de l'air et du vent

In this profoundly plastic choreography which also incorporates exhilarating physicality, the choreographer manages to grab hold of the elusive and make the invisible visible.

PIERRE DROULERS

For 5 dancers / 2010 / 1.15′

Recreated in 2010, de l’air et du vent is one of Pierre Droulers’ major works. In this profoundly plastic choreography which also incorporates exhilarating physicality, the choreographer manages to grab hold of the elusive and make the invisible visible. Here, despite their indescribable fragility, the movement along with the sound, lighting and set – consisting of a few objects or materials floating on stage – acquire a remarkable density.

Built on the singular nature and commitment of magnificent performers who offer us also some elements that would not look out of place in a slapstick comedy, the show combines the materiality of objects and the poetry of air.

The sound of a sheet of paper being torn resonates like a thunderbolt; plastic bags rising up in the air evoke a race between clouds… But, above all, the bodies of the five dancers enable us to feel the displaced air circulating around them, battling against it as it isolates and then reunites them. You can sense that they are really making the space breathe

Created by Pierre Droulers, in collaboration with the dancers
Based on an original work of 1996
Performed by Michel Yang, Katrien Vandergooten, Yoann Boyer, Stefan Dreher, Peter Savel
Musical composition Philippe Cam
Music Gyorgy Kurtag, Luciano Berio, Jean-Philippe Rameau
Lighting Jim Clayburgh
Scenography Thibault Vancraenenbroeck
Technical direction Nixon Fernandes, Gwenaël Laroche
Light control Gwenaël Laroche
Sound control Benoît Pelé
Stage control Pierre Garnier
Costumes Chevalier-Masson
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Production Charleroi Danses