Boris Charmatz at the Centre Pompidou-Metz

Performance
Published on FR Oct 22^nd, 2022

On October 22, 2022, the Center Pompidou-Metz held the second in a series of four meetings with Boris Charmatz.

For the autumn session, amateur and professional dancers gathered on the forecourt of the Center Pompidou-Metz for group warm-ups before participating in workshops led by the choreographer. Attendees were able to learn about the latest research and preparatory work for Boris Charmatz's next oeuvre, Liberté Cathédrale. After an impromptu performed by the dancers on the forecourt, an extract from Herses (a slow introduction) – a duet by Boris Charmatz with dancer Johanna Elisa Lemke – closed this first highlight of the Dance Weekend at Center Pompidou-Metz.

The winter session of the four seasons of Boris Charmatz at the Center Pompidou-Metz will take place on February 11 and 12, 2023.

bird's eye view of Boris Charmatz and the dancers, dressed in black, on the forecourt of the Center Pompidou-Metz — 01 / 06 — impromptu, Boris Charmatz © Patrick Secco

Dancers dressed in black on the forecourt of the Center Pompidou-Metz, facing the audience, who are sitting cross-legged — 02 / 06 — impromptu, Boris Charmatz © Patrick Secco

Dancer wearing a black dress, jumping on the forecourt of the Center Pompidou-Metz, facing the audience, who are sitting cross-legged — 03 / 06 — impromptu, Boris Charmatz © Patrick Secco

Dancer dressed in a black tunic standing on a concrete wall in the middle of the audience, who are sitting cross-legged — 04 / 06 — impromptu, Boris Charmatz © Patrick Secco

Dancers dressed in black on the forecourt of the Center Pompidou-Metz — 05 / 06 — impromptu, Boris Charmatz © Patrick Secco

Dancers on the forecourt of the Center Pompidou-Metz — 06 / 06 — impromptu, Boris Charmatz © Patrick Secco

about the artist

Boris Charmatz

In 2023, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels is supporting the choreographer Boris Charmatz for his creation Liberté Cathédrale and its presentation at Théâtre de la Ville and as part of the Biennale de la danse de Lyon. The initiative has also presented SOMNOLE in collaboration with NYU Skirball in New York.

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