Cndc | Noé Soulier

A Day in the Studio
Dance On Ensemble et Noé Soulier

Commissioned by Dance On Ensemble

thursday 11 march 2027 Festival Conversations, Cndc – Angers (FR)

friday 12 march 2027 Festival Conversations, Cndc – Angers (FR)

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Created to promote dancers aged over forty, the Dance On Ensemble champions a different perspective on age and restores a place, a voice and visibility to a generation often relegated to the shadows of the spotlight. The company has invited Noé Soulier to choreograph a piece for fivedancers that echoes the work of Noa Eskhol.

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As part of the Reply projects, the Dance On Ensemble invites contemporary artists to respond to masterpieces of the 20th century from their own artistic perspectives. The point of departure is works that were both classical and radical in their time, challenging the conventions of their era. The performances open up a vibrant dialogue – between dance heritage and contemporary artistic practice, as well as between artists of different generations and traditions.

In this Reply performance, the Dance On Ensemble and choreographer Noé Soulier turns its attention to the work of Israeli choreographer Noa Eshkol (1924–2007). Her precise dance compositions and the movement notation system she developed are not reconstructed, but rather approached as an open system to be questioned and re-read. In response, Noé Soulier develops a new choreographic work of his own. His practice, which interweaves dance, exhibition formats, and theoretical reflection, extends the dialogue with Eshkol’s thinking, offering a contemporary translation and a continuation of movement.

Distribution

Artistic direction: Ty Boomershine
Choreography: Noa Eshkol, Noé Soulier
Dancers: Javier Arozena, Alba Barral Fernández, Anna Herrmann, Dominic Santia, Gesine Moog, Lia Witjes Poole, Marco Volta (5 dancers with an alternating cast)
Light: Martin Beeretz
Sound: Mattef Kuhlmey
Costume: Chiara Valle Vallomini
Technical direction: Martin Beeretz
Music: A Day in the Studio, Hanne Lippard (2020); Portals, Jana Irmert (2025); Phase III, Lucy Railton (2025)

Production

Production : Dance On / Bureau Ritter
In collaboration with Cndc-Angers

Funded by the Kulturstiftung des Bundes (German Federal Cultural Foundation). Funded by the Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media).
Part of DanceMap, funded by Horizon Europe, the European Union’s funding programme for research and innovation.

Dance On is a project by Bureau Ritter, funded by the German Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.

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