Claudia the Virgin

  • Vive le sujet !
  • Dance

Zoé Lakhnati

Together, Zoé, dancer, and Claudia, athlete, turn their bodies into a laboratory for transformation. In their dance, myths and images intertwine and weave together, before giving way to the elusive. 

Vive le sujet ! Tentatives, Série 1 – Claudia the Virgin, Zoé Lakhnati © Nassim Baddag

Presentation

Zoé Lakhnati invites Claudia Atletica, an athlete and body builder, to join her on stage. Together, they explore the body as a tool of transformation. Their dance becomes a laboratory of mythical figures: Claudia becomes the Virgin Mary, while Zoé watches over her like a bodyguard, until everything shifts. A duo that makes the elusive visible, between unexpected images and the blurred zones of in-betweennes

무용수 조에와 운동선수 클라우디아는 함께, 신체를 다양한 변형이 가능한 하나의 실험실처럼 다룬다. 그들의 움직임 속에서 신화와 이미지는 미끄러지듯 뒤섞이며, 포착할 수 없는 미지의 영역으로 나아간다. 

Distribution

With Claudia Atletica, Zoé Lakhnati
Choreography Zoé Lakhnati
Artistic collaboration Claudia Atletica
Choreographic assistant Nassim Baddag
Music Paul JF Fleury
Production, touring and artistic support Anouk Dupont-Seignour
Administration Émilie Dezeuze

Production

Production StudioCrash
Coproduction SACD, Festival d’Avignon, Ménagerie de Verre (Paris)
With the support of Académie de France à Rome – Villa Médicis, Ménagerie de Verre (Paris), KLAP Maison pour la danse (Marseille), P.A.R.T.S. (Brussels)
Acknowledgements Xtrem Gym Marseille

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