DIG: Gisèle Vienne (FR) | Crowd

Part of Dance International Glasgow 

SCOTTISH PREMIERE

The stage is covered in soil and debris. 15 performers move together amidst a chaotic dance party. Euphoric, exhilarated, their movements are masterfully slowed down and stylised, they are a crowd, but each dancer is also an individual with their own narrative. Moments of love and violence, intimacy and aversion emerge amid the collective frenzy. The audience is invited to ‘compose’ their experience of the Crowd by choosing whose unfolding stories they choose to follow, in a piece which explores the relationship between individual and collective emotions. The spectacular and powerful performance is the latest by renowned choreographer Gisèle Vienne.

ACCESS: Both performances will be Audio Described by EJ McHenry. This production is particularly good for Subpacs

Conception, choreography and scenography Gisèle Vienne

Co-producers : Nanterre-Amandiers, centre dramatique national, Maillon, Théâtre de Strasbourg - Scène européenne, Wiener Festwochen, manège, scène nationale – reims, Théâtre national de Bretagne, Centre Dramatique National Orléans, Loiret, Centre, La Filature, Scène nationale – Mulhouse, BIT Teatergarasjen, Bergen.

Part of FranceDance UK, a UK-wide festival of contemporary Dance presented by the Institut français du Royaume-Uni.*

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Supported by CCN2 – Centre Chorégraphique national de Grenoble,  CND Centre national de la danse

The Company Gisèle Vienne is supported by Ministère de la culture et de la communication – DRAC Grand Est, la Région Grand Est and Ville de Strasbourg; and Institut Français for international touring.

Gisèle Vienne is associate artist at the Nanterre-Amandiers, centre dramatique national and at the Théâtre National de Bretagne, Direction Arthur Nauzyciel

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*About FranceDance UK

FranceDance UK is a unique contemporary dance festival running from Aug-Nov 2019, during which 16 leading institutions throughout

the UK will host over 50 performances by 14 young and promising French artists. With a focus on creation and innovation, the festival

particularly highlights diversity and the work of women choreographers, many of whom are present in the UK for the first time.

FranceDance UK is supported by the Friends of the French Institute Trust, with particular acknowledgement to Aline Foriel-Destezet

and Stéphanie and Jacques Gabillon.

institute-francais.org.uk/francedanceuk