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Tate Modern Performance

À bras-le-corps

15 May 2015 at 14.00–16.00
Two male dancers wearing white leap in the air in unison whilst being watched by a crowd

Boris Charmatz and Dimitri Chamblas À bras-le-corps

Photo: Brotherton Lock ©Tate Photography, 2015

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À bras-le-corps

Crowd seen starting the gather to watch a dance performance in the Turbine Hall

Boris Charmatz and Dimitri Chamblas À bras-le-corps

A male dancer dressed in white stands in front of a crowd who have formed a square around the stage

Boris Charmatz and Dimitri Chamblas À bras-le-corps

Two male dancers wearing white dance in the Turbine Hall. One is lying down, the other peering over him.

Boris Charmatz and Dimitri Chamblas À bras-le-corps

Two male dancers wearing white dance in the Turbine Hall with a crowd watching them forming a square. One is lifting the other

Boris Charmatz and Dimitri Chamblas À bras-le-corps

Two male dancers wearing white leap in the air in unison whilst being watched by a crowd

Boris Charmatz and Dimitri Chamblas À bras-le-corps

Two male dancers wearing white dance in the Turbine Hall with a crowd watching them forming a square

Boris Charmatz and Dimitri Chamblas À bras-le-corps

Boris Charmatz first choreographed and performed this work with Dimitri Chamblas in 1993.

Rows of seats create a closed space, delimitating the movements of the two dancers and abolishing the distance between the audience and them.

Credits

Choreography: Dimitri Chamblas and Boris Charmatz
Dancers: Dimitri Chamblas and Boris Charmatz
Light: Renaud Lapperousaz
Light technician: Yves Godin
Music: Paganini Caprices n°1, 10 et 16
Itzhak Perlman, violin
Emi Classics CDC 7 471 71 2

Production Musée de la danse / Centre chorégraphique national de Rennes et de Bretagne, direction Boris Charmatz. Association subventionnée par le Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles / Bretagne), la Ville de Rennes, le Conseil régional de Bretagne et le Conseil général d’Ille-et-Vilaine.

Coproduction Villa Gillet/Lyon

À bras le corps premiered 13 January 1993 at La Villa Gillet / Lyon. Duration: 35 minutes

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