2021
Commissioned by the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse (CNSMD) in Paris
Bugger is a response to our primary, indeed primitive, need to interact and connect with others. As social mammals, we instinctively seek contact with others; a direct connection, without intermediary.
Acting as a conduit, Yuval Pick aims to help the students of CNSMD Paris – and through them, a whole new generation of dancers – become spokepersons for all. Together, they construct dance as a shared space that is heterogenous, complex, fertile and moving.
Created using choreographic material from his piece Flowers Crack Concrete, Bugger invites us to head into the unknown, come out of ourselves to find others, and cross the borders that separate us; because dance is, first and foremost, an encounter.
“I am trying to invent a new folklore with people, a dance that brings them together and reflects their individual personalities. We have created a movement language that immediately allows you to feel the power of unison. The group, which is constantly transforming, is created through transmission in real time, and simultaneously each individual emerges from the whole by their originality. Flowers Crack Concrete reveals our ability to cross the lines that appear to be imposed on us and to invent a shared space that includes each person’s unique aspects."
Yuval Pick
Schedule
A live video broadcast of the entire show is available to view on the CNSMDP website.
Choreography : Yuval Pick
Choreographic Assistant : Thibault Desaules
Music : Wilfrid Haberey
With the students of CNSMD Paris