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La danse, une histoire à ma façon [Entretien, création]
Interview conducted by Claire Rousier.
Recorded at the CND 14 February 2005
About “La danse, une histoire à ma façon” / creation 1994
In this extract Dominique Boivin talks about the solo “La danse, une histoire à ma façon”, created in 1994.
This interview was recorded at the CND (Centre national de la danse) in Pantin in 2005.
Resource by the médiathèque du Centre national de la danse
http://mediatheque.cnd.fr/spip.php?page=mediatheque-numerique-ressource&id=PHO00003944
Updating: December 2010
[Dance, a story following my own way]
“Writing this solo was a seemingly impossible task for me: how can one body alone (mine in this case) evoke the history of dance, tackle different styles, periods and refer to both male and female characters?
I chose to cite artists whose work has influenced my own artistic progress, linking them chronologically. I set myself the challenge of going from prehistory up to the present day and, as I am not a historian, favoured my own point of view as a choreographer.
I concentrated particularly on twentieth century choreographers, as their work seems less well understood by the general public than those of the classical period. I wanted to weave together all these chorographic adventures, to show the dynamic which animates an artist when he constructs a work in continuity with or in reaction to those who have gone before. Each sequence is intended as a light homage, as in being too deferential, I risk fossilising, and so misrepresenting, an artist’s work. Seen in a new light, it can be restored to the context of a live show.
This solo has become a faithful companion of which I have grown fond, and so I imagine myself being able to carry on dancing it until I am 80.”
Dominique Boivin
Updating: November 2010
