PerformanceCamping

Vincent Dupont

Hauts Cris (miniature)

© Linde Van Raeschelder
© Linde Van Raeschelder

25 > 27.06.19

Les Laboratoires d’Aubervilliers

The prisoner of a cramped domestic interior, with which he vainly tries to become one, Vincent Dupont finally permits what can no longer be contained to be expressed: his repressed inner life. In this tight, enclosed space, in which all the noises are amplified, his body becomes a sonic instrument which gives the place’s gravity the means to become embodied. Here, the voice intensifies the physical agitation in such a way that the body becomes a sounding board, releasing death rattles, moaning or eructations, verging on cries of pain. In this plain expression of an expiatory movement, here put alongside a poem in the alexandrine metre by Agrippa d’Aubigné describing a battlefield, chosen for its musicality, which was exceptional for its era, the performance choreographs a liberating violence which encompasses the tensions of its immediate environment. From deconstruction to destruction, Vincent Dupont’s furious energy then emerges as being the sole possible remedy to such a stifling sensation.

After training in the theatre, Vincent Dupont turned to dance, by collaborating with the choreographers Thierry Thieû Niang, Georges Appaix and Boris Charmatz. Conceived as perceptive experiences, his creations derive their forms from the visual arts, the cinema or performances, so as to work towards the breaking down of borders between different disciplines. Since 2001, he has produced Jachères improvisations, Souffles, Air, Stéréoscopia, Cinq apparitions successives, and made a videographic installation Cillement for the ICI—CCN of Montpellier.