Rouge

Recorded at the CND 7 May 2015

The motto: ‘Everything is red’
The colour red is visually eclipsed, it does not appear in any of the scenography, nor the costumes, nor the lighting. Red is omnipotent, from states of the body, choreography, emotion, that which can be seen and felt.

An ambiguous colour, it plays with paradox and guides intense and passionate feelings in total contrast with one another. Whether the passions it arouses are beneficial or harmful, this colour leaves no one indifferent – that is its very power.

Red is truly the global state of the show.

The gestural stance:
“I wish to draw on a contemporary reading of hip hop dance techniques while maintaining continuity with previous works.
The dancers chosen for this choreography are seven ‘b-boy’ virtuosos, who evolve with strength and sensitivity through hip hop dance inspired by different styles. Some of the dancers have developed a hybrid form of movement, having trained in classical and/or contemporary dance. The performers have conflicting movements and relationships with the floor – the idea is to draw on this contrast between the dancers to support the concept of the piece. By calling upon each character’s history, their uniqueness, their wealth and their experiences, together they forge a path through various emotions to transform the group and their dances. It really is the sense of emotions that this creation aims to emulate.
If hip hop dance were a colour, it would be red.”

Mickaël le Mer

Updating: March 2016