Impish, unbridled, dynamic dance
This new staging of "Pudique Acide" and "Extasis" is prompted by a desire to reclaim and impart the material of creation, with two new dancers now in the choreographers' shoes. It also reasserts a commitment to unbridled youth and to a passion for raw existence. It so happens that both shows were created in the thick of American Abstraction - Cunningham's inevitable legacy to European dancers - asserting the primacy of a two-way hand-to-hand as an act that is more theatrical than merely formalist. Even if the dance unfolds wordlessly, it comes up with a different way of talking due to its fundamentally expressionist, combative and humorous nature. The obvious references to Kurt Weill, and to a dream world that the authors call impish, drape these dance-acts with the claims of punk and hip hop, in order to translate them into a world brimming with energy. A breathless atmosphere under the sunlamps of a Berliner cabaret.
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Film Screening and Talk with Mathilde Monnier
October 28 (Mon) 19:00 (Japanese and French)
Venue: Institut français du Japon - Tokyo
Free entry (reservation required)
Inquiries: Institut français du Japon - Tokyo
Tel: 03-5206-2500
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Workshop with Mathilde Monnier
October 29 (Tue) 16:00-20:00
Venue: Saitama Arts Theater
Free entry (reservation required)
Intermediate and advance levels
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Tel: 048-858-5506
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