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
Simone Aughterlony & Jen Rosenblit
Lea Moro
*Melk Prod./Marco Berrettini
Everything is in motion, everything vibrates; nothing is at rest. Marco Berrettini brings together five performers and a piano to make them vibrate – together or individually – and create a choreographic rainbow. Drawn from movements taken from the world of funk and soul and imbued with metaphysical undertones «My Soul Is My Visa» also follows a more formal line of research into the possibility of expressiveness through abstract and repetitive movements capable of communicating authentic presence and individuality. How do elements such as voice, movement and music interact? How do they make our bodies pulsate? At the piano the performers successively engage in a repertory that ranges from Erik Satie to Nina Simone. The work of Marco Berrettini is audacious, strange and often joyful. It makes use of the power of sound, of bodies and people coming together and finally manages to capture the audience’s heart.
Marco Berrettini is a dancer and choreographer working in Geneva and Paris. His involvement in dance dates back to 1978 when he was awarded the Grand Prize for disco dance in Germany. He received his training at the London School of Contemporary Dance and the Folkwangschule (DE) under the direction of Hans Züllig and Pina Bausch. He founded his company Tanzplantation (later *Melk Prod.) in 1986 in Wiesbaden. Parallel to this he studied European ethnology, cultural anthropology and the theatrical sciences at the University of Frankfurt. He has created more than thirty works ranging from performance to installation, including numerous diverse artistic collaborations.
Choreography Marco Berrettini
Performance Ruth Childs, Caroline Breton, Samuel Pajand, Sébastien Chatellier, Nathalie Broizat
Stage and light design Bruno Faucher
Costumes Olivier Mulin
Œuf Claire Mayet
Music Piano live – Tom Johnson, Nils Frahm, Meredith Monk, Olafur Arnalds, Bill Fay, Nina Simone, Erik Satie, Beth Gibbons, Curtis Mayfield
Production *MELK PROD. (CH) / Tanzplantation (F)
Administration and diffusion Tutu Production – Pauline Coppée
Coproduction Charleroi danse, centre chorégraphique de Wallonie-Bruxelles, Arsenic, centre d’art scénique contemporain, ICI-CCN de Montpellier, Pôle Sud-CDCN à Strasbourg
Support Ville de Genève, Loterie romande, Pro Helvetia – Swiss Arts Council, Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation, Fondation Ernst Göhner, Charleroi Danse – Centre Chorégraphique de Wallonie-Bruxelles, Fondation Suisse des Artistes Interprètes, Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles d’Ile-de-France – Ministère de la culture et de la communication.
Residencies Mottatom, Genève ; ICI-CCN de Montpellier ; Pôle Sud-CDCN, Strasbourg
Arsenic
Rue de Genève 57, 1004 Lausanne
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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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