Oct 2+3+4. Warriors: Chiron in Aries, Recital #1 / Frédéric Gies (FR/SE)
Warriors: Chiron in Aries, Recital #1 is an offering in which four dancers engage in tailor-made solos, composed in a tight relationship to the techno beats of an original soundtrack by Fiedel. Channeling otherworldly forces, the rebellious, almost sacrificial dances that constitute the piece invoke the figure of the sacred warrior. They transform anger into resistance and constructive action, rather than expressing it as a pointless destructive force. In these solos, saying “I” is not a the expense of a “we”, but rather at the service of a collective. As much as the dancers exude a sheer force of will and an uncompromising boldness, they also uncover unutterable wounds as in an offering of their own vulnerability.
Although this piece is neither about astrology nor about mythology, it relates to them as symbolic and poetic frameworks. The dances embody altogether different archetypes from Chiron “the wounded healer” to many rebellious, warrior and guardian goddesses*.
Warriors: Chiron in Aries, Recital #1, is the first piece of a cycle of four pieces to come, which bring to the forefront the capacity of dance to speak without demonstrating anything.
October 2 at 7pm
October 3 at 7pm
October 4 at 7pm
Weld, Norrtullsgatan 7
Book: book.weld.se
Choreography: Frédéric Gies
Dance:Frédéric Gies, Disa Krosness, Julia Plawgo, Andrea Svensson
Original soundtrack: Fiedel
Lighting design: Thomas Zamolo
Artistic assistant: Elizabeth Ward
Costumes:Grzegorz Matlag
Mentor/astrodramaturge:Renee Sills
Co-produced by Inkonst, Weld and Skogen / residence at MARC and SITE / with the support of Kulturrådet and Malmö stad
Thanks to Anna Grip
Weld is supported by Stockholms Stad, the Swedish Arts Council and the Stockholm County Council.
FRÉDÉRIC GIES (FR/SE)
is an artist in the field of experimental dance, based in Sweden. His work originates from rigorous movement research processes, which are informed by his experience in the field of somatic practices as well as in specific forms of contemporary dance, his former training in ballet and his participation in techno clubs and raves. The dances he creates collapse in various ways the hierarchies and distinctions between different dance forms. He presents his work and teaches internationally. He has been head of the MA programme in choreography at DOCH-SKH (2012-2018). He has collaborated in various formats with artists such as Isabelle Schad, Alice Chauchat, Manuel Pelmus, DD Dorvillier, Jefta van Dinther, Anna Pehrsson, Elizabeth Ward a.o. For his most recent works, he collaborates with the DJ Fiedel (Berghain/Ostgut ton) and the visual artist Anton Stoianov. 2018 he created the choreography Tribute for Weld Company
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