Energeia: When Drawings Dance
Updated: Feb 12, 2024
MULTIMEDIA PERFORMANCE
Artistic Direction & Drawings :
Natalia STEPANOVA
Choreography :
Sylvie PAGENAUD
Costumes Design:
Marie-Claire Bevar
Composer:
Manuel WANDJI
Danse Performers:
Joseph SANOU
Dominique REY
Energeia" project I 2014-2015 I A magic connexion between drawing and dancing body
A Multimedia Performance
The "Energeia" project is a multimedia spectacle that combines three artistic forms: drawing, video, and dance (inspired by African, modern jazz, and urban dance).
At the Origin of the Work
Inspired by characters from diverse cultures and beliefs in a state of trance, a series of large charcoal canvases (2m*1.5m) shape the scenic space and are an integral part of the scenario, giving birth to the main characters.
An International Creation
Resulting from a collaboration between French and Swiss artists, the performance draws its inspiration from traditional African dance forms and European and Japanese subcultures (cyber-goths, steam punks, ethnofuturism). Energeia shows the fundamental link that unites these movements and explores the magical and energetic relationship between drawing and the dancing body.
Danse Energeia Danse Energeia Danse Energeia Natalia_Stepanova_Smikai_Energeia Sketch for the performance At the theatre Manuel Wandji working on Energeia Sylvie Pagenaud - choregraphy work Manuel Wandji working on Energeia Rehearsals Exhibiting the drawings for rehearsa Screen Shot 2014-11-05 at 18.27.17
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