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Spécimen et autres phénomènes pata, para, supra et meta physiques pour danser la fin de la guerre froide…
Recorded at the CND 7 June 2007
[Specimen and other pata-, para-, supra- and meta-physical phenomena to dance the end of the Cold War…] / creation 2006
Choreography Sébastien Lefrançois
Since their first work was produced in 1997, the Company Trafic de Styles has oscillated between hip-hop and circus, and their shows plunge the audience into a poetic world full of humour.
“Spécimen…”, based on a text by Nathalie Fillion inspired by the fall of the Berlin Wall, deals with the momentous events and human frailty in an unconventional farce.
This energetic show for six dancers depicts a world where “all is possible”, where the cards of laws and codes are constantly being re-dealt.
“Ladies and gentlemen, a motley crew of entertainers will present this evening, for the first and maybe the one-and-only time, the show ‘Specimen and other pata-, para-, supra- and meta- physical phenomena to dance the end of the Cold War…’!” The show’s compere, orator and idiosyncratic dancer is the boss, constantly overwhelmed by the unruly troupe. Each member shows him- or herself to be an unpredictable ham playing a character – the “specimen” – with an excess of sincerity, zeal and enthusiasm, heedless of the order established by the head of the troupe. As a result, “dancing the end of the Cold War” appears to be – as the title suggests – a grotesque exercise.
Updating: April 2010
