Sandrine Buring & Stéphane Olry / La Revue Éclair
Sandrine Buring and Stéphane Olry could have met in Palestine. The former worked there with the El-Hakawati company, the latter, accompanied by Corine Miret who co-directs La Revue Éclair with him, brought back video postcards of it. They could just as well have met a lot closer, on one of the paths through the fields that they both like to take. Because these two artists have one point in common: looking for the extraordinary at the next door neighbour's. With different means – the body and dance for one of them, the theatre, writing and video for the other – they each conduct their investigations on the human being, without worrying about compartments or borders. An independence that they doubtless asserted during their zigzagging itineraries and their often singular projects. Sandrine Buring started dancing at the age of 30 after training as a speech therapist. She had previously worked as a barmaid, florist and veterinary assistant. She deepened her knowledge and practice of the body with Mark Tompkins, Vera Montero, then worked with the SiPeuCirque, Filles d'Aplomb, Felix Rückert and Mandrake-Tomeo Vergès companies. At 18 years old, Stéphane Olry launched himself in the theatre, taking part in the adventure of the Usine Pali-Kao, an alternative and experimental venue in Paris, while writing for the cultural pages of Le Monde. In 1987, he founded La Revue Éclair, a melting pot of artistic encounters and experiences of all kinds, where he has multiplied collaborations.
RB, April, 2012