10000 gestures
Boris Charmatz
In 2026, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels is supporting the Théâtre de la Ville and Chaillot - Théâtre national de la Danse for the presentation of 10000 gestures by Boris Charmatz as part of Chaillot Nomade, Chaillot's off-site programming.
Boris Charmatz envisions a “choreographic forest in which no dancer ever repeats any of the gestures, each of which will be shown only once and will vanish as soon as it has been executed, like an ode to the impermanence of the art of dance.
In 10000 gestures, it is the ephemeral taken to the extreme that engenders the gaze and the thought of the spectator. The chaos of expenditure is so perfect that it vergers on immobility.
10000 gestures constitutes a choreographic anti-museum aiming to explore the means of escaping the instinct and the strategies of preservation at work in the activity of a dancer… It will be matter of exploring the possibility that one gesture is never completed by another. Each dancer executes a gesture distinguished from those of others through the exclusion of any symmetrical movement: in this piece, it is impossible to shake someone’s hand”.
Boris Charmatz
In 2026, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels is supporting the upcoming creation of Boris Charmatz, Muette, and its presentation at Festival d'Avignon, at Romaeuropa Festival, at Chaillot - Théâtre national de la Danse.
Dance Reflections is also supporting the Théâtre de la Ville and Chaillot - Théâtre national de la Danse for the presentation of 10000 gestures by Boris Charmatz as part of Chaillot Nomade, Chaillot's off-site programming.
About the partners
Chaillot - Théâtre national de la Danse
In 2026, Dance Reflections is supporting Chaillot - Théâtre national de la Danse for the presentation of several shows in the framework of the season 2026-2027.
Théâtre de la Ville
In 2025, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels is supporting the Théâtre de la Ville for the presentation of eight shows during the season of 25-26. In 2026, Dance Reflections is also supporting the Théâtre de la Ville for the co-production of two shows by Gregory Maqoma: Bantu and Genesis, and for the upcoming tour in China of Robert Wilson's Mary Said What She Said.
