Je n’ai pas dansé depuis un an

2023

Performance and series of embroidered handkerchiefs
As part of the 24th edition ARC-HIP-EL(S) of the festival Des artistes chez l'habitant
Boyer Family House, Fiac, France
Production Afiac
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Performed
23 heures in 2 jours et demi
Friday 30th June 2023: 5 hours of dancing
Saturday 1st July 2023: 9 hours of dancing
Sunday 2nd July 2023: 9am dancing
Playlist with 150 tracks, speakers, blue LED lights, wood, wooden staircase
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Series of 11 embroidered handkerchiefs
Installation to touch, read and explore

In a village, there is a hill, on this hill there is a house, in this house there is a blue room, in this blue room there is music, to the rhythm of the music there is a girl dancing…

To dance here is a way of resisting. The people who come here will be able to see me dance alone in a space of respite, like a dream, between solitude and nostalgia, but they will also be able to join me on the dance floor and, if their hearts tell them so, dance together.

Photographs taken during the production residency at the Boyer family home, 2023

*Je n’ai pas dansé depuis un an*, 2023, performance, Boyer Family House, Fiac, France

*Je n’ai pas dansé depuis un an*, 2023, performance, Boyer Family House, Fiac, France, photo Pierre Cassandre Gilles

Je n’ai pas dansé depuis un an, 2023, performance, Boyer family house, Fiac