Michèle Noiret is the third grande dame of Belgian contemporary dance alongside Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and Michèle Anne De Mey. Like them, she studied at Mudra, Maurice Béjart's dance school, in the late 1970s. In recent years, we have repeatedly shown De Mey's work at CCHA: Neige (2011), Kiss & cry (2018) and Cold blood (2018). Now, with the phenomenal Le chant des ruines, it is also Noiret's turn.
A true pioneer, Noiret introduced interactive sound and image technology into her work in the 1990s, questioning our perception of time and space. Since then, her oeuvre has often been referred to as dance-cinema, a description that certainly applies to this choreography for five dancers and one cameraman.
In Le chant des ruines, Noiret reflects on our fleeting way of life and - increasingly rapid - flow of change. The choreographer responds to the disturbing chaos that dizzies the world in a performance that, enriched with sound, video and surprising twists, expresses the transience of humanity, without taking away all hope.
Cultuurcentrum Hasselt
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