Danse en images 2022

Program
Danse en Images 2022 Festival poster
2022年8月23日 - 26日 Partner Danse en images 2022

In 2022, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels is supporting Danse en Images, a new 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.

Discover the program, structured around five themes:

  • Fictional pieces
  • History of dance
  • Contemporary dance in China
  • Portraits
  • Must-see

 

Photo: © DR

Fictions

 

  • Via !, short film by Raphaëlle Delaunay and Jacques Gamblin,
  • The White Crow, directed by Ralph Fiennes.
close-up of a woman in profile, right arm extended, wearing a blue tank top and a white wig
01 / 02 — VIA !, short film by Raphaëlle Delaunay and Jacques Gamblin,
The White Crow film poster
02 / 02 — The White Crow, directed by Ralph Fiennes

History of Dance

 

  • Histoire de la danse moderne : d’Isadora Duncan à Martha Graham,
  • La Danse Performance,
  • Un regard sur la danse actuelle, directed by Centre National de la Danse - CN D.
Dancer performing the Serpentine Dance with flowing white veils
01 / 03 — Histoire de la danse moderne : d’Isadora Duncan à Martha Graham, themed montage directed by Centre National de la Danse
black and white photo of a woman with eyes closed, head resting on her shoulder
02 / 03 — La Danse Performance, a production of Centre National de la Danse
Man standing on one foot with arms raised
03 / 03 — Un regard sur la danse actuelle, directed by Centre National de la Danse - CN D.

Contemporary dance in China

 

  • Intergrate, by Shen Wei,
  • I didn’t say anything, by Lian Guodong and Lei Yan,
  • Dance with farm workers, by Wen Hui.
Dark auditorium with dancers dancing in square patches of light
01 / 03 — Intergrate, Shen Wei
Dancer on the ground with boxing gloves on her feet
02 / 03 — I Didn’t Say Anything, Lian Guodong and Lei Yan
shirtless farmers in a line, holding each other by the waist
03 / 03 — Dance with Farm Workers, Wen Hui

Portraits

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  • Le Triomphe de la Renommée, by Marie-Caroline Hominal,
  • Mourn, O Nature ! by Nino Laisné and François Chaignaud,
  • Récital aux Nymphéas, by François Chaignaud,
  • Sugar Dance, by Marie-Caroline Hominal,
  • O Comme Opéra, directed by Loren Denis, 
  • Patterns of Life, directed by Julien Prévieux,
  • Portrait of Étoile Alice Renavand, directed by the “3e Scène” program – Opéra de Paris,
  • Corps Extrêmes, choreographed by Rachid Ouramdane,
  • Lucinda Childs, a documentary directed by Patrick Bensard,
  • Maguy Marin ou Comment Dire, Portraits collection,
  • Solitude(s) de Mathilde Monnier, Portraits collection.
masked woman seated, one arm resting on the parapet of a theatre loge
01 / 11 — Le triomphe de la Renommée, Marie-Caroline Hominal
man in antique garb with a golden crown, red toga and gold cuffs
02 / 11 — Mourn, o nature !, Nino Laisné and François Chaignaud
woman dancing in front of Claude Monet’s Nymphéas
03 / 11 — Récital aux Nymphéas, François Chaignaud
Man wearing a red jacket and yellow pants, his back to woman playing the trombone
04 / 11 — Sugar Dance, Marie-Caroline Hominal
Portrait of Alice Renavand
05 / 11 — Portrait of Étoile Alice Renavand, short film produced as part of the "3e Scène” program
Dancers in white on the roof of the Paris Opera
06 / 11 — O Comme Opéra, short film produced as part of the "3e Scène” program, Loren Denis
Man facing upstage wearing lights on his costume on a stage bathed in red light
07 / 11 — Patterns of Life, short film produced as part of the "3e Scène” program, Julien Prévieux
Dancer in the air in Corps extrêmes by Rachid Ouramdane
08 / 11 — Corps Extrêmes, choreography by Rachid Ouramdane
portrait of Lucinda Childs
09 / 11 — Lucinda Childs, documentary by Patrick Bensard
Dancers dressed in white on a dark stage
10 / 11 — Maguy Marin ou comment dire, Portraits collection
Dancers in Solitude(s) de Mathilde Monnier
11 / 11 — Solitude(s) de Mathilde Monnier, Portraits collection

Must-see

 

  • Interview with Dominique Brun on the Rite of Spring,
  • Tribute to Nijinsky: Afternoon of a Faun/Jeux (Games)/The Rite of Spring, choreographed by Dominique Brun,
  • Rosas Danst Rosas, by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker,
  • Nijinska | Voilà la Femme, choreographed by Dominique Brun.
portrait of Dominique Brun
01 / 04 — Interview with Dominique Brun on The Rite of Spring
dancers in a circle lifting a female dancer lying on the back
02 / 04 — Tribute to Nijinsky, choreography by Dominique Brun
three women seated on chairs with their right arm raised
03 / 04 — Rosas Danst Rosas, choreographed by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and directed by Thierry de Mey
dancers in Nijinska | Voilà la Femme by Dominique Brun
04 / 04 — Nijinska | Voilà la femme, Dominique Brun