Soirée d’études – Cassiel Gaube

> 3 performers | Duration : 40 min | France & Belgium

Soirée d’études explores the rich vocabulary of house dance in a series of studies that are constantly evolving and expanding. In this piece, Cassiel Gaube extends the research set out in his solo Farmer Train Swirl – Étude. An étude, in the musical sense of the term, is a composition intended to explore the possibilities of a particular technique and to experiment with it, which is similar to the practice of house dance. Drawing on recognised movements, the dancer looks for variations on these steps and inventive ways of articulating them. This shared knowledge enables people to read each other’s movements. In collaboration with dancers experienced in street dance, Gaube seeks to reveal the literacy that this practice requires and conveys.

Choreographer: Cassiel Gaube | Performers: Cassiel Gaube, Alesya Dobysh, Waithera Schreyeck | Dramaturgy: Liza Baliasnaja, Matteo Fargion, Manon Santkin, Jonas Rutgeerts | Sound: Marius Pruvot | Technical support and lighting: Luc Schaltin | Production: Hiros | Distribution: ART HAPPENS

Because I Can – Eva Recacha

> Solo | Duration: 50 min | United Kingdom

Because I Can is a delicate dance solo created by Eva Recacha in collaboration with performer Lauren Potter and sound artist Alberto Ruiz Soler, which explores notions of power, memory and ageing. The piece is a poetic stream of consciousness in which memories circulate and escape us, leaving a delicate fragrance of nostalgia and loss. The audience sees the performer revisit various memories, her presence becoming an ode to a quiet but liberating rebellion that transforms intimacy into a tower of power.

Choreography: Eva Recacha (in collaboration with Lauren Potter) | Performance: Lauren Potter | Sound and lighting design: Alberto Ruiz Soler | Text: Lauren Potter, Eva Recacha & Alberto Ruiz Soler | Voiceovers: Lauren Potter, Lottie Pendlebury & Molly Pendlebury | Dramaturgical accompaniment: Amanda Recacha | Production Manager: Ben Moon | Producer: Eva Recacha | Commissioned by : The Place & South East Dance