It was only at last year’s festival that Soa Ratsifandrihana took the Volkstheater stage for the great Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, showing off both her technical precision and electrifying presence in Fase, Four Movements to the Music of Steve Reich. This year, her solo introduces us to her talent as a choreographer: g r o o v e is a dialogue with two musicians, Sylvain Darrifourcq and Alban Murenzi, and their very different soundscapes. How can dance conduct such a varied conversation “while remaining faithful to its own temporality”? Dance styles like the Madagascan Afindrafindrao and the Madison are picked up and recomposed to form a unique and exacting movement language – “a continuous game of things that are tied and untied”.
Concept, choreography and performance: Soa Ratsifandrihana
Music: Sylvain Darrifourcq and Alban Murenzi
Costume design: Coco Petitpierre
Costume design assistance: Anne Tesson
Lighting design: Marie-Christine Soma
Sound: Guilhem Angot
Outside view and archiving: Valérianne Poidevin
Outside view: Thi-Mai Nguyen
Stage management: Suzanna Bauer
Production and touring: ama brussels
Co-production: ama brussels (BE), Charleroi danse (BE), La Place de la Danse – CDCN Toulouse Occitanie (FR), Mars – Mons arts de la scène (BE), Workspacebrussels (BE), Atelier 210 (BE), T2G – Théâtre de Gennevilliers (FR) and La Soufflerie – Scène conventionnée de Rezé (FR)
With the help of Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles – Service de la Danse (BE) and Wallonie-Bruxelles International (BE)
Supported by CNDC – Angers (FR), PointCulture (BE), ILES asbl (BE), GC De Kriekelaar (BE), Fabbrica Europa – PARC Performing Arts Research Centre (IT), Kaaitheater (BE) and Centre national de la danse (FR)
