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Session is a new collaboration between choreographers Colin Dunne and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. Drawing upon the rhythmical and sonic aspects of Dunne's traditional Irish dance, these two incredibly diverse performers discover their relational possibilities through an exploration of sound. In Session, the lines between movement and music, seeing and listening become a source of play, creating new modes of sound-making from the graceful to the absurd. Dunne and Cherkaoui are joined onstage by composer Michael Gallen and musician Soumik Datta. Gallen's score draws upon a diversity of sonic and musical sources, threading the melodic eccentricities of percussive dance, timbral noise and sean-nós ornamentation into a larger soundworld that includes overlapping pianos and strings, electroacoustic textures and polyphonic choral performance.

Premiere: 01 February 2019, Théâtre National de Bretagne - Rennes (FR)

Performed by
Colin Dunne, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Michael Gallen, Soumik Datta
Choreography & direction
Colin Dunne, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
Music composition
Michael Gallen
Set design
Filip Peeters
Light design
Mark Van Denesse
Sound design
Michael Gallen, Jef Verbeeck
Artistic consultant
Arthur Nauzyciel, An-Marie Lambrechts
Additional music
Soumik Datta, Colin Dunne, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
Assistant choreographer
Laura Murphy
Technical director
Hugh Roche Kelly
Implementation set
Martin Baarda
Costume advice & dresser
Caroline Wittemans, Elisabeth Kinn Svensson
Technician
Mathias Batsleer, Janneke Hertoghs
Production / tour manager
Arnout André de la Porte, Lars Boot
Producer
Eastman, Once Off Productions, Théâtre National de Bretagne
Co-producer
Dublin Dance Festival, Abbey Theatre, Sibiu International Theatre Festival, Julidans (Amsterdam), Grand Theatre Groningen/Noorderzon Festival, MC93 - scène nationale de Seine-Saint-Denis (Bobigny), TorinoDanza Festival, Teatro Stabile di Torino-Teatro Nazionale, deSingel International Arts Campus (Antwerp), Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Sadler’s Wells (London), Tanz Köln
With the support of
BNP Paribas Foundation, Flemish authorities, The Belgian Federal Government's Tax Shelter programme, Arts Council of Ireland / An Chomhairle Ealaíon
Thanks to
Stephen Collins, Shawn Fitzgerald Ahern, Kopspel
Last modified: 02 June 2022
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