Jours étranges (1990)

Re-creation by Catherine Legrand (2023) for six performers

Catherine Legrand chose to revisit Dominique Bagouet’s Jours étranges to revive the choreographer’s legacy; the piece was created when Bagouet was first diagnosed, and for Legrand, it encapsulates the diversity of his inspiration and the wide range of his talent – in the  performance he inspires in dancers, in the music, in his scholarly writing or in the games he developed. For this reprise, Legrand wanted to revisit the work with dancers who had worked with Bagouet, and draw from their passion for his work, their virtuosity in bringing it to  life, and in bringing out its vitality and sense of urgency.

“I remember these “beatnik” evenings spent listening to the warm voice of Jim Morrison, the atmosphere of these “Strange days” echoed perfectly the confusion of our adolescent selves who were looking for their own values, in what has now become a sort of mythology, and who were experiencing an obscure and undefined longing for rebellion against  the norms and established codes” (Dominique Bagouet, juillet 1990).

Source: programme of the CND