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Danse en images 2023

Program
Poster Danse en images
Dec 7th - 9th, 2023
French Institute of Beijing
Danse en images 2023

In 2023, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels is supporting Danse en Images, a 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.

This year's curator, Liu Chun, proposes a conversation between the body, time, history and culture, under the theme " Quand la danse me parle " ("When dance speaks to me"). The rich and varied program explores both the history of the discipline and the latest developments in contemporary dance, and features the " Collection portraits " series from the Centre national de la danse (CN D), which takes a retrospective look at the history of contemporary dance, highlighting the great choreographers of our time (Lucinda Childs, Maguy Marin, Cindy Van Acker, Fanny de Chaillé, etc.). Choreographic works by Chinese dancers such as WANG Mei, WANG Yabin and SHEN Yingying are also presented. In addition, a video program featuring French and Chinese choreographers (Noé Soulier, Leïla Ka, TANG Shiyi, HU Shenyuan, etc.) is shown in the "black box".

Discover the program taking place in the Auditorium and Black Box of the Institut français de Pékin:

Auditorium

Thursday, December 7 

19:00 - 19:15 Opening
19:15 - 20:30    

  • SHEN Yingying by Shen Yingying ( 4’) 
  • Möbius by Compagnie XY, show captation (62’) 

 

Friday, December 8 

14:00 - 15:50 

  • Danser l’espace, CN D historical and thematic montages ( 44’) 
  • Danse traditionnelle contemporaine, CN D historical and thematic montages ( 50’) 

15:50 - 17:30 

  • Round table*: New archives and the renewal of dance histor (90’) 
    Speakers: Liu Xiaozhen, Wang Mei, Liu Chun, Tian Miao 

* Round-table discussion for a Chinese-speaking audience   

19:30 - 20:45   

  • X.Y. by Zhu Xing and Zhu Yue (4’) 
  • Le Grand Sot by Marion Motin, show captation (70’) 

  

Saturday, December 9 

13:00 - 15:00 

  • Lucinda Childs, getting things moving, CN D Portrait Collection (30’) 
  • Dance in images, stories in dance, documentary (52’) 
  • Maguy Marin, or how to say, CN D Portrait Collection ( 30’) 

15:30 - 17:30 

  • Cindy Van Acker, geometrically ours, CN D Portrait Collection (30’) 
  • Fanny de Chaillé, the gap, CN D Portrait Collection (30’) 
  • Corps perdu by Xu Yiming ( 24’)   

19:00 - 20:10  

  • Transcender by Wang Yabin (2’) 
  • Zéphyr by Mourad Merzouki, show captation ( 70’) 
Portrait of SHEN Yingying
01 / 12 — Portrait of SHEN Yingying © SHEN Yingying
Four men in black catch a fifth man in mid-air in the snow.
02 / 12 — « Möbius », Compagnie XY © Pascal Cholette
Two women in tank tops, one with a round paper over her face, the other with a rectangular paper.
03 / 12 — « X.Y. », Zhu Xing and Zhu Yue © Zhu Xing
moving dancers on stage with bathing caps and swimming goggles on their heads
04 / 12 — « Le Grand Sot », Marion Motin © Christophe Raynaud de Lage
Portrait of Lucinda Childs
05 / 12 — Portrait of Lucinda Childs © Cameron Wittig
Four women in the countryside, black and white photo
06 / 12 — Danse of images, histoires en danses © Danse en images
Portrait of Maguy Marin
07 / 12 — Portrait of Maguy Marin © Tim Douet
Portrait of Cindy van Acker
08 / 12 — Portrait of Cindy van Acker © S. Lunker
Portrait of Fanny de Chaillé
09 / 12 — Portrait of Fanny de Chaillé
Man lying on the back of a small plane
10 / 12 — « Corps perdu », Xu Yiming © Xu Yiming
woman flying a large white cloth by the sea.
11 / 12 — « Transcender », Wang Yabin © Wang Yabin
Man from behind looking at a woman in a large dress twice his height, reddish ambiance.
12 / 12 — « Zéphyr », Mourad Merzouki © Benoîte Fanton

Blackbox

Samedi 9 décembre 

13:00 - 16:00 

Atelier de danse tout public avec Nacera Belaza 
(Atelier en français avec traduction en chinois) 

 

Diffusion en boucle 

Jeudi 7 décembre : 15:00 - 19:00 
Vendredi 8 décembre : 14:00 - 17:30  
Samedi 9 décembre 10:00 - 13:00 / 16:00 - 17:30  

  • L'Envol de Nacera Belaza (20’) 
  • Pode Ser de Leïla Ka (9’) 
  • Fragments de Noé Soulier (17’) 
  • Guiyi d’Ou Siwei (7’) 
  • L’épée de la rivière de l'Ouest de Liu Chun ( 4’) 
  • Chute de Hu Shenyuan ( 2’) 
  • Fantaisie Hivernale de Yu Erge ( 5’) 
Portrait of Nacera Belaza
01 / 08 — Portrait of Nacera Belaza © Isabellle Lévy-Lehmann
Face and arm raised in the half-light
02 / 08 — « L’Envol », Nacera Belaza © Vincent Moon
Dancer turning in a dress in the middle of a room with a large chandelier.
03 / 08 — « Pode Ser », Leïla Ka © Blogothèque
Close-up of two dancers intertwined in their movements.
04 / 08 — « Fragments », Noé Soulier © Cndc
A group of dancers in traditional dress with a red scarf.
05 / 08 — « Guiyi », Ou Siwei © Ou Siwei
Woman dancing with a sword in digital scenery.
06 / 08 — « L’épée de la rivière de l'Ouest », Liu Chun © Zhang Xi Dan
Man encased in a square of concrete
07 / 08 — « Chute », Hu Shenyuan © Hu Shenyuan
Trees with white trunks in winter at the water's edge
08 / 08 — « Fantaisie Hivernale », Yu Erge © Yu Erge