Après-midi [recréation 2015]

The three performers of Après-midi (Afternoon), one woman and two men, are above all three presences, three intensities, three rhythms, wedged into the torpor of passing time.

The three performers of Après-midi (Afternoon), one woman and two men, are above all three presences, three intensities, three rhythms, wedged into the torpor of passing time.

Three rocking chairs, partners in play, situated diagonally across the space, are the triggering mechanisms for the various body states the performers pass through. The centre of gravity of each chair has been elevated to undermine its stability and the dancer’s. The three rocking chairs function like starting blocks, their design instils the tumult of choreography that sees the dancers striate space with striking fleeting drives, forces it into inebriating circles, or occupies it with synchronized movement. Like three suspension points, the chairs also offer the performers a few moments of respite, shared calm. Like the three performers themselves, between the subtle details, fragile footfalls, simple gestures filled with tenderness and upsurges of rage, and delirious staggering jumps, viewers are jolted between searing intensity, tension and release. Inevitably unsettling

Credits

Choreography Héla Fattoumi/Eric Lamoureux

Premiere danced by Eric Affergan, Héla Fattoumi & Eric Lamoureux (1991)

Danced by Sarath Amarasingam, Matthieu Coulon & Clémentine Maubon Sound recording Christophe Séchet Lighting design for the Premiere Yves Godin Re-creation lighting design Xavier Lazarini Costumes for the Premiere Laurent Lamoureux Re-creation costumes Marilyne Lafay Sets for the Premiere Jean Opfermann Re-creation Scenography Stéphane Pauvret

Après-midi was awarded the SACD Prize for New Talents in Dance (1991)

Premiere October 24th 1990, Centre de Développement Culturel, Alençon

Re-création January 15th, 16th and 17th 2015, Centre Chorégraphique National de Caen/Basse-Normandie

Production creation 1990 Cie Fattoumi-Lamoureux, 3 – Centre de Développement Culturel/Théâtre d’Alençon

With the aid from the PMB

This work receveid aid from Conseil Général de Seine Saint-Denis – Rencontres Chorégraphiques Internationales de Bagnolet

Coproduction recreation Centre Chorégraphique National de Caen/Basse-Normandie (CCNC/BN)