Sous la peau

From 2000 to 2003, under the artistic direction of Régine Chopinot, there were three years of collaboration and exchange between the Ballet Atlantique – BARC, the Vietnam National Opera and Ballet and the Hanoi National School of Dance. Vietnamese dancers in residence at La Rochelle, teaching workshops in Hué and Hanoï, creations and tours in France and Asia: in this exchange with Vietnam, the choreographer was not looking to train dancers in her own style but rather to give them the means that allowed them to create their own artistic universe. Régine Chopinot had been already immersed in Brazilian culture in the 1980s and in Chinese culture in the 1990s, but Vietnam occupied an important place in her career with its rich history of international exchanges.

The images of the artist Jean Michel Bruyère follow the dancers very closely, with close-ups, blurry photos and slow motion, using a mobile camera in a studio in Vietnam.

Updating: October 2012