Danse

Through a repertoire that spans eras and cultures, the COSU explores the close links between music, dance and movement.

Dance and music can each flourish on their own, but when they meet, they merge into a single impulse: to mark time and to inhabit it. This dialogue is the thread of a programme conceived as a dance in four movements. It first considers how today's music takes hold of the dances of yesterday and, with them, the memory of danced movement. The concert then becomes an invitation to dance, before travelling through musical folklore: everywhere, music and dance accompany festivals, rites and gatherings. From Slovenia to the Samoan islands, from Norwegian slåtter to Indian konnakol, these collective practices pass through the generations and nourish contemporary creation. And because one must, after all, dance, the fourth movement belongs to the body, our first instrument. Gesture becomes rhythm, the voice becomes percussion, in a quest for what, within movement, can become sonic material.

Gjermund Larsen / arr. Gunnar Eriksson Polonese

Jean-Christophe Rosaz Eternal Bach

Diane Cassini & Timothée Bachimont Le Temps d'une danse (création)

Gjermund Larsen Solistvals

Javier Busto Sagastipean

Allah Rakha Rahman / arr. Ethan Sperry Jai Ho!

Robert T. Gibson Dance!

Jean-Christophe Rosaz Chanson sans parole

Heitor Villa-Lobos Duas Lendas Ameríndias em Nheengatu

Trad. samoan / arr. Christopher Marshall Minoi, Minoi

Trad. scandinave / arr. Jim Daus Hjernøe

Seidamadei Laura Jēkabsone Father Thunder

Lisa Young Ben Robertson, Tha Thin Tha

Samo Vovk Ta na Solbici

Chœur Sorbonne Université

Frédéric Pineau direction