Edition 2019
From 6 to 9 February 2019 in Lausanne, the 10th Swiss Dance Days had showcased the winning performances selected by the jury from over 150 entries. The programme offered a snapshot of the trends that are currently inspiring Swiss choreographers and dancers.
Vincent Baudriller Director of the Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne
Anneli Binder Managing co-director and artistic director of the dance & performance programme, Dampfzentrale Bern
Patrick de Rham Director of Arsenic – Centre d'art scénique contemporain, Lausanne
Catja Loepfe Director of the Tanzhaus Zurich
Philippe Saire Choreographer and artistic director of Théâtre Sévelin 36, Lausanne
Stefano Tomassini Dance advisor at LIS/LAC Lugano and assistant professor at IUAV University, Venice
Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne
Arsenic - Centre d'art scénique contemporain
Théâtre Sévelin 36
L'Octogone - Théâtre de Pully
La Manufacture - Haute école des arts de la scène
Cie Philippe Saire
Teresa Vittucci
Neopost Foofwa
The dancewalk is movement as a voyage. A danced, geographic trace that uses walking as its choreographic basis. It can last for several hours or go on for several kilometres. Invented by Foofwa d’Imobilité, the dancewalk was born in response to the following observation: dance habitually happens in closed spaces, inside enclosed areas of sometimes only a few meters squared. «Dancewalk – Rétroperspectives» proposes a live traced choreographic articulation, along with a video compilation of three years of danced walking from around the word, both alone and in the company of others. Accompanied by dancer Alizée Sourbé, the audience will travel around the globe as they discover the retrospective.
Foofwa d’Imobilité After dancing with the Stuttgart Ballet and the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, he founded his own company, Neopost Foofwa, in Geneva in 2000.
At a certain distance from the seriousness traditionally associated with dance, his art oscillates between a voluntary detachment from prevailing conventions and an extreme rigor of gestural execution. His research focuses on the relationship between the audience and the choreographic work, as well as the hybridisation between pure contemporary dance and performance art. In 2013 Foofwa d’Imobilité received the Swiss Dance Prize as Outstanding Dancer.
Fr 8.2 Do you want to talk about your feelings and questions about the show? Join the theatre’s friends’ table in the foyer after the performance.
Concept, choreography and text Foofwa d'Imobilité
Performance on stage Alizée Sourbé
Performance on video Foofwa d'Imobilité
Voices Alizée Sourbé, Foofwa d'Imobilité
Technical direction Davide Cornil
Administration and communication Sylvia Jagdeep
Diffusion and production Patricia Buchet
Production Neopost Foofwa
Coproduction Centre des arts of the international school of Geneva
Support In the period 2018-2020, Neopost Foofwa and the GLocal project (2018-2020) receives subsidies as part of the cooperative funding agreement between the City of Geneva, the State and Republic of Geneva and Pro Helvetia – Swiss Arts Council
Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne
Av. Emile-Henri-Jaques-Dalcroze 5, 1007 Lausanne
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Simone Aughterlony & Jen Rosenblit
Lea Moro
*Melk Prod./Marco Berrettini
Alexandra Bachzetsis
Daniel Hellmann
Yasmine Hugonnet
Cie Nicole Seiler
Cie Greffe/Cindy Van Acker
Tabea Martin & Simona Bertozzi
Cie 7273/Laurence Yadi, Nicolas Cantillon
Cie Gilles Jobin
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