Video interview
Encounter with Crazy Smooth, choreographer and Anyo, Julie Rock and Tash, dancers
Place
Centre de création O Vertigo – CCOVDate
2021Editor
SITLength
42 min 25Production
Espace Perreault Transmissions chorégraphiques
The latest video documenting the creative process for the piece In my body, this interview gives voice to the choreographer Yvon Soglo and three generations (oldest, middle and youngest) of hip hop dancers: Tash, Julie Rock and Anyo.
With a close connection and lots of laughter, the artists explore the challenge of the aging body in a form focused on virtuosity. They talk about their fragility, their strength, their fascination with coming together as an intergenerational cast, as well as the importance of the present moment and the power of the group – a family of dancers, explains Yvon – even though hip hop is often associated with the individual. A unique, inspired and vibrant interview, conducted by Sophie Michaud, dramaturgical advisor for the project.
Project
Co-production
Yvon Soglo (a.k.a Crazy Smooth) is a choreographer and founder of the company Bboyizm. He is also currently an artist in the long-term residency program at the Centre de Création O Vertigo – CCOV, which provides support and access to its creation studio. Bboyizm has…
Events
More to discover
Article
Conversation sur un projet d’analyse/réflexion/passation/documentation en lien avec l’œuvre pédagogique d’Angélique Willkie By Emmanuelle Bourassa Beaudoin and Natalie Zoey Gauld Article written for Territoires Partagés – January 2019 Comment est né ce projet? How did this project come to be? In April 2017, in…
Video interview
In a lively, inspired interview, Alejandro Rodriguez, theatre artist and poet of Cuban origin living in New York, tells us about the genesis of his friendship with Crazy Smooth, the partnership that blossomed through their love for hip hop culture, and his contribution to the…
Video interview
The choreographer and dancer Lucie Grégoire celebrated her dance company thirtieth birthday founded in 1986 with the restaging of Les Choses dernières, inspired by Paul Auster’s book Le voyage d’Anna Blume. Recorded February 27, 2016, in Brooklyn (NY). Directed by Paulo Castro-Lopes.
Video interview
Dramaturgical consultant Sophie Michaud explores with the choreographer Crazy Smooth the creative process for the play In My Body, which features nine hip hop artists spanning three generations. Yvon Soglo, alias Crazy Smooth, discusses the emotions and difficulties generated by COVID, working with the multimedia…