Portrait

The portrait symbolizes a kind of necessity to capture, to grasp an identity that is nevertheless elusive, to represent it as if to keep it alive. Inspired by the works of Cindy Sherman, Francesca Woodman, and also the portraits of Amedeo Modigliani, among others, Portrait is a path between appearance and disappearance. Like a museum of selfies, this series of moving portraits seeks to take us on a journey between the instantaneous and the eternal, between beauty and horror. Four figures play with their image in front of the spectator as if in front of a mirror. From the virtual body to the glass body, sound and gesture metamorphose and distort themselves to reveal fragmented identities.

Concept & Choreography: Rebecca Journo

Created with & performed by: Véronique Lemonnier, Vera Gorbatcheva, Lauren Lecrique, Rebecca Journo

Sound creation and stage musician: Mathieu Bonnafous

Scenography: Guillemine Burin des Roziers, Rebecca Journo

Lighting design: Jules Bourret

Costume design: Coline Ploquin

External perspective: Raphaëlle Latini, Tomeo Vergès

Production: La Pieuvre, with the support of cie K622 – Mié Coquempot in 2022

Co-production: Paris Réseau Danse (Atelier de Paris / CDCN), micadanses, L’étoile du Nord, Le Regard du Cygne, Collectif 12, Les Petites Scènes Ouvertes, Le Gymnase, CDCN Roubaix Hauts-de-France, 3 bis F – Centre d’Arts Contemporains, Le pôle chorégraphique de Royaumont, L’Échangeur – CDCN Hauts-de-France, CCN de Tours (as part of studio residency 2022), La Briqueterie CDCN (as part of studio residency 2022), Manège – Scène Nationale de Reims