Musee de la danse
dal 17/10/2013 al 2/11/2013
Segnalato da
17/10/2013
Musee de la danse
The Museum of Modern Art - MoMA, New York
Three Collective Gestures. Choreographer Boris Charmatz emphasized the museum not only as a space for predetermined, scripted movement and exhibition, but also as a framing device for dance that redefines traditional notions of museums and collections. He brings a three-week dance program with three U.S. premiere performances: 20 Dancers for the XX Century, Levee des conflits and Flip Book.
Choreographer Boris Charmatz (French, b. 1973), in collaboration with his groundbreaking institution Musée de la danse, brings a three-week dance program to The Museum of Modern Art this fall. Musée de la danse: Three Collective Gestures takes place in the Donald B. and Catherine C. Marron Atrium and other spaces throughout the Museum over the course of three consecutive weekends, from October 18 through November 3, 2013. All three performances are U.S. premieres. 20 Dancers for the XX Century (2012/13) will be performed October 18–20; Levée des conflits (extended)/Suspension of Conflicts (Extended) (2010/13) will be performed October 25–27; and Flip Book (2008/13) will be performed November 1–3, with Friday performances to be live-streamed at MoMA.org/live.
In 2009, Charmatz became director of the Centre chorégraphique national de Rennes et de Bretagne in northwestern France. He promptly renamed it Musée de la danse (The Dancing Museum), in order to articulate the idea of dance divested of notions of “choreography,” “center,” and “national.” Through this gesture and his broader practice, Charmatz emphasized the museum not only as a space for predetermined, scripted movement and exhibition, but also as a framing device for dance that redefines traditional notions of museums and collections.
Over the past five years, Musée de la danse has functioned as a museum in progress, extending far beyond the space in Rennes and engaging dancers, artists, architects, and scholars from various contexts. For Musée de la danse: Three Collective Gestures, American and European dancers and performers engage in three different projects, each experimenting with different formats and re-imagining the function of dance and its relationship with the body, society, and the institution. The subtitle “Three Collective Gestures” suggests the importance of collaboration, participation, and transmission in all the three projects.
Organized by Ana Janevski, Associate Curator; with Martin Hartung, Curatorial Assistant; Leora Morinis, Curatorial Assistant; and Jill Samuels, Producer, Department of Media and Performance Art.
In collaboration with Boris Charmatz, Director; Sandra Neuveut, Deputy Director; and Martina Hochmuth, Production Director, Musée de la danse/Centre chorégraphique national de Rennes et de Bretagne.
The project is made possible by MoMA’s Wallis Annenberg Fund for Innovation in Contemporary Art through the Annenberg Foundation.
The Museum acknowledges support from the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States.
Additional funding is provided by the MoMA Annual Exhibition Fund.
Image: Musée de la danse. Flip Book. 2008. Concept: Boris Charmatz. Performed in 2012 in the Tanks, Tate Modern. Photo: Tate Photography, Gabrielle Fonseca Johnson. © Tate, London, 2013
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Media preview: Friday, October 18, 2013
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2
Boris Charmatz, Director, Musée de la danse, in conversation with Kathy Halbreich, Associate Director, MoMA, and Ana Janevski, Associate Curator, Department of Media and Performance Art, MoMA
12:00–5:00 p.m.
The Donald B. and Catherine C. Marron Atrium and other spaces throughout the Museum
U.S. premiere of 20 Dancers for the XX Century
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