"At the Same Time" Olivia Grandville — Mille Plateaux, La Rochelle National Centre for Dance

Théâtre Quintaou, 1 allée de Quintaou

Trained at the Paris Opera, a major figure of contemporary dance, Olivia Grandville has led Mille Plateaux, the National Choreographic Center of La Rochelle, since 2022. With En même temps, a piece created for nine performers, she humorously and intelligently explores the ambivalence of mass choreographies and the precisely tuned unisons. Synchronized dances reign supreme on dance floors and our screens. In the meme era, unison goes viral. What does this power of audience adhesion tell us about group synchronicity? Beginning from the observation that "l’unisson en danse est une for…