in partnership with Odyssud and the Ballet of the National Opera of the Capitol of Toulouse. “Inner Landscapes” is a triptych under the sign of dream and melancholy, where romanticism is combined with the present “. It is composed of “If to Leave is to Remember” and “Wind Women”, by Carolyn Carlson, as well as “Nocturnes”, by Thierry Malandain. To be found over three days at the Théâtre de la Cité on February 10, 11 and 12.
The complete program, with dates, prices and times, can be found on the festival website.