Écran somnambule is a solo, a commission by Boris Charmatz under the auspices of the project Rebutoh at the Musée de la danse in Rennes. Latifa Laâbissi had decided to play with slowing down, distorting and stretching the shortest dance she had ever performed, the solo from Mary Wigman’s renowned Witch Dance. This “expression dance” required total commitment, a combination of ecstasy and sacrifice, and switching between the extreme figures of the witch and the priestess. Based on the filmed 1930 excerpt which only lasts a minute and 40 seconds, the solo expands to run 32minutes, becoming the matrix for the Écran somnambule project. The dance is transformed into a sort of somnambulist’s ritual, leaving a gap which then transfigures its own patterns. In this reinterpretation of the original solo, the dance, removed from its original context, shows us instead a body cantilevered backwards, arms extended, head thrown back, with its face turned to the sky, as if caught inside some invisible spell.
The performance will be followed by an artist talk.
Admission: 5 €
Information and ticket sale:
Katrin Kappenberger
assistenz@gfzk.de