Compagnie Philippe Saire to perform in India

Compagnie Philippe Saire to present - Could I just draw your attention to the brevity of life? in Bangalore and Delhi. [dated February 2009]

 Pro Helvetia – Swiss Arts Council presents a contemporary dance performance by Compagnie Philippe Saire Could I just draw your attention to the brevity of life? Choreography Philippe Saire

Bangalore: (as part of the Attakkalari Biennial) Thursday 12 February at 7:30 pm and Friday 13 February at 4:30 pm at Chowdiah Memorial Hall, Bangalore

Delhi:
Monday 16 February at 7:00 pm at Kamani Auditorium, New Delhi
For the Delhi performance entry passes will be available at - Pro Helvetia - Swiss Arts Council ( tel: 41825812 ) - Embassy of Switzerland, Nyaya Marg, Chanakyapuri - The Full Circle Book Shop, 5 B, Khan Market - The Full Circle Book Shop, N Block Market, Greater Kailash I - Café Turtle, 8 Nizamuddin East Market

Dancers: Philippe Chosson, Anne Delahaye, Pablo Esbert Lilienfeld, Sun - Hye Hur, Gilles Viandier and David Zagari Philippe Saire, one of the most significant Swiss choreographers brings Could I just draw your attention to the brevity of life? – a piece choreographed for six dancers in 2006 to audiences in Delhi and Bangalore.

Philippe Saire’s choreography has earned him prestigious awards like the Young Creator Prize from the Vaud Foundation for Artistic Promotion and Creation in 1988 and the Grand Prize from the same foundation in 1998 and the Swiss Prize for Dance and Choreography in 2004. He is credited with more than forty choreography projects, including Cartographies, a continually renewed initiative combining dance, architecture and video. The Philippe Saire Company has given almost 1000 performances in more than 160 cities across Europe, Africa, Asia and America.

The piece: In contrast to previous Philippe Saire creations, Could I just draw your attention to the brevity of life? performs a delicate upheaval of the normal conventions of entertainment and plays on them in a light yet precise way. Using festive imagery, accessible and colourful, this new creation has been conceived as a shrewd review of our thirst for distraction that reveals itself in layers in order to reach and unravel the mechanisms of that fascinating driving and universal force of our lives. And in answer to the question posed in the title, a surprise finale, a sort of reminder of the fragility of this universe. A free piece, as free as it can be.

Credits
Light Laurent Junod
Sound Christophe Bollondi
Artistic Advisor Massimo Furlan
Costumes Isa Boucharlat
Production Assistant Muriel Imbach
Stage Manager Yann Serez
Tour Manager Sonia Blot
Photographer Mario del Curto

Feedback:
Astad Deboo: Philippe Saire showed the Indian audiences through his excellent company, not only impeccable dancers but also with a whole new insight to lighting wizardry.
Astaad Deboo a noted Indian choreographer has been conferred with the Padma Shri for his contribution to Modern Dance in India.