Video interview

Interview between Lucie Grégoire and Paul Auster

Director
Paulo Castro-Lopes
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.

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Les Choses dernières Choreographic Toolkit

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Created in 1994 and loosely based on Paul Auster’s novel, In the Country of Last Things, this solo piece is the culmination of Lucie Grégoire’s tireless quest to understand identity. In 2016, Grégoire transmitted the work to Isabelle Poirier, another dancer renowned for her intensity,...

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