Daniel Linehan Kiss The One We Are

Season 23 24
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Daniel Linehan asked the dancers: “what moves you?” On the basis of that question, the audience witnesses the emergence of intimacy in the nine dancers. Through the physical instructions received, the reactions, and the body’s memory, a multilayered conversation about the universal joy to dance seems to come together between the performers and the audience. See program

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1h20

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  • 19h30
  • 19h30
  • 19h30
  • 17h00
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Since his singular breakout solo piece Not About Everything (2007), Daniel Linehan has established himself as one of the most groundbreaking and exciting choreographers of his generation. Kiss The One We Are, his newest piece, is part of a wide-ranging cooperative European project – “DANCE ON, PASS ON, DREAM ON” – built around the issue of agism in the world of dance and beyond, in society. Continuing to explore his relationship to dance, which he initiated in his solo piece Body of Work (2019), Linehan now has 9 dancers thinking about what role dance plays in their lives and the reasons why they engage in this art form. Of various ages, backgrounds and pursued interests, the performers trace in words and movements their personal journeys and common stories. Straddling past, present and future and closely connecting with the audience, this collective experience brings forth a thrilling and multilayered choreographic composition that celebrates the universal joy to dance with subtle agility.  

Jérôme Provençal 

La dramaturgie sous-jacente est celle du holisme, le concept philosophique selon lequel chaque ensemble est plus que la somme de ses parties. La nature, par exemple, occupe une place prépondérante sur scène. Les costumes intègrent également des formes organiques. En outre, la figure du cercle, symbole holistique par excellence, apparaît également de diverses manières dans le spectacle. Tout danse, semble suggérer Daniel Linehan, et nous vibrons avec. Et la scène finale est un joyau.

Esther Tuypens, magazine e-tcetera

Par son style chanté, dansé, parlé, le chorégraphe est parvenu à bousculer le monde de la danse contemporaine. Sa pièce-manifeste "Not About Everything" (2007), qu’il continue d’interpréter – il l’a déjà dansée plus d’une centaine de fois depuis sa création –, signe l’identité paradoxale de Daniel Linehan, entre calme et nervosité, courage et engagement physique, puissance et vulnérabilité. Avec je ne sais quoi de très déterminé, derrière un flegme apparent.

Rosita Boisseau, Le Monde

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