Frankly playful, Ramdam initiates a rhythm, a potential passage between sounds, words and bodies. By challenging the tyranny of information and statistics, Maguy Marin subtly and softly denounces a life eaten up by a rolling wave of figures and percentages,…
Swanhilde and Franz are about to get married, but Franz seems to be paying more attention to Coppelia, a mechanic doll created by a solitary and mysterious old man, Coppelius. Attempts to explain to the young man that his recent…
French choreographer Maguy Marin occupies a distinctive place in contemporary dance and dance theatre. The documentary “Time to Act” follows the stage life of her iconic piece “May B”. Created in 1981, it established her international reputation and continues to…
Maguy Marin signs with BiT her fourty ninth show in just forty years. The title refers to computer term designating the basic unit of measurement of information. This word, very tonic, gives a first rhythmic impulse, after which the show…
May B heralded the international breakthrough of Maguy Marin and has been performed worldwide since 1981. It is based on the writings of Samuel Beckett, who unexpectedly gave the then young and unknown French choreographer his blessing to adapt his…
Revival for the Biennale de la danse de Lyon, of this piece created at the same festival in 2012 by Maguy Marin and Denis Mariotte. Crackling sounds of old vinyl, words, stones, different languages, fades to black for brief sequences…
The film Umwelt, l’autre côte des miroir (the other side of the mirror) by David Mambouch, after the performance. In this film, we will see the performance again, but from behind the mirrors that can be seen in the performance.…
