Dive

The piece

Instinct is the pillar that animates Edouard Hue’s pieces. This innate and powerful tendency, common to all living beings, is as mysterious as it is natural. It is a primary sensation present at every moment. For the choreographer, instinct could be imagined as a generator of sensations and emotions that accompany us throughout our lives. A notion whose source is imperceptible. What is it really?

Dive submerges the stage with a choreographic wave that draws its source from the instinct of the choreographer and the performers of the piece. This new creation by Edouard Hue is a deep research of the origins of intuition, its catalyst and its influence on our choices. The performers are in perpetual visceral questioning about the existence of the being which magnifies the raw and virtuoso choreography. The choreographer takes advantage of this intimate, almost autobiographical subject for the dancers, to open up his creative process to the public on stage and to make them dive a little more into the universe of the piece. After various independent projects, with Dive, Edouard Hue returns with his Beaver Dam Company to his source choreographic writing powerfully transporting the audience from one emotion to another in a cocoon of suave intimacy.

Details

Creation 2023, 7 dancers, 60 minutes.

Choreographer Edouard Hue
Composer Jonathan Soucasse
Costume desginer Sigolène Pétey
Ligth designer Arnaud Viala
Dramaturgical advices Hugo Roux

Production Beaver Dam Company

Co-productionsKurtheater-Baden, Salle du Lignon-Vernier, Equilibre-Nuithonie-Fribourg, OCA-Bonneville, coproduction in the frame of the Programmers’ Fund of Reso – Dance Network Switzerland supported by Pro Helvetia, Swiss Arts Council

Cooperation partner Residenzzentrum tanz+ Baden

Residencies Tanzhaus – Zürich, Kurtheater – Baden, Residenzzentrum tanz+ Baden, L’Imprimerie – Geneva

Financial supports coproduction fund Reso – Réseau Danse Suisse, with the support of Swiss fundation for culture Pro Helvetia and the cantons, Loterie Romande, Ville de Genève, Ville de Vernier, Pro-Helvetia – Fondation Suisse pour la culture, Swisslos – Kanton Aargau, Pour-cent culturel Migros, Ville d’Annecy, Conseil Départemental de la Haute-Savoie

Press release

« (...) a choreography which is a masterstroke and which confirms the exceptional rank of Edouard Hue and his Beaver Dam Company. »

Elisabeth Feller, Argauer Zeitung

« “(…) an hour of full, pleasant, well-executed dancing. »

Ariane Bavelier, Le Figaro

« Edouard Hue is increasingly part of a choreographic landscape where singularities sometimes have difficulty existing. Wait to see more ! »

Laurent Bourbouson, Open to the public

« (...) the minimalist expression in the smallest gestures gives rise to a group dynamic which arises from the ground and turns into exuberant joy (...). What remains today is the joy of driving mindlessly down the fast lane of a one-way street. Thrilled.»

Thierry Frocheaux, P.S Zeitung

« (…) a daydream. A suspended moment that is sweet to share! »

Olivier Frégaville-Gratian d’Amore, L’Oeil d’Olivier

« An hour of show, an hour much too short, we would like more! »

Laurence Caron, Ce qui est remarquable

Agenda

14
February
Wednesday

DiveDIVE

Théâtre de La Parfumerie | Genève, Suisse
15
February
Thursday

DiveDIVE

Théâtre de La Parfumerie | Genève, Suisse
16
February
Friday

DiveDIVE

Théâtre de La Parfumerie | Genève, Suisse
17
February
Saturday

DiveDIVE

Théâtre de La Parfumerie | Genève, Suisse
29
February
Thursday

DiveDIVE

Théâtre Equilibre - Nuithonie | Fribourg, Suisse
01
March
Friday

DiveDIVE

Théâtre Equilibre - Nuithonie | Fribourg, Suisse
09
March
Saturday

DiveDIVE

SAARLÄNDISCHES STAATSBALLETT | Saarbrucken, Allemagne
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