En même temps

Group dances are now ubiquitous on stage, on social media, and in public spaces. What does this powerful sense of unity generated by group synchrony tell us? What is the difference between the totalitarian assemblies of mass choreography and the joyful harmony of Breton Fest-noz? Starting from the premise that unison in dance is a seductive yet dangerously ambiguous form, Olivia Grandville explores this with her team of nine performers, set to original music by Benoît de Villeneuve and Benjamin Morando. She moves through styles, scrutinizing those festive, popular moments that sweep individuals into an irresistible collective exaltation. Until unity falls apart on its own, knocked out.

Olivia Grandville

After training at the École de Danse of the Opéra de Paris, Olivia Grandville joined Dominique Bagouet’s company in 1989 and participated in all his pieces until his disappearance in 1992. Since then, she has devoted herselves to her own projects. In this way, she can affirm her interest in gestures and words. In particular, she has created Une semaine d’art en Avignon (2010), Le Cabaret discrépant (2011), Le Grand jeu, Toute ressemblance et similitude (2014). An associate artist at the Lieu Unique in Nantes, she created there À l’Ouest (2018) and Dancepark (2019), a project conceived with Yves Godin. In 2019, invited by the Ballet de Lorraine, she created Jour de colère. Alongside her work as a choreographer, she is also a teacher, improviser and performer, in particular with Vincent Dupont and Boris Charmatz.