Raimund Hoghe
Pas de Deux
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Pas de Deux
Concept and choreography, Raimund Hoghe
Artistic Collaboration, Luca Giacomo Schulte
Lighting, Raimund Hoghe
Photography, Rosa Frank
With Raimund Hoghe and Takashi Ueno
Production Cie Raimund Hoghe (Düsseldorf-Paris) www.raimundhoghe.com
Coproduction Pumpenhaus (Munster, Allemagne) ; Théâtre Garonne (Toulouse) ; Festival d’Automne à Paris
Corealisation Théâtre de la Cité internationale ; Festival d’Automne à Paris
With the support of Kulturamt der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf (Allemagne), FIAF Crossing the line (New York, United-States), Théâtre de la Cité internationale (Paris), Fondation d’entreprise Hermès, Montpellier Danse, residence to the Agora, cité internationale de la danse
In ballet, a “pas de deux” is a climactic duet where the two principal dancers demonstrate the mastery of their art. Raimund Hoghe revisits this sequence as an essential expression of duality, sharing the stage with Takashi Ueno – a young Japanese dancer trained in butô. As dancers come together and apart, physical and cultural differences become visible, but are part of a search for a common ground.
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