Steppe

Through  a broadcast of video images, Carolyn Carlson introduces us into a  metaphysical universe where the sacred and the profane interfere: the  Carsonian symbolism has never been so obvious, as well as its  affiliation with the magician Alwin Nikolaïs.
The  sequences shot in the woods give an ecological character to the show:  the water, the trees, the small paths, the stone which rolls  harmoniously and which becomes the symbol of the real and the imaginary;  this in a nebulous light close to a Fantin Latour and an Odilon Redon. The  scale brandished in space by Larrio looms in infinity to generate the  mysteries of Carolyn Carlson crunching the poisoned apple, Larrio  playing with her the Prince Charming, reveals the comical gifts of the  “Divine”. She finds her poetic aura in her aerial walk in the woods, this is the image of Botticelli’s Printemps. Modern  dance revisited by Carolyn Carlson fits perfectly into this  surrealistic universe dedicated to fraternity, to pure love.

Source: Gilberte Cournand, journalist and dance critic (Text from the room sheet of Théâtre de la Ville de Paris)