HOW ROMANTIC
Katerina Andreou | Carte Blanche
In 2026, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels is supporting the 80th edition of the Festival d'Avignon for the presentation of HOW ROMANTIC by Katerina Andreou with the Norwegian national company Carte Blanche.
A marathon with no finish line – a sprint towards something intangible.
HOW ROMANTIC is a deeply ironic commentary on how we experience struggles of life as a spectacle – both in their grand gestures and smallest details. We witness an intense marathon, echoing the dance marathons during the Great Depression in the US.
There are no winners or losers – only 14 seasoned dancers, in couples, alone, or as a herd of horses, negotiating their way through movement and sound in a relentless choreography. Through feats of strength, joy, and fatigue, they urge each other in an energetic mix of abandon and rigorous discipline. It’s a collision of order and chaos in a fevered search for something real.
HOW ROMANTIC creates space for reflection – on power and relations, intimacy, forced entertaining and maybe the role of love as the ultimate finishing line for any race, even when it feels unattainable.
Katerina Andreou
In 2026, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels is supporting Katerina Andreou for her upcoming creation, SHOUT TWICE, co-created with Mélissa Guex.
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Festival d’Avignon
In 2026, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels is supporting the 80th edition of the Festival d’Avignon for the presentation of 1 Degree Celsius by Sung Im Her, HOW ROMANTIC by Katerina Andreou and Carte Blanche, Muette by Boris Charmatz and Le pas du monde by the Collectif XY.
