Repertory Ultima Vez
movement as a “theatrical act”

The workshop is based on the repertory of “What The Body Does Not Remember”, “Les Porteuses de mauvaises nouvelles”, and “The weight of a hand”.
The participants will explore and confront Ultima Vez’ energetic vocabulary through floorwork, partner and contact work and movement as a “theatrical act” rather than as a “technique”. They will experience “trusting” and “sharing”.



Composition
different types of theatricality

Muriel Hérault has been working with Ultima Vez, Rosas and Needcompany for the last 20 years. Those varied experiences connect and respond to each other coming together in an understanding of theatricality.
The workshop is directed towards people interested in movement “as a theatrical act”. The proposition will be to encourage an exchange between the different types of work of the above-mentionned companies, in order for each participant to compose his/her own material throughout the week. They will explore acting (as in the previous term ”theatrical act”), sharing and communicating, trusting themselves and the other, leading and following in order to develop their material into an articulate result.



Muriel Hérault
The French Muriel Hérault studied plastic arts in the first place, then dance at the Sorbonne University/ParisIV followed by her formation at the C.N.D.C. in Angers.
In 1988 she came to Belgium to work for Ultima Vez. Since then she is based in Brussels. She danced in “What the body does not remember” and participated in the creations of “Les porteuses de mauvaises nouvelles”, “The weight of a hand” and in the “Roseland” film. As assistant and tour director she was part of the revival of “Les porteuses de mauvaises nouvelles” in 2004/2005. She regularly gives Ultima Vez’s workshops.
In 1991 she joined Rosas to dance in “Achterland”, “Rosas danst Rosas” (revival) and participated in the creations of “Erts” and “Mozart.Concert Arias/Un moto di gioia”. For this last piece she was also rehearsal director in December 2006.
Between 1993 and 2005 she has been working with Needcompany. On the one hand she was part of Jan Lauwers’ “Orfeo”, “SnakeSong/le voyeur”, “Needcompany’s King Lear” and “Isabella’s room”. On the other hand she worked with Grace Ellen Barkey in “Tres”, “Stories(Histoires/Verhalen)”, “Rood Red Rouge” and “Few things”.