Taos Bertrand
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By investigating the figure of the nymph, a minor mythological character, a zone of so-called feminine sexual anatomy and a metaphor for affect, Taos Bertrand offers a certain translation of the trans feminine experience.
It is said of the nymph Echo, mythological double of Narcissus, “that she is the sound that lives in her” and that in the face of disavowal, only her voice and her bones resonating in the caves remain. Faced with this observation of oblivion, the choreographer wishes to rehabilitate the mythological figure and give it body again. She offers a choreographic study of the cut where bodies and sound materials intertwine to reform a body, an image of oneself. What recollection is possible through the powers and tactics of sound and invisibility, of the ambient and the audible, in the face of the control operated by visibility?
In this new choreographic solo, it is about experiencing nature as a resistance to work, to use the words of the American philosopher McKenzie Wark: “Nature is a resistance in labor”. Through the story of a birth, the nymph then appears syrupy like honey, tender enough to use grace as a remedy for resentment.
Credits
Conception, choreography, interpretation: Taos Bertrand
Sound: Thélia Merchadou-Pineau
Scenography: Anousha Mohtashami
Image: Pierre Guais
Text: Théo Casciani
Lighting: Taos Bertrand
Choreographic consultant: Laurent Chétouane
Production: RADAR
Delegate production: Latitudes Prod. – Lille / Luciole Duvivier
Co-production: KLAP Maison pour la danse / Marseille, Le Carreau du Temple / Cultural and sports establishment of the City of Paris, Centre Chorégraphique National of Créteil and Val-de-Marne | EMKA as part of the Accueil Studio – Ministry of Culture and also Ballet National de Marseille / as part of the Accueil Studio – Ministry of Culture
Partners: Centre National de la Danse, reception in residence / Pantin, Ménagerie de Verre / Paris, DRAC Nouvelle Aquitaine as part of the project aid.
With the support of Fonds SACD Musique de Scène, DRAC Nouvelle-Aquitaine and SPEDIDAM. SPEDIDAM is a collective management organization that works to guarantee performers of all categories the rights that have been recognized to them.
