Étienne Rochefort

“Indecision is not an empty word for me and many – IF – have marked part of my existence before maturing a lasting project through the creation of company 1 of Si. Pusillanimous in my beginnings, I claim today my journey is fragmented, “deinstitutionalized” and self-taught.

“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, but because we do not dare that they are difficult” – Seneca

Skateboarding, drawing, magic or music do not remain in my life like unfinished journeys. I draw from these experiences, rich in encounters, influences and skills which forge the singularity of my research today. The body has always been a way of communicating for me and dance has become a language. Hip hop nourished the foundations of this dance before I explored a contemporary register in search of a more personal dance. I like what I like to call “video dance”. Slow motion, rewind, pause, glitch… so many special effects recreated by movement, and reinforced by body states: solidity, fluidity, mechanicity, liquidity… These tools constitute the framework around which I build the immersed choreography in a plastic and cinematographic universe where the atmosphere and the feeling have all their importance. A question remains at the heart of each of our creations: who are we?”

Etienne Rochefort

More information: http://1-des-si.com/