Noé Soulier

Choreographer

April-October 2023

Noel Soulier

© Willfried Thiery - Cndc

  • Performing Arts
  • Cities
  • New York
Throughout my career, I have searched for ways of defining movement … They allow me to access a unique experience of self by using gesture to focus on different dimensions of the body: its geometry, tangibility, sensitivity, emotionality, and so forth.
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As part of Albertine Dance Season 2023

 

Throughout my career, I have searched for ways of defining movement within the various choreographic vernaculars of the 19th and 20th centuries. I attempt to identify the principles that govern these dances, while using my analysis to develop a bodily vocabulary that both perpetuates and transforms them. These approaches to understanding movement are, in my view, crucial. They allow me to access a unique experience of self by using gesture to focus on different dimensions of the body: its geometry, tangibility, sensitivity, emotionality, and so forth. I am also interested in the practical and semantic aspects involved in bodily gesture. Beyond conventional, pre-defined motion, how can a gesture articulate a form of meaning and open expressivity? What performative dimensions might a practiced gesture take on when detached from its primary function? How can tools and items serve as traces or triggers of gestures? I explore each of these questions in a variety of settings, including on stage, in museum space, and through theoretical reflection. 

 

In 2010, after completing his studies in dance at the Paris Conservatory (CNSMD), Canada’s National Ballet School, and the PARTS School for Contemporary Dance, and philosophy at La Sorbonne, Noé Soulier won the “Danse élargie” competition. In 2016, he published Actions, mouvements et gestes (Éditions du CND). In 2020, he took over as head of the CNDC - Angers.  

His creations have been presented at the Paris Autumn Festival, Centre Pompidou, Théâtre National de Chaillot, Performa, Kaaitheater Brussels, Tanz im August/HAU Berlin, Tanzquartier Vienna, Teatro Municipal do Porto and the Roma Europa Festival.  

He has also created performances for the Los Angeles Dance Project (LADP) dance company, Ballet du Rhin, Ballet de Lorraine, and Ballet de l’Opéra de Lyon. He is currently preparing a further two creations, for the Netherlands Dans Theater and the Trisha Brown Dance Company. 

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la filature
La Filature - Scène nationale de Mulhouse

Each season, the Scène nationale offers theater, dance, music, circus and young audience shows. The programming, open to contemporary creation, mixes internationally renowned artists and emerging companies, contemporary texts and new looks at the repertoire.

 

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TBDC
TBDC

TBDC actively promotes the performance of Trisha’s choreography by companies around the globe. The Professional Licensing program makes selected works from Trisha Brown’s 40 years of repertory available to professional companies worldwide.