MANIFESTOS:
Chiron in Aries, Recital #5 & #6
This new chapter of the Chiron in Aries cycle embarks us in a multilinear, choral choreography, in which each dancer’s individual story line interconnects and depends on one another. Conceived as poetic meditations on the sense of self, the dances carry along the warrior’s will power as much as the traces and scars life imprints in us. Razor-sharp versus lush and voluptuous, oscillating between fierce affirmation and determination, surrender and despair, each solo dance becomes a manifesto, landing softly into each other’s bodies like an echo. The piece invents its own mythology and dreams of a world in which the experience of solitude never translates into isolation and loneliness. Togetherness can heal our deepest wounds.
In astrology, the minor planet Chiron, called after the Centaur also known as “the wounded healer”, represents our deepest wounds and our capacity to heal. The sign Aries represents the ego, willpower, desire and the warrior within us.
The piece is the fifth and sixth chapter of the Chiron in Aries cycle of pieces, which references Greek mythology and its absorption by astrology. Following Warriors: Chiron in Aries, Recital #1 (2020), Hope: Chiron in Aries, Recital #2 (2021), Barricades & Legacies: Chiron in Aries, Recital #3 (2022), and Constellations & Alliances: Chiron in Aries, Recital #4 (2023)
Creation: 2024
Premiere: Oct. 4, 2024 * Göteborg, Sweden
Choreography: Frédéric Gies
Dance: Frédéric Gies, Andreas Haglund, Elise Brewer, Declan Whitaker
Music: Fiedel
Lighting design: Thomas Zamolo
Costume: Grzegorz MatlagCo-produced by Skogen, Weld & Inkonst
Residence support by MARC & Skogen
Supported by Kulturrådet, Region Skåne, Malmö stad & Konstnärsnämnden
Premiere at Skogen on the 4th of October, 2024. Also presented at Weld & Inkonst.
Residence presentation at MARC.
