Commande du ballet de l’Opéra de Lyon dans le cadre du cycle « Danser encore »
© Marc Domage
Self Duet is a pas de deux with oneself. The dancer Katrien De Bakker treats different parts of her body as if they belonged to an external partner. This piece explores the position of our own body and the fine line between interiority and exteriority. The body of the dancer is at the same time a goal, an object, a target, a tool, a constraint…
As in Le Grand Caprice on “Der Erlkönig” by Heinrich W. Ernst, which accompanies the piece, where the violinist plays both the piano part and the singer’s part of Franz Schubert’s lied, in Self Duet, the performer splits himself and makes two partners circulate in his body and manipulate each other in turn.
Distribution
Choreography: Noé Soulier Performers: Katrien De Bakker, Tyler Galster, Almudena Maldonado Lights: Yohan Fourcade Music: Grand Caprice sur Le roi des Aulnes Op. 26, de Heinrich Ernst
Tour
2025
June 4-9 : Opéra de Lyon, as apart of À l’infini – Lyon
2022
October 14-15: Festival d’Automne, CN D – Paris
2021
July 5-6: Biennale de la Danse de Lyon - Les Subsistances
Casa Conti – Oletta, Corsica (FR)
Julidans – Amsterdam (NL)
Tanzwerkstatt Europa – Munich (DE)
dAS FESTIVAL – Pacienza (IT)
Hellerau – Dresden (DE)
MM Festival – La Rochelle (FR)
KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theater – Yokohoma (JP)
Opéra de Limoges – Limoges (FR)
Librairie 7L, as a part of Paris Dance Project – Paris (FR)
Cité du Cinéma, as a part of Paris Dance Project – Saint-Denis (FR)
Concertgebouw Brugge – Bruges (BE)
Festival Conversations, Cndc – Angers (FR)
Théâtre des Abbesses – Paris (FR)
Festival Art Danse, Opéra de Dijon – Dijon (FR)