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Deep Water

Grégoire Schaller, Arthur Hoffner

In 2023, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels is supporting the Ménagerie de verre for the staging of Deep Water by Grégoire Schaller and Arthur Hoffner, as part of Les Inaccoutumés Festival 2023.

In a space resembling a cross between home and a dance studio, a weightlifter practices his amateur workout routines. In the course of the performance, he sets in motion a series of fountains composed of rainwater collection barrels, offering viewers a flowing, cascading spectacle. Surrounded by his weightlifting trophies, posters displaying his image and that of his athletic idols, gleaming pipes, natural and artificial sponges, as well as a pile of pumice, he fashions his body as an object. Within his “water closet,” he lifts, manhandles and embraces the maternal contours of his vessels, all the while wielding accessories linked to the water circuit: funnels, tubes and baby bottles. And as the show unfolds, he ultimately becomes a fountain himself.



Photo: © Philippe Lucchese

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About the Artists

Grégoire Schaller

In 2023, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels is supporting the Ménagerie de verre for the presentation of Ordeal by Water by Anna Chirescu and Grégoire Schaller, for Les Inaccoutumés Festival 2023.

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Arthur Hoffner

In 2023, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels is supporting the Ménagerie de verre for the staging of Deep Water by Grégoire Schaller and Arthur Hoffner, as part of Les Inaccoutumés Festival 2023.

 

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About the partner

Poster of Les Inaccoutumés Spring 2025

La Ménagerie de verre - Les Inaccoutumés

In 2025, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels is supporting the Ménagerie de Verre as part of Les Inaccoutumés Spring Festival 2025.

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