In Between

Statut

Creation from 10 to 19 March 2000 at Théâtre Les Tanneurs, Brussels in the frame of Bruxelles/Brussel 2000

Présentation

In Between received the SACD Award and was nominated for the Prize Océ des Arts de la Scène
In Between is Michèle Noiret´s first project as "choreographer in residence" at Le Théâtre Les Tanneurs in Brussels. It was presented in March 2000 as part of the VIA Festival of Charleroi/danses and Bruxelles/Brussel 2000. Four dancers are drawn into a space of exploration whose architecture is determined by Paolo Atzori´s images and Todor Todoroff´s sounds. Out of the confrontation with the elements (water, earth, air, fire), Michèle Noiret builds a choreographic alphabet of sorts.

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She throws herself into a search for the foundations of the imaginery, investigating through contact with technology that which founds, liberates or modifies creative imagination. By reflecting on the concept of imagination as defined by Gaston Bachelard: "the faculty to deform the images supplied by perception", the choreographer places the dancing at the heart of a system which generates the imaginary.
The dancing plays with the very structure of images and sounds and is in a constant state of interactivity, reacting to the visual or sound elements which it in turn models. The wealth of propositions, supported by faultless technology which remains non-invasive, leads to a disarming and meaningful confusion of the senses. The only option left to the spectator is to question the validity and limits of his/her own perceptions, plunging with the choreographer into this investigation of sense, of the senses. This is an elaborate, masterly dance, one which seeks to scientifically fathom the meteorology of the soul and the climates of the mind.

In Between - 2000

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Press

At the heart of 'Exit' the choreographer presents us with an exceptionally beautiful performance, of that spare, almost severe type of beauty that proceeds from a thoroughly mature reflection in which everything is purified through renunciation. (…) This work is almost a Jansenist act of faith. And it shines as much with fervour as with purity".

Le Nouvel Observateur, Raphaël de Gubernatis

I can’t remember when I last saw a performance which blended movement, visuals and sound into such a solid thetrical achievement as In Between. (...) Other choreographers have used video to great effect, but Noiret’s less ambitious effort leaves us feeling that she has created a perfect, if scaled-down production".

The Bulletin, Luisa Moffet

La Monnaie has had the excellent idea to put on the performance 'In Between' for another four nights. This is probably Michèle Noiret's most beautiful, most accomplished work. (...) Film images literally interact with the dance steps, sounds shift with the bodies' movements, the dancers scale a wall of dreams and create dreamed pictorial shapes. The body becomes music, the image becomes a dialogue. A true moment of felicity".

La Libre Belgique, Guy Duplat

A sense of measure and a perception of balance permeate the show with a dreamy atmosphere accentuated by the limpidity of the dancing. Architectural ode or contemporary ritual, the show imposes silence and slowness on the onlooker."

Danser, Odile Cougoule

Without a shadow of a doubt, this is one of the most splending choreographic works of the summer, worthy of standing alongside Bill Viola's video installation in the "La Beauté" exhibition being staged at the Palais des Papes, in Avignon. (") Presented by four flexible artists, In Between takes the form of a skillfully designed plastic and choreographic installation. A captivating and hypnotising experience that never loses its sense of harmony."

Le Figaro, René Sirvin

This choreographer has been highly praised for so many of her earlier projects, so this latest production arrives like a breath of fresh air, a long exhalation. It excites the sensations, offering us an interplay between a virtual body and one rooted in nature."

Libération, Marie-Christine Vernay

Michèle Noiret blends breath-taking choreographic skills with a subtle deployment of technology to create the perfect performance. In Between is one of the most accomplished and thrilling works to grace our theatrical dance stages since a very long time."

Le Soir, Jean-Marie Wynants

Michèle Noiret obviously has no time for the comforting assurances of habit, regarding the buttresses of the body as an unexplored landscape, to be visited time and time again with the supernatural precision of her dancing. (...) Between the lines of In Between an unfamiliar language is used to provide an opportunity for mystery to encounter the obvious."

La Libre Belgique, Marie Baudet

Cast & credits

Concept Michèle Noiret, Paolo Atzori, Todor Todoroff
Choregraphy Michèle Noiret
Choreographical assistant Barbara Manzetti
Created and interpreted Bud Blumenthal, Stéphane Hisler, Mélanie Munt, Michèle Noiret
Electroacoustic composition and interactions Todor Todoroff
Scenography and images Paolo Atzori
Lighting Xavier Lauwers
Costumes Cathy Péraux
Set construction Jean-Marc Liben-Steyns
Shooting Aldo Piscina
Lighting technician Thom Louka
Video technician & technical coordination Philippe Warrand
Tour manager and production Alexandra de Laminne
Administration Cathy Zanté
Duration 75’

Production La Cie Michèle Noiret/Tandem asbl
Coproduction Le Théâtre Les Tanneurs, Bruxelles/Brussel 2000, Charleroi/Danses- Centre chorégraphique de la Communauté française de Belgique
With the support of Le Ministère de la Communauté française de Belgique-Service de la Danse
Technical support ElectroHauser, Luxembourg

Touring

7th March 2003 Le Prisme - Elancourt (F)

26th November 2002 Centre Culturel de Nivelles / Waux-Hall - Nivelles (B)

4th October 2002 Théâtre de Namur - Namur (B)

11th June 2002 Théâtre d'Angoulême - Angoulême (F)

17th March 2002 le Forum Meyrin - Genève (CHE)

8th December 2001 De Spil - Roeselare (B)

4th and 5th December 2001 Teatro Alhambra - Grenade (ESP)

1st and 2nd December 2001 Teatro Central - Séville (ESP)

16th November 2001 Théâtre de Sartrouville / Iles de Danse - Sartrouville (F)

15th June 2001 MBT Dance Theater / Mix 01 Festival - Aarhus (DK)

24th March 2001 Théâtre Paul Eluard / Biennale de Danse du Val de Marne - Choisy-le-Roi (F)

15th, 16th and 17th March 2001 Maison de Arts de Créteil / Biennale de Danse du Val de Marne / Festival Exit - Créteil (F)

8th March 2001 Schauspielhaus / Tanz Bremen Festival - Bremen (D)

11th January 2001 Schouwburg / Cultuurel Centrum Leuven - Leuven (B)

14th, 15th, 16th and 17th December 2000 La Monnaie De Munt - Bruxelles (B)

14th November 2000 Le Manège - Maubeuge (F)

23rd August 2000 Les Brigittines / Festival Bellone Brigittines - Bruxelles (B)

25th July 2000 Danse à Aix / IUFM - Aix-en-Provence (F)

11th and 12th July 2000 Festival de la Cité / Pré des Druides - Lausanne (CH)

2nd June 2000 Israeli Festival Jérusalem - Jérusalem (ISR)

30th and 31st May 2000 Suzanne Delal Center - Tel-Aviv (ISR)

10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th March 2000 Les Tanneurs / Festival International VIA, Charleroi_Maubeuge - Bruxelles (B)