Sons of Sissy
2016 - Director : Centre national de la danse, Réalisation
Choreographer(s) : Mayer, Simon (Austria)
Present in collection(s): Centre national de la danse , CN D - Spectacles et performances
Video producer : Centre national de la danse
Integral video available at CND de Pantin
Sons of Sissy
2016 - Director : Centre national de la danse, Réalisation
Choreographer(s) : Mayer, Simon (Austria)
Present in collection(s): Centre national de la danse , CN D - Spectacles et performances
Video producer : Centre national de la danse
Integral video available at CND de Pantin
Sons of Sissy
If you had to sum up this piece with one a word, it would be humour. The kind of humour, which, by being so astute, gives a radical effi- ciency to the ideas proposed by the dancersof this quartet. Traditional music plays, probably drawn from the folk music of Simon Mayer’s native Austria. Bodies free them- selves of all conventions, making way fora reinterpretation of traditions in which the choreographer redistributes roles and breaks with established models of masculinity.
Updating July 2016
Mayer, Simon
Simon Mayer, performer/dancer, choreographer and musician, born in 1984 in Austria, studied at the Vienna State Opera Ballet School and the Performing Arts, Research and Training Studios (P.A.R.T.S) in Brussels and was member of the Vienna State Opera Ballet. In 2009, he founded the band ”Rising halfmoon“ as singer, guitarist and songwriter. As dancer/choreographer and musician he was involved in productions of Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker/ ROSAS (“The Song“), Wim Vandekeybus (“Frisking“) and Zita Swoon. His choreographic repertoire includes solos, duets and group pieces that have been performed internationally (o feather of lead; dancing with the soundhobbyist/Zita Swoon; Monkeymind and others). Simon was Artist in Residence at Theatre de LL in Brussels and is the artistic director of the festival “SPIEL“, which he started together with his brothers and the club m-arts.
Source: website of Simon Mayer
Centre national de la danse, Réalisation
Since 2001, the National Center for Dance (CND) has been making recordings of its shows and educational programming and has created resources from these filmed performances (interviews, danced conferences, meetings with artists, demonstrations, major lessons, symposia specialized, thematic arrangements, etc.).
Sons of Sissy
Choreography : Simon Mayer
Interpretation : Simon Mayer, Matteo Haitzmann, Patric Redl, Manuel Wagner
Duration : 65 minutes
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