La Bête
2018 - Director : Centre national de la danse, Réalisation
Choreographer(s) : Schwartz, Wagner (Brazil)
Present in collection(s): Spectacles et performances
Video producer : Centre national de la danse
Integral video available at CND de Pantin
La Bête
2018 - Director : Centre national de la danse, Réalisation
Choreographer(s) : Schwartz, Wagner (Brazil)
Present in collection(s): Spectacles et performances
Video producer : Centre national de la danse
Integral video available at CND de Pantin
La Bête
For this interactive and participatory solo, Wagner Schwartz is reactivating the famous figure of the Bicho (or “Beast”), the adjustable metal sculpture which the Brazilian artist Lygia Clark produced as a series in the early 1960s. The performer begins by manipulating a plastic replica of the original object, and playing with its system of hinges, before inviting the audience to do likewise, this time with a different kind of beast: his own naked body. Over and above a homage to this visual artist and the addition of Neo-Concretism to the history of body art, The Beast brings about a shift between two types of plasticity (in art / life) so as to examine the intimacy of this reified body, which thus becomes as instrumental as one of Clark’s Bichos. In this performance, Wagner Schwartz extends his reflection on the relationship with the Other, and the Outsider, by organising a resolutely head-on encounter with the public, under the sign of tactility.
Schwartz, Wagner
Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1972, Wagner Schwartz lives and works between São Paulo and Paris. After studying modern literature, he participated in several groups of choreographic research and experimentation in South America and Europe. He has created eight pieces since 2003, for which he has been awarded several prizes, and has also danced for Rachid Ouramdane, Sheila Ribeiro, Yves- Noël Genod or Pierre Droulers. He has recently collaborated with the filmmakers Judith Cahen and Masayasu Eguchi.
Centre national de la danse, Réalisation
La Bête
Artistic direction / Conception : Wagner Schwartz
Interpretation : Wagner Schwartz
Artistic consultancy / Dramaturgy : Maíra Spanghero
Lights : Diego Gonçalves
Settings : Objet : Réplique de la structure de Bicho de Lygia Clark
Technical direction : Diego Gonçalves
Production / Coproduction of the choreographic work : Avec le soutien du Forum International de Danse (FID).
Duration : 55 minutes
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