What

Compagnie Thor will be back just in time for spring with a performance designed to enable us to forget for some fifty minutes all those difficult moments we’ve experienced over recent months. Created in June 2021 at Théâtre Varia, this piece was conceived in the wake of the pandemic’s traumatic experience, whose international scale is unparalleled. Notwithstanding its impact, we have all witnessed human beings’ outright determination to remain in touch with each other and to create links. And, all of this without losing sight of the desire to get together again as soon as possible.

 

 

 

Summertime is at once an opportunity created for us to reunite and a research project whose core themes are solar and chromatic warmth, the amplitude of movement, and the human relationships nourished by them. Here we have a choreography that reflects carefreeness and happiness, a true balm to the heart for each and every one of us.

Accustomed to contemporary creations straddling dance and performance, Thierry Smits here proposes a momentous return to a choreography focused on movement. To realize this, he has assembled a top-notch team who are not new to live performance. This piece has been created for five dancers and five musicians who come to us from both sides of Europe, bringing together seven nationalities.

Two additional elements play a crucial role: light and colour, the key scenographic elements. Musicians and dancers move around on an eye-catching white carpet, whose reflection of light contributes to creating a vibrant and radiant universe.

The radiant energy emanating from the piece is underpinned by a musical creation directly inspired by a baroque repertoire. The ancient sonorities that accompany the dancers’ bodies and movements will be interpreted by “The WIG Society Chamber Music Ensemble” quintet, while at other times enwrapped in Jean-François Lejeune’s thoroughly contemporary electronic compositions.

Co-production with Charleroi danse, La Coop asbl and Shelter Prod, Théâtre-Varia with the assistance of taxshelter.be, ING and the tax shelter of the Belgian federal government.

 

To come

DATE CONTENU
2024/02/02 02.02.2024
20:00
Centre Culturel de Huy, Huy
Réservations
 

Dates

Compagnie Thor will be back just in time for spring with a performance designed to enable us to forget for some fifty minutes all those difficult moments we’ve experienced over recent months. Created in June 2021 at Théâtre Varia, this piece was conceived in the wake of the pandemic’s traumatic experience, whose international scale is unparalleled. Notwithstanding its impact, we have all witnessed human beings’ outright determination to remain in touch with each other and to create links. And, all of this without losing sight of the desire to get together again as soon as possible.

 

DATE CONTENU
2021/06/18 18 > 29.06.2021 20:30 Théâtre Varia Brussels
2022/03/29 29.03.2022 20:30 Studio Thor Brussels
2022/03/30 30.03.2022 19:30 Studio Thor Brussels
2022/03/31 31.03 > 02.04.2022 20:30 Studio Thor Brussels
2022/04/07 07 > 09.04.2022 20:30 Studio Thor Brussels
2022/04/14 14 > 16.04.2022 20:30 Studio Thor Brussels
2022/07/08 08 > 09.07.2022 18:00 Waux-Hall Mons
2024/02/02 02.02.2024 20:00 Centre Culturel de Huy Huy

Distribution

— Chorégraphie

Thierry Smits

— Danseur.euse.s

Giada Castoni, Victoria Kennett, Nelson Reguera, Alessandro Sollima, Dries Verstreepen

— Musicien.ne.s

The WIG Society Chamber Music Ensemble : Elias Bartholomeus, Matteo Gemolo, Conor Gricmanis, Blanca Prieto, Lisa Schweiger

— Assistant chorégraphe

Vincenzo Carta

— Création costumes

Stefania Assandri

 

— Assistanat création costumes et habillage

Miguel Peñaranda-Olmeda

— Création sonore

Jean-François Lejeune

— Création lumière et construction

Ralf Nonn

— Création lumière et construction

Ralf Nonn

— Régie lumière

Bruno Gilbert

 

— Administration et production

Emilie Wacker

— Stagiaire

Andréa Forés

— Communication et média

Stagiaire : Zoé Chantry. Relations média : BeCulture. Graphisme : Kidnap your designer.

— Création 2021

Production : Compagnie Thor. Coproduction : Charleroi danse, La Coop asbl et Shelter Prod, Théâtre Varia. Avec le soutien de taxshelter.be, ING et du tax shelter du gouvernement fédéral belge.

— La Compagnie Thor est soutenue par

La Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles/Direction Générale de la culture - Service Général des Arts de la Scène - Service de la Danse

 

Videos

Summertime | Trailer