Origami

This new variation of Karada No Ongaku makes a reference to origami (the creation of a form by multiple folds), and is intended as a set of transpositions and re-appropriations of dance material.

In June 1998, the Japanese piece “Karada No Ongaku” was presented at the Art Tower in Mito. It was the result of extended work in isolation by the dancers of the ACM Dance Company on a choreographic proposal by Hervé Robbe. This reference module was then developed, deconstructed, transformed, nourished by the imagination of each performer, in order to compose three solos. This piece reveals the unusual paths of these Japanese dancers (Miki Asakura, Yoshifumi Wako), who refuse all exoticism.
In the search for a clash of cultures, Hervé Robbe wanted to create a continuation of this project with French dancers.
This new variation makes a reference to origami (the creation of a form by multiple folds), and is intended as a set of transpositions and re-appropriations of dance material. Early on, the video capture medium allows a virtual link to be created with the soloists of “Karada No Ongaku” and a new choreographic development for the French dancers can be imagined.
After this experimentation in isolation, a time of shared work became necessary.
Out of the contrasting cultural identities of the French and Japanese performers a multi-facetted dance emerges.

Source: Centre Chorégraphique National du Havre Haute-Normandie