Sollicitudes

Four performers, four backgrounds, four generations. Catherine Legrand, Jean Christophe Paré, Yann Cardin and Vera Gorbacheva were invited by Hervé Robbe for the Fondation Royaumont's Choreographic Program: they worked together to create a combination of their own writing styles. In the light and unexpected form of a dialogue of soli, each artist "remains the author of his or her presence", while lending themselves to porous listening and sensitive interaction with their accomplices. They are accompanied, according to their own singular choices, by the romantic music of Schubert or by the noisy, gestural music of composer Jérôme Combier, with the help of two musicians from the Cairn Ensemble. Initiated during the pandemic and subsequent lockdown, "Sollicitude" reaffirms the urgency of confronting our imaginations. To this musical and dance project, "wardrobe surgeon" Jeanne Viceria contributes costumes composed of removable textiles that, like exoskeletons, shape bodies in constant metamorphosis, to accompany this journey within ourselves and with others.