Through subtle humour, Japanese simplicity and French flair, you will gain insight into the early work of French choreographer Martine Pisani. From a beach in Kobe to the port of Marseille, from Paris to Vienna, a new dance emerges between the lines of archived memories, personal stories and encounters. Japanese-Austrian performance-maker Michikazu Matsune, Dutch painter-performer Theo Kooijman and Martine Pisani herself will take you on a journey through time and space, presenting a tender ode to choreography, vulnerability and friendship.
What remains of dance when the performance is done? Archive material, personal memories, shared anecdotes, notebooks and drawings are used to reinterpret French choreographer Martine Pisani’s early creations. Her poetic and humour-soaked opuses intertwine movements, words and performative acts. In her pieces, she starts from imbalance, precarious moves, falling and getting lost. Ironically, these movements became her reality the moment she became ill. After almost 30 years, she is now making her comeback on stage. Kono atari no dokoka (somewhere around here) reveals a shared history located in the gaps and universality between continents, generations and individual stories.
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Concept: Michikazu Matsune in dialogue with Martine Pisani
Based on the early works by Martine Pisani
Performance: Theo Kooijman, Michikazu Matsune, Martine Pisani
Light: Ludovic Rivière
Video: Michikazu Matsune, Maximillian Pramatarov, Anne Lenglet
Artistic feedback: Miwa Negoro, Ludovic Rivière, Anne Lenglet
Translation, proofreading: Marion Schwartz, Brian Haman
Publication concept: Michikazu Matsune, Miwa Negoro
Publication design: Aki Namba
Management: Franziska Zaida Schrammel, Frauke Niemann
A production by Studio Matsune, La compagnie du solitaire
Coproduced by Festival d’Avignon, Tanzquartier Vienna, Maison de la Culture d’Amiens, fabrik Potsdam, SPRING Performing Arts Festival Utrecht
Supported by La Briqueterie Centre de développement chorégraphique national, Les Laboratoires d’Aubervilliers, Centre national de la danse (Pantin)
Funded by the Ministère de la Culture Drac Île-de- France, Department of Cultural Affairs of Vienna (Austria), Ministry of Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sports of Austria, Austrian Cultural Forum Paris, Fond Transfabrik (France, Germany) and Onda – The French office for contemporary performing arts circulation