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Ballade

Choreography

Sylvie Giron

Collection

Maison de la danse

Year of production

1998

Year of creation

1996

BALLADE / creation 1996

Choreography Sylvie Giron

“Ballade” is the first solo that Sylvie Giron has choreographed and whose outline carries us instantaneously into the hazards of space, its flexibility, its secret traverses. “Because in a highly-particular way, Sylvie Giron is one of those performers whose spirit emanates right down to the fingertips whenever they slash the air with a fleeting gesture, a punctuation mark, a nuance, and who, when highlighting the attack of a gesture, its liberation, its rhythm and frequently its very music with a bold stroke, allow us to see what is beyond the visible…”

Laurent Barre, July 1996

“Sylvie Giron has unleashed enthusiasm by making the nerve, the impertinence and the blossoming youth of her incredibly accomplished, adult dance tremble; an ever-so exact and assured dance that leads her unequivocal pattern to be constantly in touch with the lightness of caresses. Her “Ballade” applies to poise in life; a determined approach, of a gaze fixed on the other. It is short, and extravagantly elegant. Acquiesced surrender, a burst of intentions: gesticulating cultivated freedom”.

Source : Sylvie Giron

Credits

Chorégraphie et interprétation Sylvie GironMusiques Carlos d’Alesio « India Song » Paroles Marguerite Duras Chanson Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Jaubert « Java de la rue chaude »Extrait du film « Vivement Dimanche » de François TruffautLumières à la création Nicolas Guellier, puis Serge DeesRemerciements: CCNT/Daniel Larrieu, et José Vals

Video direction : Charles PicqProduction : Maison de la Danse

Updating : September 2012