…performance, piano/forte,periphery, pieces and fragments, photograph, feeble process, post fake, pastpresentfuture...
pf, pf is a choreographic performance involving a trio of dancers (Damien Briançon, Audrey Gaisan Doncel, and Marie Orts), an original quadriphonic sound score by Charlotte Imbault, a lighting design by Christophe Cardoen.
Formal relationships between performers, space, and sound are sometimes direct, sometimes ambiguous. There are high contrasts: long stillnesses / vigorous dancing; introspection / projection through space; mute dance / noisy body; invisible singing dancers.
pf, pf embraces the legendary feeling of “not understanding a thing” in contemporary dance, in order to transform each spectator’s sensitive perceptions into a treasure (Gold). Light, body, shadow, sound, language, silence and movement are all poetic elements that this dance employs to make sense of the world while building it.
During the parade of forms that is this dance today, we forge ahead patiently trying not to force a specific result. The performers slip between different realities and qualities of being. This produces something that holds the attention. One could describe this slipping as an antidote to the tyranny of the absolute. Thanks to these slippages, we are dimensional and not statues. Things breathe and morph. Silences and listening make way for the unknown.
We remain faithful to the precept that dance doesn't “say” anything specific in and of itself, but can powerfully inspire action. This new project is constructing its delicate self in a time of hideous abuses of power that cause anguish, violence, hatred and fear, but also bring to the fore crucial waves of inspiring human resistance.
As a performance-maker I believe that rising to the challenge of being true to my artistic questions, while living in this present, is essential to cultivating a more humane way of being together, where listening, observing, and imagining are precious intangible resources.
Concept and choreography DD Dorvillier
In collaboration with the performers Damien Briançon, Laura Kirshenbaum, Marie Orts, Audrey Gaisan Doncel
Sound composition Charlotte Imbault
Lighting design Christophe Cardoen
Production and administration Laura Aknin & Rémy Guillet
Calendar
March 31 to April 4 2025 : Research residency – La Fraternelle, Saint-Claude
April 21 to April 25 2025 : Research residency – La Fraternelle, Saint-Claude
November 9 to 14 2025 : Research residency – La Corvette, Évelle, Baubigny
December 11 to 14 2025 : Research residency – La Corvette, Évelle, Baubigny
February 16 to 18 2026 : Research residency – Le Dancing CDCN, Dijon
May 11 to 18 2026 : Residency – Les Ateliers du Milieu, Rouvres-sur-Aube (studio showing May 16, 2026)
June 9 to 13 2026 : Residency – Les Bazis, Sainte-Croix-Volvestre (studio showing June 13, 2026)
March 2027 : Residency – Le Dancing CDCN, Dijon
March 2027 : premiere – Le Dancing CDCN, Dijon (Art Danse festival)
Production human future dance corps
Partners and Residencies le Dancing CDCN Dijon Bourgogne–Franche-Comté ; la fraternelle – Maison du Peuple (Saint-Claude) ; les Bazis (Sainte-Croix-Volvestre) ; les Ateliers du milieu (Rouvres-sur-Aube) ; l’Office national de diffusion artistique (ONDA) dans le cadre du soutien pour les productions numériques complémentaires aux œuvres du spectacle vivant ; la région Bourgogne–Franche-Comté ; la DRAC Bourgogne–Franche-Comté.
