TOTEM

Choreographic piece, 12 minutes, inspired by David Gore’s painting. 

Totem, ancestor, mythical being. David Gore's painting evoke an imposing, maternal form of ancestrality.
So I imagined a body in movement, ready to play with axes and volumes... A dance of angular escapes that cross time and space, the presence of this sensitive body-material combined with a free flowing video projection into a melodic space-time...”.

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Between precise gesture and waltz of forms, a singular statement is born... And we let ourselves be lulled by the signs of an improbable totem woman... Masks reassure and envelop poses, movements and balances.
We follow the body's journey through a field of symmetrical, constructed images. The imprint of movement switches on and off, like a perpetual sign of life.

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After its premiere, Totem was shown in different spaces in situ without video equipment.