danse de nuit (2016) by Boris Charmatz
“A nighttime dance in urban space... A mind-blowing dance of bodies touching without restraint, even while the mouths of the dancers spout verbal improvisations... A sort of extreme dance for an offbeat public.” — Boris Charmatz
Credits
Interpreted by: Régis Badel, Ashley Chen, Raphaëlle Delaunay, Julien Gallée-Ferré, Solène Wachter, Frank Willens
Lights: Yves Godin / Carried in Philadelphia by: Alex Bock, Coralie-Michele Francois, Mary Elizabeth Stickney, Alissa Zrein
Costumes: Jean-Paul Lespagnard
Vocal training: Dalila Khatir
Glossolalia realized from dancers’ improvisations, the texts Erasure, Hands Touching, Move and Starfucker by Tim Etchells, the words of Patrick Pelloux in Radio France Inter on January 8, 2015, writings by Boris Charmatz, quotes and reappropriations from Robert Barry, Marc Gremillon, Bruno Lopes, Didier Morville, Thierry Moutoussamy, Bruce Nauman, Christophe Tarkos, as well as a French counting-out rhyme.
General Stage Manager: Fabrice Le Fur
Light Technician: Mélissandre Halbert
Dresser: Marion Régnier
Rehearsal Coach: Magali Caillet-Gajan
Production Direction: Sandra Neuveut, Martina Hochmuth, Amélie-Anne Chapelain
Thanks: Le Triangle-cité de la danse, Rosas, WIELS Centre d'Art Contemporain (Bruxelles), Olga Dukhovnaya, Arnaud Godest, Peggy Grelat-Dupont, Perig Menez, Mani Mungai, Jolie Ngemi, Marlène Saldana, and Tim Etchells for kindly authorizing the use of his texts.
Produced by: Musée de la danse / Centre chorégraphique national de Rennes et de Bretagne - Directed by Boris Charmatz. With support from: the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès within the framework of the New Settings programme. Created at La Bâtie-Festival de Genève on September 2, 2016.
Coproduction: Théâtre National de Bretagne-Rennes, Théâtre de la Ville & Festival d’Automne à Paris, la Bâtie-Festival de Genève, Holland Festival-Amsterdam, Kampnagel-Hamburg, Sadler’s Wells London, Taipei Performing Arts Center, Onassis Cultural Centre – Athens