Cie Retouramont – Vertical Environment
September 16 | 6:30 pm - 7:00 p.m.
It is the encounter of two female dancers with matter. A matter that can be human, but also a wall or a tree trunk, even empty space—less tangible, yet equally real, visible, and concrete. First, a body emerges from the building, becomes visible, and detaches from it. It engages with hard elements such as walls and facades, but also with its counterpart—an equal yet fundamentally different presence. A playful and at the same time combative struggle unfolds between architecture, emptiness, and the body. The latter strives to break free—initially with impetuous determination, then out of vital necessity. Finally, the body becomes lighter, gains airy quality, and approaches weightlessness until it finally embraces it and enters into a lively, joyful interplay.
Fabrice Guillot and his team repeatedly question the environment and redraw it through choreographed lines, curves, and vibrations. In the field of vertical dance, the Compagnie Retouramont is considered a pioneer. It is not limited to a single discipline, but combines various art forms within a specific framework to create a unique work. Drawing on its expertise and incorporating the Pôle de Danse Verticale – a specialized institution for training and artistic residencies – it now advises companies that wish to integrate the element of verticality into their artistic work. Notable collaborations include the production Vertical (2018) with Mourad Merzouki as well as the piece Wings of Desire (2021) with Bruno Bouché of the Ballet du Rhin. Since 2014, she has also directed the Vertical Dance Forum, a network of seven choreographers from Europe and Canada specializing in the field of vertical dance.
Artistic direction and choreography: Fabrice Guillot
Technical equipment: Olivier Penel
Dancing: Nathalie Tedesco, Fanny Gombert
Duration: 30 min.
Photo: © Hervé Hauboldt
With the kind support of the Institut Français and the French Ministry of Culture Germany
Funded by TANZPAKT Stadt-Land-Bund with the support of the German Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.
This measure is co-financed by tax funds based on the budget adopted by the Saxon State Parliament.
Funded by the Saxon State Ministry for Science, Culture and Tourism. This institution is co-financed by tax revenues based on the budget approved by the Saxon State Parliament.
Supported by NATIONALE PERFORMANCE NETZ Guest Performance Fund for Dance, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media and the Ministries of Culture and Arts of the German States.
Funded by the Chemnitz City Cultural Space. This measure is co-financed with tax funds based on the budget approved by the members of the Saxon State Parliament.
