Blue Lady [revisited]

Blue Lady offers the magic of these shared intimacies with the audience, precious moments which touch the soul, leaving radiant memories in the heart. These artistic relations permit that rare gift of a work reinvested by another being.

“Blue Lady”, Carolyn Carlson’s mythical solo, has left unforgettable images all over the world, crystallizing the dreams, hopes and emotions of thousands of spectators. Venetian blinds, the red dress unfurling around the dancer, the final kiss carried away on an entrancing melody: images of La Carlson that haunt the imagination. First produced on 11th October 1983 at La Fenice in Venice, it has now been entrusted to Tero Saarinen, the charismatic Finnish performer and choreographer. Profoundly linked by a common artistic outlook, the same aesthetic and their Finnish origins, Carolyn Carlson and Tero Saarinen respond to each other like yin and yang. A correspondence revealing the fullness of lives whose spiritual dimension expands the movement. “Blue Lady” offers the magic of these shared intimacies with the audience, precious moments which touch the soul, leaving radiant memories in the heart. These intense artistic relations permit that rare gift of a work reinvested by another being, an additional physical layer. A piece borne on the vital flame of its interpretation and in the eyes in which it is reflected.
Source : CCN Roubaix Nord-pas-de-Calais

Credits

Chorégraphie Carolyn Carlson interprète Tero Saarinen musique originale René Aubry scénographie originale Frédéric Robert lumières originales John Davis, Claude Naville lumières Peter Vos costumes recréation Chrystel Zingiro 

Production Centre Chorégraphique National Roubaix Nord-Pas de Calais coproduction Biennale de la Danse de Lyon, Le Colisée – Théâtre de Roubaix avec lacollaboration de l’Atelier de Paris – Carolyn CarlsonRéalisation vidéo Charles Picq date du document vidéo 2008 production Maison de la Danse 

Durée de l’œuvre 1h