Fan Dance : La Danse des éventails

Andy De Groat, the American choreographer born in 1947, was based in  France from the 80s. He passed away in January 2019, leaving behind a  rich and varied body of work, based on a mingling of genres, techniques  and personalities. To pay him an initial homage, the CCINP – set up to  conserve his work – is organising on 22nd and 23rd June, a weekend  devoted to his Fan Dance. A call was given out to all those who  could and would dance Andy’s emblematic piece: answers came back from  groups based in Paris but also New York, Lille, Lyon or Montpellier, who  will be joined by dancers from Camping.

“Fan Dance is a strange mixture of simple but unusual steps,  enriched by precise arm movements and a constantly evolving random  space. It is a short anthem to geometrical beauty, dancing musicality…  physical, mental and sensorial coordination… group discipline and  personal freedom.”
Andy De Groat

Source: program of the CND