Aringa Rossa [transmission 2022]

A choreographic extract remodelled by the group L’atelier de Clisson, artistic coordinator Sabine Coyral, as part of the “Danse en amateur et repertoire” programme 2020/2022 (a programme created to assist and promote amateur dancing). Transmission by Vincent Blanc.

Presented on 18 June 2022, Maison de la danse in Lyon.

The piece when it was created 

Aringa Rossa 

Firstly produced 27 September 2014 at the Toboggan in Décines-Charpieu, during the Biennale de la danse in Lyon ORIGINALE

Chorégraphy: Ambra Senatore

Piece for nine performers: Ambra Senatore, Caterina Basso, Claudia Catarzi, Elisa Ferrari, Simona Rossi, Matteo Ceccarelli, Pierdaolfo Ciulli, Romain Bertet, Francois Brice 

Music: Igor Sciavolino, Claudio Monteverdi, Igor Stravinsky, Fausto Amodei, Caravan Palace, Brian Bellott

Original duration: 1h

The group

Made up of 7 adult amateur dancers of various ages and backgrounds – a mid-wife, a physiotherapist, a jurist… – this troupe was formed in 2016 under the guidance of dance teacher, Sabine Coyral. Its members have a shared taste for experimentation, melding dance with speech and vocal work. While this is their first collaboration within the programme, they often perform original pieces at music festivals and events at multimedia libraries. After seeing Ambra Senatore’s work Passo, the troupe was keen to explore her elliptic choreography and imaginative style.  

The project

Created in 2014 by Ambra Senatore for the Avignon Festival, Aringa Rossa was named after the English expression “red herring”, meaning false lead. A mix of dance and theatre, the absurd humour of this piece requires the dancers to be profoundly in tune with one another. It was easily adapted to 7 dancers, and includes sequences of improvisation that appealed to the group. Ambra Senatore’s discontinuous choreography, where the dancers constantly have to escape their own traps, was a fun challenge for the group. The choreographer herself, along with dancers Elisa Ferrari and Vincent Blanc, teamed up with the troupe for this adventure.