A unique performance to honour the American modern dance and its legacy. With 3 guest artists.
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SATURDAY MAY 6TH,
PUBLIC ENTRANCE 7PM
Salle Jean Dame, 17 rue Léopold Bellan, 75002, Paris
1 Solo • Lamentation (1930), Martha Graham
5 minutes
One of Martha Graham’s (1894-1991) earliest creation. When she conceived this dance in 1930, she had already left the Denishawn and its dance teachers Ruth Saint Denis (1879-1968) and Ted Shawn (1891-1972). After she emancipated from them, she claimed her personal style, with strength and coherence to her values. She managed to develop her own language. Lamentation can be understood has the beginning of what will become the Graham vocabulary. Interested in the importance of gravity, she would always be searching inside her to find strength, through the pelvic energy. Her mouvement expression will eventually become the way she used to share her deepest feelings on stage.
« Lamentation, my dance of 1930, is a solo piece in which I wear a long tube of material to indicate the tragedy that obsesses the body, the ability to stretch inside your own skin, to witness and test the perimeters and boundaries of grief, which is honorable and universal. » – Blood Memory, Martha Graham, 1991.
Performed by Blakeley White-McGuire. New York-based dancer, choreographer and teacher with a Masters in Interdisciplinary Arts from Goddard College. Critically acclaimed as Principal Dancer in the Martha Graham Dance Company (2002 – 2016, 2017), she performed some of the most iconic roles in 20th century modern dance.
1 Solo • Chaconne (1945), José Limón // live music by violonist Anna Göckel
10 Minutes
The solo was created by José Limón (1908-1972) for himself. After training with Doris Humphrey, José Limón became a choreographer, and created pieces based on his own inspirations. The dance form Chaconne is originated from Mexico (linked to the Portuguese colonisation), and José Limón was himself a Mexican emigrant, having moved to Los Angeles with his family when he was seven. José Limón’s Chaconne, was inspired by a particular musical piece of J.S. Bach (Chaconne from Partita #2 in D Minor for Unaccompanied Violin), played during the solo. The dance is a vibrant creation, conceived between a deep sensation of controlled mouvement, while keeping a highly expressive gesture.
Performed by Daniel Fetecua, who holds a BFA from Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, Germany and appeared as a guest artist in Pina Bausch’s masterpieces, Rite of Spring and Tannhauser. He was a solo member of the Limón Dance Company for ten years (2006-2016) dancing the lead roles in José Limón’s masterpieces.
Find out more about the Limón Institute and their training programs in NYC.
1 Dance conference • THE ISA/DORA DUNCAN
55 minutes
Lisa Duncan (1898-1976) is a forgotten figure in dance history. Adopted daughter of Isadora Duncan (1877-1927) – the barefoot dancer in the Greek tunic who is said to have brought dance to modernity – this rebellious child was nevertheless very active during the interwar period. Inheriting Lisa’s private archives, Julie Dubois recounts through gesture, word and music her immersion in the life of the dancer. Through this intimate journey, the stories of filiations, sisterhood, artistic and family links burst into our present.
By Julie Dubois. Between literary preparatory classes, a Bachelor in philosophy and a Dance Master degree, Julie Dubois trained in various movement practices until discovering that of Isadora Duncan. Working on the issues of memory and heritage, she wrote a thesis entitled ‘Lever le voile sur Lisa Duncan : enquête dans les archives d’une adoption’ in 2021.
1 Duet • Strictures of Liberty
8 Minutes
“Strictures of Liberty” was commissioned in 2022 in part, by Buglisi Dance Theater of New York City. In this work-in -process the artists seek to interrogate the imposition of ideas, language, and the phenomenon of the matrix of power wherein individuals perform a perceived entitlement to speak about realities outside of their personal experience.
Performed by Daniel Fetecua, and Blakeley White-McGuire.
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