Excerpt from work

Kimberley de Jong and Le corps qui cherche

Date
February 23 2025
Production
Espace Perreault Transmissions chorégraphiques, 2025

How does Kimberley de Jong reconnect with the process of reviving the embodied memories of Martin Messier’s Corps mort? Step by step, in silence, moving through the space and seeking to recover the sensation of being onstage, Kimberley de Jong dances while asking herself: What emerges here, in this very moment? What remains? What memories lie buried within the body’s cells?

Project

Le corps qui cherche

Dissemination
The project Le corps qui cherche is a journey through the layers of dance memories. Using an ecosomatic documentary choreographic approach, Mélissa Raymond explores the remnants of choreographic works from the perspective of the dancers who performed them, by reactivating the movements they remember: a...

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