Espaces Pluriels - Dance "At the Same Time"

le Foirail, place du foirail

This cheeky piece, carried by nine hypercharged performers, humorously explores the ambivalence of mass dances and the tightly tuned unisons. An inventive choreographic challenge that balances personal fantasy and communal utopia. If a few years ago large ensembles in unison seemed, at best, a worn form or an easy option, at worst, a mode of political conditioning, their choreographic use is now totally decomplicated. Synonymous with unity, sharing, and common joy, group dances are in the spotlight. For Olivia Grandville, current director of…