En collaboration avec Terrain
Terrain est soutenu par le ministère de la Culture – DRAC Hauts-de-France, et la Région Hauts-de-France
dates
Feb 26 → May 05, 2025
place
Studio
Proposal based on a film directed by Boris Charmatz and César Vayssié with Marion Barbeau
A major guest at the Centre Pompidou-Metz since 2022, choreographer and dancer Boris Charmatz has infused the museum with his energy through an abundant programme of performances and workshops open to all, creating a veritable community over the years.
The exhibition, Le chaos et le brouillon, presented in the Studio is a plunge into his artistic universe. It highlights two films made in collaboration with César Vayssié, one of his long-time accomplices, accompanied by a powerful text in which Boris Charmatz explores his work and sources of inspiration.
Two films, two unique choreographic experiences
Danse gâchée dans l'herbe, a solo performed by dancer Marion Barbeau, was filmed in the undergrowth of the Centre Pompidou-Metz's Triangle Nord in June 2023. This intimate dialogue between the dancer and the landscape reveals all the poetic power of a body in movement at the heart of nature.
Levée, a labyrinthine choreography featuring 24 dancers on a spiral slag heap, transports us into a lunar setting sublimated by César Vayssié's aerial shots.
Drawing on the same choreographic material - the piece Levée des conflits, created in 2010, is deployed in a collective version and in the form of a solo in both films - these two works bear witness to Boris Charmatz's ability to transcend the boundaries between dance, cinema and the spaces he invests.
« Les danseurs dansent comme ils font l’amour, comme ils prient, comme ils mangent, comme ils dorment, comme ils pensent, comme ils écrivent [...] la danse est un espace où le mouvement (intime, collectif, sociétal, éphémère, archaïque, impromptu) peut advenir. »