BOUGE B 2014 / vr 25 apr Parcours 1
François Chaignaud / Trajal Harrell
François Chaignaud
Dumy Moyi
20 uur / kleine zaal
The multitalented Frenchman François Chaignaud studied dance and contemporary history. Always in search of knowledge and new challenges, in 'Dumy Moyi', a solo piece coproduced by deSingel, he ventures into the realm of the ritual. With his lithe body, exceptional voice and impressive costume designed by Romain Brau, he carries you off to a new world. We do not want to reveal anything of what you will see there, but we would like to offer you the following words written by Chaignaud himself at the start of the creative process: 'I dream of this piece as an antidote to the rituals of Western theatre, its frontality, its ties to a particular time, its power relationships. Thanks to its intimacy and proximity, you can enjoy the refined exuberance to the full. A little like the Theyyam rituals in Malabar. To the rhythm of captivating Ukrainian, Philippino and Sephardic melodies, I imagine this polyglot recital as a twisting sequence of dance and song.'
Trajal Harrell
Judson Church is ringing in Harlem (Made-to-Measure) Twenty Looks or Paris is Burning at The Judson Church (M2M)
20u45 / theaterstudio
Since 2009, the New York choreographer Trajal Harrell has been developing a series of performances for whose basis he has taken an imaginary encounter between two very different aesthetics of movement from the 1960s: those of the early postmodernists at Judson Church and of the voguing ballrooms. Following 'Mimosa', which was very enthusiastically received during last year's BOUGE B, we are now presenting 'Made-to-Measure' from the same series. In this piece Harrell reverses the original question: what would have happened if in 1963 the performers from the Judson Church had gone uptown to the voguing scene in Harlem? Harrell gradually rewrites the minimalism and neutrality of postmodern dance using a new range of signs. What you see would not have been possible either in the Judson Church or the voguing ballrooms. It is a new form, a third way. The performance starts in an intimist style, seriously, with minimal movements. But the three performers gradually break utterly free in their movements.
Your ticket admits you to all the performances on that one evening.
Dumy Moyi
20 uur / kleine zaal
The multitalented Frenchman François Chaignaud studied dance and contemporary history. Always in search of knowledge and new challenges, in 'Dumy Moyi', a solo piece coproduced by deSingel, he ventures into the realm of the ritual. With his lithe body, exceptional voice and impressive costume designed by Romain Brau, he carries you off to a new world. We do not want to reveal anything of what you will see there, but we would like to offer you the following words written by Chaignaud himself at the start of the creative process: 'I dream of this piece as an antidote to the rituals of Western theatre, its frontality, its ties to a particular time, its power relationships. Thanks to its intimacy and proximity, you can enjoy the refined exuberance to the full. A little like the Theyyam rituals in Malabar. To the rhythm of captivating Ukrainian, Philippino and Sephardic melodies, I imagine this polyglot recital as a twisting sequence of dance and song.'
Trajal Harrell
Judson Church is ringing in Harlem (Made-to-Measure) Twenty Looks or Paris is Burning at The Judson Church (M2M)
20u45 / theaterstudio
Since 2009, the New York choreographer Trajal Harrell has been developing a series of performances for whose basis he has taken an imaginary encounter between two very different aesthetics of movement from the 1960s: those of the early postmodernists at Judson Church and of the voguing ballrooms. Following 'Mimosa', which was very enthusiastically received during last year's BOUGE B, we are now presenting 'Made-to-Measure' from the same series. In this piece Harrell reverses the original question: what would have happened if in 1963 the performers from the Judson Church had gone uptown to the voguing scene in Harlem? Harrell gradually rewrites the minimalism and neutrality of postmodern dance using a new range of signs. What you see would not have been possible either in the Judson Church or the voguing ballrooms. It is a new form, a third way. The performance starts in an intimist style, seriously, with minimal movements. But the three performers gradually break utterly free in their movements.
Your ticket admits you to all the performances on that one evening.
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