SOFT VIRTUOSITY, STILL HUMID, on the edge
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Created at COLOURS – INTERNATIONAL DANCE FESTIVAL, Theaterhaus, Stuttgart, Germany, June, 26, 2015*
A COMPAGNIE MARIE CHOUINARD production in coproduction with COLOURS – INTERNATIONAL DANCE FESTIVAL (Stuttgart, Germany), with the support of ImPulsTanz International Dance Festival (Vienna, Austria).
credits
Music | Louis Dufort
Set design and Props | Marie Chouinard
Lights | Marie Chouinard and Robin Kittel-Ouimet
Costumes | Marie Chouinard
Video Consultant | Jimmy Lakatos
*Dancers for the world premiere | Sébastien Cossette-Masse, Paige Culley, Valeria Galluccio, Leon Kupferschmid, Lucy M. May, Mariusz Ostrowski, Sacha Ouellette-Deguire, Carol Prieur, James Viveiros, Megan Walbaum
press excerpts
« A variation of corporealities, never before imagined ... A choreographic grammar at once raw and fascinating ... we remain transfixed, riveted to our seats. » - Bernardo Trabal, Un fauteuil pour l'orchestre, Avignon, 2016
« Soft virtuosity, still humid, on the edge must be experienced, because of its ferocity, the extraordinary commitment of its ten performers. Marie Chouinard has style. This is how we recognize a true author. » - Raphaël de Gubernatis, Le Nouvel Observateur, Avignon, 2016
« So good it’s scary! The Compagnie Marie Chouinard festival shines at the festival ... [it] dazzled the audience with a passionate double bill [Soft virtuosity, still humid, on the edge and HENRI MICHAUX : MOUVEMENTS] ... Live film of first class dance ... Though demanding, the show is richly rewarding for the audience that stays the course.” Chouinard’s program did just that. Her work was innovative and hypnotic in a way I had never seen. » - Wilhelm Triebold, Tagblatt, Stuttgart, 2015
« For the entire duration of Soft virtuosity, still humid, on the edge, we are riveted to our seats. » - Andrea Kachelriess, Stuttgarter Nachrichten, Stuttgart, 2015