Danse en images 2022

Program

Aug 23^rd - 26^th, 2022 Danse en images 2022

In 2022, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels is supporting Danse en Images, a new festival established by the cultural section of the French Embassy in China and dedicated to conveying the many faces of dance through film and video.

Discover the program, structured around five themes:

Fictional pieces
History of dance
Contemporary dance in China
Portraits
Must-see

Photo: © DR

Fictions

Via !, short film by Raphaëlle Delaunay and Jacques Gamblin,
The White Crow, directed by Ralph Fiennes.

01 / 02 — VIA !, short film by Raphaëlle Delaunay and Jacques Gamblin,

The White Crow film poster — 02 / 02 — The White Crow, directed by Ralph Fiennes

History of Dance

Histoire de la danse moderne : d’Isadora Duncan à Martha Graham,
La Danse Performance,
Un regard sur la danse actuelle, directed by Centre National de la Danse - CN D.

Dancer performing the Serpentine Dance with flowing white veils — 01 / 03 — Histoire de la danse moderne : d’Isadora Duncan à Martha Graham, themed montage directed by Centre National de la Danse

black and white photo of a woman with eyes closed, head resting on her shoulder — 02 / 03 — La Danse Performance, a production of Centre National de la Danse

Man standing on one foot with arms raised — 03 / 03 — Un regard sur la danse actuelle, directed by Centre National de la Danse - CN D.

Contemporary dance in China

Intergrate, by Shen Wei,
I didn’t say anything, by Lian Guodong and Lei Yan,
Dance with farm workers, by Wen Hui.

Dark auditorium with dancers dancing in square patches of light — 01 / 03 — Intergrate, Shen Wei

Dancer on the ground with boxing gloves on her feet — 02 / 03 — I Didn’t Say Anything, Lian Guodong and Lei Yan

shirtless farmers in a line, holding each other by the waist — 03 / 03 — Dance with Farm Workers, Wen Hui

Portraits

Le Triomphe de la Renommée, by Marie-Caroline Hominal,
Mourn, O Nature ! by Nino Laisné and François Chaignaud,
Récital aux Nymphéas, by François Chaignaud,
Sugar Dance, by Marie-Caroline Hominal,
O Comme Opéra, directed by Loren Denis,
Patterns of Life, directed by Julien Prévieux,
Portrait of Étoile Alice Renavand, directed by the “3e Scène” program – Opéra de Paris,
Corps Extrêmes, choreographed by Rachid Ouramdane,
Lucinda Childs, a documentary directed by Patrick Bensard,
Maguy Marin ou Comment Dire, Portraits collection,
Solitude(s) de Mathilde Monnier, Portraits collection.

masked woman seated, one arm resting on the parapet of a theatre loge — 01 / 11 — Le triomphe de la Renommée, Marie-Caroline Hominal

man in antique garb with a golden crown, red toga and gold cuffs — 02 / 11 — Mourn, o nature !, Nino Laisné and François Chaignaud

woman dancing in front of Claude Monet’s Nymphéas — 03 / 11 — Récital aux Nymphéas, François Chaignaud

Man wearing a red jacket and yellow pants, his back to woman playing the trombone — 04 / 11 — Sugar Dance, Marie-Caroline Hominal

Portrait of Alice Renavand — 05 / 11 — Portrait of Étoile Alice Renavand, short film produced as part of the "3e Scène” program

Dancers in white on the roof of the Paris Opera — 06 / 11 — O Comme Opéra, short film produced as part of the "3e Scène” program, Loren Denis

Man facing upstage wearing lights on his costume on a stage bathed in red light — 07 / 11 — Patterns of Life, short film produced as part of the "3e Scène” program, Julien Prévieux

Dancer in the air in Corps extrêmes by Rachid Ouramdane — 08 / 11 — Corps Extrêmes, choreography by Rachid Ouramdane

portrait of Lucinda Childs — 09 / 11 — Lucinda Childs, documentary by Patrick Bensard

Dancers dressed in white on a dark stage — 10 / 11 — Maguy Marin ou comment dire, Portraits collection

Dancers in Solitude(s) de Mathilde Monnier — 11 / 11 — Solitude(s) de Mathilde Monnier, Portraits collection

Must-see

Interview with Dominique Brun on the Rite of Spring,
Tribute to Nijinsky: Afternoon of a Faun/Jeux (Games)/The Rite of Spring, choreographed by Dominique Brun,
Rosas Danst Rosas, by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker,
Nijinska | Voilà la Femme, choreographed by Dominique Brun.