TOUJOURS DE 3/4 FACE!
/ Solo · Dance · from age 12 · 20'
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According to Johnny Cadillac, a former Belgian karateka, « 3/4 face » is The ultimate defensive position! The choreographer and performer Loraine Dambermont makes this principle her own and, through a live tutorial,
reveals her best self-defense secret skills.
Choreographer, composer and performer Loraine Dambermont Sound mixing advisor Victor Petit Light creation Rémy Urbain
Technical director Gaspar Schelck Stage management
(alternating) Adèle Evans / Chamsedine Madec / Gaspar Schelck Outside eye Monica Gomes Photography Hichem Dahes
Production Lodbmt Production / Tour manager BLOOM Project Partner The Théâtre de la Balsamine With the support of Iles/Suitcase - Brussels, Le Théâtre Marni - Brussels, Garage29 - Brussels , Studio 28 - Roubaix , L'Armande - Liège, Le Center Culturel Bruegel - Perpetuum MOBILE Festival - Brussels, La Roseraie - Brussels, Theater aan de Rijn Dance Flavors - Arnhem & Wallonie-Bruxelles International Special thanks to Johnny Cadillac for the inspiration
This show was created in November 2021 at Théâtre de la Balsamine.
According to Johnny Cadillac, a former Belgian karateka, « 3/4 face » is The ultimate defensive position! The choreographer and performer Loraine Dambermont makes this principle her own and, through a live tutorial, reveals her best self-defense secret skills.
Toujours de 3⁄4 face! is a 20 minute hyper energetic solo performed as a survival guide with hints of humour. Loraine Dambermont also tackles the complex Belgian identity through mouvements all directed towards the paroxysm of self-mockery.
This performance challenges the physical and mental virtuosity of the performer by pushing the limits of a constrained body between a marathon of hyper fast movements, and the extreme precision of its own musicality.
AEROWAVES Spring forward Twenty23
Both the project and the result obtained are part of surrealism
– Belgian surrealism, of course.
Nicolas Villodre