TANEC PRAHA Festival
A duet, two solos. Rachid Ouramdane explores the delicate space between therapy and poetry in two intimate and modest portraits. He pushes forward his subtle art compositions and focuses on the simplicity and clarity of movement of the two female dancers. With a hushed narrative, self-conscious revelation and patience, a story of two artists who have been close to his work for many years emerges.
This is the story of Lithuanian dancer Lory, who, spinning dizzily in place, created her own method of movement, which has been a pillar and comfort for her since childhood. It is the story of British dancer Annie, moving with a prosthetic arm, which is both an extension and an integral part of her body. Each of them has in their own way developed their know-how and body language.
Rachid Ouramdane (FR)
Rachid Ouramdane is making arts project since 1995. He is Associate artist to the Théâtre de la ville in Paris and to the Bonlieu théâtre in Annecy.
He is regularly invited to many collaborations: with the Lyon Opera Ballet (Superstars - 2006, All around - 2014); for the dancers of the Russian company Migrazia during a residence in Siberia for the Intradance project (Russia) (« Borscheviks... a true story...» - 2010); and for the 20 years birthday of Candoco Dance Company (UK) with disabled dancers (Looking back - 2011).
Since Rachid Ouramdane founded L’A. dance company, his work is based on a meticulous collection of evidences, in collaboration with filmmakers or authors. So he tries the art of dance to contribute to social debates through choreographic pieces that develop a poetics of testimony.
Alongside his creative projects, Ouramdane is working to enhance the transmission and ex- change through the management of international workshops for artistic research in France, Romania, Nether-lands, Brazil, United States...Yoann Bourgeois and Rachid Ouramdane codirect the CCN2 - Centre Chorégraphique National de Grenoble from the 1st January 2016.
Credits
Concept and choreography: Rachid Ouramdane with Annie Hanauer & Lora Juodkaite
Light design: Stéphane Graillot
Presented as part of the TANEC PRAHA festival.
Executive production
CCN2-Centre chorégraphique national de Grenoble - Direction Yoann Bourgeois and Rachid Ouramdane
Coproduction L’A./Rachid Ouramdane, Bonlieu – Scène nationale d’Annecy, la Bâtie – Festival de Genève dans le cadre du projet PACT bénéficiaire du FEDER avec le programme INTERREG IV A France-Suisse
With the support of Musée de la danse, Centre chorégraphique national de Rennes et Bretagne
Piece created with the support of Ministère de la culture et de la communication/DRAC Île-de- France dans le cadre de l’aide à la compagnie conventionnée et de la Région Île-de-France au titre de la permanence artistique.
The CCN2 is subsidised by the Drac Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes/Ministère de la culture et de la communication, by the Grenoble-Alpes Métropole, by the Département de l’Isère, by the Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and supported by the Institut français for international projects.
