Abstract reasoning: Compagnie Marie Chouinard

Par Katja Vaghi, 21 août 2015

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“the two dances felt more like abstract reasonings than they suggested emotional connectedness”

Critique faite à Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Berlin, le 19 août 2015

Henri Michaux: Movements (Marie Chouinard)

Soft Virtuosity, still humid, on the edge (Marie Chouinard)

Compagnie Marie Chouinard

Marie Chouinard transcrit la joie de Bach au Théâtre de la Ville

Julie Jozwiak, 13th December

Dans son MAGNIFICAT, la chorégraphe québécoise propose une lecture dansée de Bach chargée de sensualité, avant un Henri Michaux : Mouvements qui contraste et déroute franchement.

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Paul Taylor Dance, Lincoln Center

Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 8th March

Paul Taylor American Modern Dance is getting ready for the transition to the time when it will have to go on without its founder and creative spirit.

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The 7 Fingers: Where dance and circus mix

Philippa Newis, 1st April

Samuel Tétreault co-founder of The 7 Fingers brings the company back to Sadlers Wells with Triptyque - a trio of works exploring the theme of gravity. Drawing on the steely nerves of nine first-class performers, each piece harnesses a hybrid of circus disciplines and contemporary dance technique.

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Compagnie Marie Chouinard: highlight of the Montréal dance season

Nancy Berman, 1st November

On 31 October, 1 and 2 November, the Compagnie Marie Chouinard presented Henri Michaux: Mouvements and Gymnopedies at the Théâtre Maisonneuve. Despite their differences, both works potently express what is fundamentally primal, visceral, and elemental in the human condition.

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Dreamt identities: Último helecho at the Berliner Festspiele

Katja Vaghi, 24th January

Último helecho, by Nina Laisné, François Chaignaud and Nadia Larcher, is a profound reflection involving the identity of a population and the repercussions of the various influences that have been layered over time.

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A study on falling: the Trisha Brown Dance Company and Noé Soulier

Katja Vaghi, 23rd January

The Trisha Brown Dance Company closes the Performing Arts Season 2024/25 at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele with Glacial Decoy.

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Katja Vaghi

With a background in Dance Studies, Literature and Linguistics (MA English Studies from Zurich University and PhD in dance philosophy from the University of Roehampton in London) and a formation as a modern dancer (Ballet Arts, NYC), Katja is a freelance dancer, choreographer, dance researcher and dramaturge currently living in Berlin.

Company Marie Chouinard: Abstract reasonings for Tanz im August