En Danseuse - Jennifer Lacey

En danseuse is a piece of work choreographed, based on a creative  process that focuses on the body of the choreographer-dancer. A series  of collaborations of Alain Michard with several choreographers from  different generations, and varied backgrounds led to the birth of this  piece, a ‘collection of dances’ with scenography using sound and video.

En danseuse is made of a scenographic installation which combines images  of dance and sounds. Is it thought of as a confrontation between two  choreographical forms, but also between two memories. It offers to  audiences several ways of looking at the work, and appeals to their own  memories of dance.

En danseuse is based on the idea that the body of the choreographer is  the very source of their work, and carries within himself/herself a true  History of dance. Vast and unique, this dance History is made of dances  which have been lived, but also dances that have been seen or dreamt,  and of everything that has fit in with ‘choreographic material’.
En danseuse questions the role of images, and how they are active both in memory and in the choreographic gesture.

Jennifer Lacey is an American artist-choreographer based in  Paris. Her project lies in a constant renegotiation of the means of  production, which brings to life pieces and objects always based on  dance but which, sometimes, no longer resemble it.. She tries to take  the spectacular out of the dance while investing in the multiple ways in  which the performance can manifest, affect and communicate. Her works  are produced and presented internationally in theatres, museums,  galleries, and festivals. She received the Doris Duke Impact Award and  the Guggenheim Fellowship.