ephemeropteræ 2016/#2: Musée de la danse

24.06.2016 - 24.06.2016

Thyssen-Bornemisza Augarten Contemporary, Wien / Österreich

“Dancing is the mother of anorexia. Marathon runners eat on the run. Prisoners go on hunger strikes. The dinner ritual is disappearing. Children eat while dancing around. You eat lying down. She sleeps on her feet. We digest information. He dances while chewing. He chews while dancing while singing. We launch movement with our mouths. With our lips. With fingers that we suck. With feet that touch food on the ground. Dance is in the stomach. Dance is in the palate. Dance is in the teeth. Dance is in the tongue....” – Boris Charmatz

In the context of ephemeropteræ 2, Olga Dukhovnaya interprets interprets a solo from the collective piece for 14 dancers manger (2014) by the French groundbreaking dancer, choreographer, founder, and director of Musée de la danse, Boris Charmatz. Born from an anti-natural crossbreeding between museum, place of preservation, dance, art of motion, choreographic centre, place of production and residence, Musée de la danse / the Dancing Museum is a paradox which draws its dynamics from its own contradictions: an experimental space for thinking, practicing, and pushing further the borders of this phenomenon called dance. Situated in Rennes, the Musée de la danse is a nomadic idea.

[Source: https://www.tba21.org]