Performing Arts production office
Choréographer Loraine Dambermont Performers Loraine Dambermont, Maxime Cozic, Jacob Börlin Sound creation collab with Alain Deval Stage manager & Light Design Gaspar Musical composition Loraine Dambermont with the participation of Alain Deval Costumes design Catherine Somers Costumes production
Catherine Somers & Theatre de Liège workshop Typography & video Sam Bodson Surtitles translation John Porter Outside eye and dramaturgical support Fabien Philippe Marie Photography Alwin Paiona Video recording Guillaume Simonin - Shadow film
Development, communication & booking BLOOM Project
Production Lodbmt Executive production BLOOM Project
Coproduction Théâtre de Liège, Charleroi danse - Centre Chorégraphique de Wallonie-Bruxelles, Les Rencontres chorégraphiques internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis, Les Brigittines, Le Gymnase CDCN Roubaix – Hauts-de-France, Pole Sud CDCN Strasbourg, ICK-Artist-Space Amsterdam, La Coop asbl & Shelter Prod With the help of Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles, Administration générale de la Culture, Service Art Chorégraphique Supported by Wallonie-Bruxelles International, Wallonie-Bruxelles Théâtre Danse, BAMP, De Grote Post, Théâtre de Suresnes Jean Vilar, taxshelter.be, ING & tax shelter du gouvernement fédéral belge Residencies Le Gymnase - CDCN de Roubaix dans le cadre du dispositif Accueil-Studio, ICK-Artist-Space Amsterdam, POLE SUD - CDCN de Strasbourg, De Grote Post - Ostende, Les Ecuries, La Raffinerie - Charleroi Danse - Centre chorégraphique de Wallonie-Bruxelles, Théâtre de Liège, Grand Studio - Bruxelles, Théâtre de Suresnes Jean Vilar, Les Brigittines - Bruxelles, Le BAMP - Bruxelles
Using the contemporary phenomenon of video clashes as a backdrop, Loraine Dambermont draws on popular imagery around the violence of intimidation and provocation mechanisms between rival clans.
She develops an “expeditious” choreography—like fast-flow rapping—embodying figures on stage that reflect and question virile stereotypes. The precision with which the movements are synchronized with the sound intensifies the impact of the performance : This unique musicality becomes a common thread that links the expressivenes of powerful gestures with technical rigor.
By bringing this behavior on stage, T’façon on est en 2012 seeks to strike a balance between the paroxysm of self-mockery and the extreme sincerity of a troubling observation : An escalation of a growing call for fight.
- An explosive choreographic clash -
Loraine Dambermont delivers a performance
that literally pins the audience to their seats.
Le Soir | Jean-Marie Wynants