Slow, heavy and blue

This ballet was designed by Carolyn Carlson for the dancers of the Groupe de Recherches Théâtres de l’Opéra de Paris (GRTOP). Having settled in France in 1971, the choreographer was named Étoile-choreographer at the Opéra de Paris in 1974 by Rolf Liebermann. The latter gave her the opportunity to develop her very special work with the creation of the GRTOP Group within which the choreographer and her dancers would devote themselves to the most widely varying research. In all nine volunteers signed up for this adventure: Jean-Christophe Paré, Serge Daubrac as sujets; Jean-Marie Didière, Katia Grey, Fanny Gaida as coryphées; Bruno Lehaut as quadrille; Carole Arbonies, Marie-Claude Pietragalla, Eric Vu-An. Slow, heavy and blue is one of the works resulting from this research within the group initiated by Carolyn Carlson.