Les Disparates

“Les Disparates,” presents a cohabitation of the stage by a body and a sculpture. On the one hand, a body in motion, and on the other, an inert body—two simultaneous presences which juxtapose the fields of choreography and of fine arts.

The second performance co-authored by Boris Charmatz and Dimitri Chamblas, “Les Disparates,” presents a cohabitation of the stage by a body, that of Boris Charmatz, and a sculpture, by Toni Grand. On the one hand, a body in motion, and on the other, an inert body—two simultaneous presences which juxtapose the fields of choreography and of fine arts. With regard to this physical presence, the two choreographers explain: “We are looking for an immobile counterpoint to our movements: this sculpture represents for us a non-spectacular aesthetic object, enclosed on itself, a priori unarticulated, not-to-be manipulated or displaced, heavy, and yet its 700 kg are hardly perceptible!” On one side of the stage, a complete, stable, accomplished work, and on the other, a dance in the process of becoming in the instability of the moment, in the complexity of the living being. The viewer thus comes face-to-face with the presence of a work (of art) within a work (of choreography), which does not fail to challenge his expectations and his ideas of the performative. The performance is composed of three parts, each establishing different parameters of the state of dance. The selected extract presents the third part, in the singular space of L’Usine in Dijon, quite unlike the traditional black box theater. First, the film clip allows us to focus on Boris Charmatz’s dance; then, when the camera zooms out, it reveals the cohabitation with Toni Grand’s sculpture.

Source : Boris Charmatz

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