Synopsis / Interdisciplinary installation-performance through which dance, song and territory meet, triggering the public’s mobility in a spirit of proximity and intimacy. Dancers and musicians are inside transparent inflatables bubbles.
Urban distortions takes an interest in the clash of territories, speeds and movements of different scales through the exploration and the decoding of three cities: Hong Kong, Mtwapa (Kenya) and Brussels.
We are trying out a deciphering of the city, a system of urban reading and writing, with humour and certain strangeness brought about as a result of decontextualisation.
The singer/musician Matthieu Ha develops a language without words with witch he ends up with his Haute Contre voice in a musical style close to minimal and baroque music.
Between performance and installation, the two sides of this dance project, with their diverging issues, meet at the perceptive distortions level.
Team
scenography & choreography
Pierre Larauza + Emmanuelle Vincent
dancers
Emmanuelle Vincent
Sara Tan / Ivy Tsui Yik Chit / Nhu Xuyen
Charles Ngombengombe
performers
Pierre Larauza
Thy Truong Minh
Olga Mendel Ndaya
live musicians
Matthieu Ha
Guillaume Martigné
Teddy Chilla
technical manager
Serge Payen
Tour
Rencontres d’été de la Chartreuse, 2010, associé au festival IN Avignon, 2010, (France)
Bangk(zero)k festival, 2010, Bangkok (Thaïland)
Festival VIA, 2011, Mons (Belgium)
Festival Nouveaux auteurs, 2011, Halle (Germany)
Festival Chalon dans la rue, 2011, Chalon-sur-Saône (France)
Augusti TantsuFestival, 2011, Tallinn (Estonia)
Fêtes Romanes, 2011, Wolluwe, (Belgium)
Nuit Blanche de Bruxelles, 2011, (Belgium)
Kermesse Belgo-japonaise, 2011, (Belgium)
Festival Mötel Mozaique, 2012, Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Mois de la Francophonie (National Portrait Gallery), 2012, Washington, (USA)
Lumen8Anacostia festival (Old Police Warehouse), 2012, Washington, (USA)
D-Festival, 2012, Brussels (Belgium)
Baltoscandal Festival, 2012, Rakvere (Estonia)
Internationale Tanzmesse, 2012, Düsseldorf (Germany)
Danseurs en transit, Maison de la culture et de la cohésion sociale, 2013, Brussels (Belgium)
Festival VIA, 2013, Jeumont (France)
Festival Croisements, 2013, Wuhan and Beijing (China)
French May, 2013, Hong Kong (China)
Nanluoguxiang Festival, 2013, Beijing (China)
Beijing Dance Festival, 2013, Beijing (China)
Fêtes Romanes, 2013, Wolluwe, (Belgium)
Macau City Fringe Festival, 2013, Macau (China)
Guangdong Dance Festival, 2013, Guangzhou (China)
Festival On y danse, 2014, Paris (France)
Infos
Possible show configurations:
> outdoor (urban area)
> indoor installation
> on stage New!
Duration & Cast:
15-20' (version XS)
- 1 dancer
- 1 performer
- 1 live musician
45'-60' (version M)
- 3 dancers
- 3 performers
- 2 live musicians
- 1 technician
Contact
ON STAGE PREMIERE
Urban distortions
Lille 3000, 17-18 November 2012
Kermesse Desorientale, November 2012, Lille 3000 (France)
