Vivace

With enthusiasm!

It starts with a Madison, a lively little line dance that’s a star on the dance floor.
But Vivace then surprises us: set to pop, baroque, and electro music with consistently lively rhythms, the choreography unfolds in an astonishing musical and gestural journey. It should be noted that Vivace is the word used in music to describe a rapid pulse (also referred to as “lively”). It is also used to name plants that are constantly striving to survive…
Overwhelmed by rhythm and momentum, the dancers become the living bodies of a new species, full of vitality, determination, and persistence.

Nathalie Yokel, July 2018

OASES commissions and produces dance pieces that can be performed anywhere, reaching out to residents in a wide variety of areas. These pieces reflect our desire to bring dance to spaces and areas that are not usually associated with choreography. With an extraordinary variety of expressions, they are all-terrain and designed to take over village halls and squares as well as historic monuments, parks, and tourist sites. With the powerful idea that by leaving its reserved spaces, contemporary dance will reach out to the population.

Creation, choreography, lighting Alban Richard

Created in collaboration with the performers Anthony Barréri, Yannick Hugron

Performers Anthony Barréri and Constance Diard or Yannick Hugron (alternating)

Music Playlist of music excerpts ranging from baroque to pop, traditional music to electronic music, with tempos varying from 132 to 170 beats per minute

Lighting design Enrique Gomez

Costumes Christelle Barré

Choreographic assistant Daphne Mauger

Advisor on functional analysis of the body in dance movement Nathalie Schulmann

Stage management (alternating) Florent Bauruelle, Nicolas Bordes, Jérôme Houles, or Valentin Pasquet

COLLECTION TOUT-TERRAIN DE OASES

Production delegated by the “Centre Chorégraphique National de Caen en Normandie”
Co-production by the Department of La Manche
With the support of the Mont-Saint-Michel – Normandie Urban Community
This creation benefited from the Manche Department’s “ Artists in Residence in Artistic Education Institutions” program.