Valvesali
Fri 12.9. at 19
Audience discussion
GO! is a game between two men, who meet and challenge each other through their own martial arts. With each new game, they learn to know each other, to control, to surpass each other. Each learns from the other, his strengths and limits, without being a winner or a loser. Your opponent has to be a partner who must be respected, if you want to continue to play.
GO! is at the crossroads of contemporary dance, martial arts and digital technology. In a choreography impregnated by the martial practice of the two dancers, these universes meet and mix to create a duet that combines humour, precision of gesture and beauty of movement, suitable for the whole family.
Choreographic composition: Jennifer Gohier | In collaboration with: Youri de Gussem, Ville Oinonen | Performers: Youri de Gussem, Ville Oinonen | Composer: Gilles Sornette | Lighting and video designer: Nico Tremblay | Dramaturgy: Ville Kurki | Production: Corps In Situ /ARTEZIA asbl| Co-production: Escher Theater, Rotondes Luxembourg, Cité Musicale (Metz) | Partners and support: TROIS C-L Maison pour la danse, Région Grand Est, DRAC Grand Est, La Machinerie 54 Homécourt, JoJo – Oulu Dance Centre, Vauban, Ecole et Lycée Français de Luxembourg, Fondation Sommer Luxembourg, Théâtre du Marché aux Grains Bouxwiller, Karukera Ballet Guadeloupe, Ministère de la Culture du Grand, Duché de Luxembourg | Production of the visit: JoJo – Oulu Dance Centre | Duration: 35 min | Age recommendation: 7+
At the beginning, GO! was a research project. The initial idea was to bring together two friends, professional dancers who practice martial arts at a high level, in a dance studio and see what could happen in the human encounter, the exchange of their martial and artistic practices. Above all, I was curious and intrigued by the physicality of martial arts, the beauty of gesture, the energy and precision of movement, and how it could feed their own dance.
When the dancers met, something happened from the first day and they quickly developed a complicity through their arts (dance and martial) but also by gaming and joking until becoming friends in and out of the studio. This gradually led to the idea of transforming this research project into a creation for young audiences.
The choreography was created in close collaboration with the dancers, who, thanks to their martial skills, were able to enrich and nourish the dance movement through improvisation, which then came to a written choreography, for which Gilles Sornette composed the music and Nico Tremblay a digital set design using lights and video mapping.
Jennifer Gohier, choreographer
Jennifer Gohier is a dancer and choreographer currently leading the company Corps In Situ. She was classically trained in ballet at the Angers Conservatoire and the Ballet du Nord School and joined the Ballet de l’Opéra Thréâtre de Metz Métropole in 2005. Today, she performs with Martine Waniowsky’s theatre company “Les Bestioles”. In parallel with her artistic career, she trained in the production and administration of the performing arts at AGECIF Paris and the House of Training in Luxembourg. She coordinated the professional training program at TROIS CL Maison pour la danse from 2016 to 2019 and, since 2023, is involved for the “Premières Scènes” program at the ESAL Metz music and dance center as professionalization coach. Holder of a state dance teacher’s diploma since 2010, she also works as a guest choreographer and teacher in various schools and choreographic institutions.
Ville Oinonen started training karate before his career in dance, and has represented Finland in international competitions with the Finnish national team. In 2006, after four years of studying at the Kuopio Academy of Music and Dance, he got a degree in Dance pedagogy (BA). During his studies, he was already engaged in professional dance productions with Routa Company. Oinonen went on to dance for Dance Theatre MD and freelance with Helena Franzén, Glims & Gloms Dance Company, Karttunen Kollektiv, Kosei Sakamoto and Anu Sistonen. In 2018, Oinonen launched The Days Project with Maria Nurmela, created in collaboration with British choreographer Theo Clinkard, that tours internationally to this day.
Youri De Gussem started hip hop dance at the age of 11. He studied contemporary dance and ballet at the Athénée Royal des Beaux Arts of Brussels and obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in contemporary dance from the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp directed by Iris Bouche. As a professional dancer, Youri worked with many choreographers such as Willie Dorner, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Jean Guillaume Weis, Ricardo Ambrozio, Sarah Baltzinger and Marie Martinez. He is involved as dancer in Corps In Situ’s company projects since 2019. In parallel, he has developed his own artistic skill as well as the company Zemiata in collaboration with choreographer and dancer Julie Querre.
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