EN* Together, Croizé and her dancers explore the early 20th century, a shifting period characterized by indecision and aesthetic change. In Chant éloigné Claire Croizé researches the concept of “ending”. Not only the end of an era (the 19th century) or the end of an artistic and musical movement (Romanticism), but also the ending of movement. Can you build up a performance with only final scenes and the intensity of last movements, where each scene is constantly related to the abandon of the group and of the space? Does not every end contain a new beginning?

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On a musical level the end of Romanticism definitely announces the beginning of Modernism. Webern’s and Schönberg’s early works are in a late Romantic style: they try to get rid of Romantic structure and patterns, but still keep some traces of it. At the same time the atonality, instability and fragmentation of the music reveal their unquestionable longing for a new era. Debussy’s music, known for its sensory component and its impressionism, also marks the transition to the modern era. Chant éloigné moves in the dimension of music that lies beyond the hearing and with those movements beyond the end that announces something to come.

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"… Chant éloigné offers a rich variety of musical and choreographic impressions, with beautiful interpretations by Liz Kinoshita, Cecilia Lisa Eliceche, Lisa Gunstone, Claire Godsmark and Claire Croizé herself." Pieter T’Jonck, De Morgen

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"Chant éloigné by Claire Croizé is a dance as colorful, marvellous and uncomprehensible as a sunset." Els Van Steenberghe, Knack

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Coreography

Claire Croizé
 

Dance

Claire Croizé,

Claire Godsmark,

Cecilia Lisa Eliceche,

Liz Kinoshita,

Lisa Gunstone
 

Light Design

Jan Maertens
 

Artistic advise

Etienne Guillotea

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Images

Herman Sorgeloos

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Musical Advice

Alain Franco
 

Costumes

Britt Angé

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Production manager

Cinzia Maroni

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Co-production

Action Scénique, 

Kunstencentrum STUK/30CC,

Kunstencentrum BUDA, 

Cultuurcentrum Kortrijk,

Jardin d’Europe

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Presented in

Belgium:

Leuven - STUK/30CC,

Hasselt - CC, 

Neerpelt - Takt Dommelhof,

Beveren - cc Ter Vesten,

Geel - de Werft,

Kortrijk - Schouwburg

 

France:

Armentières - Le Vivat,

Echirolles - La Rampe

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With the support of the Flemish Community and the Culture programme of the European Union

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