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After manger, 20 danseurs pour le XXe siècle et plus encore, Aatt enen tionon and herses, duo last season, choreographer Boris Charmatz returns to Bozar with SOMNOLE, an intimate performance exploring movement suspended between wakefulness and somnolence. Alone on stage, he delivers a virtuous and singular performance in which breath, whistling, and the trembling of the body become the instruments of both an inner and explosive dance. This piece summons up a gentle physicality of great intensity. In an age overloaded with information, where time seems to be racing ahead, SOMNOLE is guided by impulses and meandering states of mind. At the heart of this piece is the poetry of sleep - a fragile territory, often relegated to the shadow of productivity. Charmatz gives dreams and drowsiness a creative...
After manger, 20 danseurs pour le XXe siècle et plus encore, Aatt enen tionon and herses, duo last season, choreographer Boris Charmatz returns to Bozar with SOMNOLE, an intimate performance exploring movement suspended between wakefulness and somnolence. Alone on stage, he delivers a virtuous and singular performance in which breath, whistling, and the trembling of the body become the instruments of both an inner and explosive dance. This piece summons up a gentle physicality of great intensity. In an age overloaded with information, where time seems to be racing ahead, SOMNOLE is guided by impulses and meandering states of mind. At the heart of this piece is the poetry of sleep - a fragile territory, often relegated to the shadow of productivity. Charmatz gives dreams and drowsiness a creative and sensory force, like an invitation to give value back to this state of half-consciousness. This choreographic reverie is reminiscent of The sleep of reason produces monsters (No. 43), a famous engraving by Francisco Goya, presented at Bozar in last year’s exhibition Luz y sombra. As with Goya, Boris Charmatz explores the porosity between reality and imagination, where sleep, far from being an escape, becomes an opening, another way of seeing the world. Credits Choreography and performance - Boris Charmatz Choreographic assistant - Magali Caillet Gajan Lights - Yves Godin Costumes collaboration - Marion Regnier Vocal work - Dalila Khatir With the advice of Médéric Collignon and Bertrand Causse Sound materials inspired by J.S. Bach, A. Vivaldi, B. Eilish, The Pink Panther, J. Kosma, E.Morricone, birdsongs, G.F. Haendel, Stormy Weather… Full list on borischarmatz.org General stage manager - Fabrice Le Fur Deputy Director Terrain – Hélène Joly Production direction - Lucas Chardon, Martina Hochmuth Production management - Briac Geffrault Production manager - Lola Serre Production and distribution – Terrain With the support of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Co-production - Opéra de Lille – Théâtre Lyrique d’Intérêt National, le phénix - scène nationale de Valenciennes – pôle européen de création, Bonlieu - scène nationale d’Annecy, Charleroi Danse - Centre chorégraphique de Wallonie-Bruxelles (Belgium), Festival d’Automne à Paris, Festival de Marseille, Teatro Municipal do Porto, Helsinki Festival, Scène nationale d’Orléans, MC93 – Maison de la Culture de Seine-Saint-Denis (Bobigny), Pavillon ADC (Geneva) With the participation of the Jeune théâtre national Thanks to - Alban Moraud, Mette Ingvartsen, Iris Ingvartsen Charmatz, Xenia Ingvartsen Charmatz, Florentine Busson Terrain is supported by Ministère de la Culture - DRAC Hauts-de-France and Région Hauts-de-France