Vladivostok
The very name of Vladivostok creates a mysterious atmosphere, linked to the surprising status of the frontier post, a base for the Czars navy, last stop of the Trans-Siberian railway, secret city of the Soviet era. For choreographer Michele Murray it is a metaphorical city at the periphery and margin of our world, offering all possible approaches to the known and unknown.
Vladivostock, in all its real and imagined mystery is the subject of this piece. Systematically criss-crossed by the rhythms of Chemical Brothers and Fat Boy Slim, a place where barriers vanish between theatre and dance, body and object. The performers cross a space filled with clothes, masks, wigs - trappings that offer every identity and all possible genders, movements, postures. But there are no accessories in Michele Murrays work. Everything on stage is charged and expressive without being psychological. The performers create a state of urgency propelling the performance in every direction. Laurent Goumarre
Co-production: Festival Montpellier Danse 03 Thtre Le Vivat Armentires, scne conventionne Thtres de Sete, scne nationale Dock 11, Berlin
Thanks to: Neues Deutschland, Berlin Studio Laboratoire Didier Thron, Montpellier Centre National de la Danse, Paris.
The company is subsidised by: DRAC Ministre de la Culture et Communication (French Ministry of Culture). Ville de Montpellier (City of Montpellier) - Rgion Languedoc Roussillon - Conseil Gnral de lHrault