CND – Centre nationale de la danse
CPR – Center for Performance Research
Draf – David Roberts Art Foundation
Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporaine
Les Laboratoires d’Aubervilliers
Mercat de les flors – DanceHouse
MOCA – The Museum of Contemporary Art
Dec 2022 /Jan 2023
Gestation, meant as the advent of the gesture, the body happening as a corporeal being here and now in this world, has always been a key element, if not pivotal, of Nancy’s entire work, outlining the path and the evolution of his philosophy. Jean-Luc Nancy passed away about a month ago and it seems impossible for me not to put my fingers on the keyboard …
In CASCADE, Meg Stuart and seven dancers look for ways to resist the arrow of time. Meeting in structures of rhythmic complexity, they propel their bodies and imaginations into a new temporal space, envisioning a new earth and rebalancing inevitable outcomes. They go in search of a secret passage, a future playground, a sanctuary. This is a place of wavering rules and where any guiding principles …