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Danser avec J. Weidt - La longue histoire de « Vieilles gens, vieux fers »
Recorded at the CND 31 March 2006
The long story of « Vieilles Gens, Vieux Fers »
In 1928 in Hamburg, the young 24 year-old dancer Jean Weidt presented the first piece from his suite “Vieilles Gens, Vieux Fers”. Traumatised by the aftermath of the Great War, he introduced a fascinating and provocative vision of Expressionist dance. Revived throughout his career, the piece is emblematic of his engagement as a “red dancer”, placing dance at the heart of politics and social issues.
In 1948 Françoise and Dominique Dupuy performed this piece with the Ballets des Arts. In 2006, the revival of the work went beyond questioning memory and reconstruction to investigate the very substance of this dance, its body states, its energy, etc.
During the performance, Françoise and Dominique Dupuy accompany the dance with images, words and demonstrations of movement in order to put it back into its historical, political and aesthetic context.
Updating: November 2010
