Cindy Van Acker presents LANX AND OBTUS
Pro Helvetia New Delhi presents LANX and OBTUS by Swiss dancer and choreographer, Cindy Van Acker in Mumbai in partnership with Indian Council for Cultural Relations and in Bangalore as part of the Attakkalari Biennial.

Cindy Van Acker presents LANX AND OBTUS Pro Helvetia – Swiss Arts Council in partnership with Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), Mumbai & Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts, Bangalore presents LANX AND OBTUS by Cindy Van Acker

Schedule:
Mumbai: Tuesday 29 & Wednesday 30 January 2013 at 7 pm
Venue: St Andrews Auditoruim, Bandra

Bangalore: Saturday 2 & Sunday 3 February 2013 at 7 pm Venue: ADA Ranga Mandira Auditorium as part of the Attakkalari Biennial

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LANX
In Lanx, a continuous current circulates between the body and the geometrical motifs that encircle it. Balancing on the lines, unfolding its sides, its ridges, its angles, playing with perspectives that continually renew themselves, the body sounds out its capacity to inscribe forms in a predetermined space. Transforming itself as if it were under the effect of an optical illusion, the décor starts to vibrate, to transform itself.
Creation 2008 /
Length : 26 minutes
Choreography and dance : Cindy Van Acker
Sound composition: Mika Vainio and Denis Rollet
Scenography : Line Fontana, Cindy Van Acker Light : Luc Gendroz Realisation scenography and technical direction : Victor Roy Costume : Aline Courvoisier Administration and promotion : Tutu Production Production : Cie Greffe

Intermission for stage change : 20 minutes
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OBTUS
It all begins with a hand. Two arms follow that speak of flying, head down. Tamara Bacci has taken off into Obtus, a solo that carries its name well as the dancer begins a persistent exploration of a ray of light. Meditative gestures, slow, continuous movements, a body in peril which finds its most beautiful expressions when equilibrium is pushed to its limits. The dancer moves with exquisite precision and sensitivity, playing with a ramp of neon lights making parts or all of her body disappear. The lighting designer Luc Gendroz has created a work of volume and substance, which unsettles our perception of depth producing floating effects and playing with disappearance into the dark. Transported by light and sound, the choreographic material refuses to be pinned down in order to float, thereby toppling the perceptions of the spectator who, as if under a spell, links the consciousness of his own body to the body of the dancer.
Creation 2009
Length : 35 minutes
Choreography : Cindy Van Acker Interpretation : Tamara Bacci Sound composition: Mika Vainio and Denis Rollet Light and scenography : Luc Gendroz, Victor Roy, Cindy Van Acker Costume : Aline Courvoisier Technical direction: Victor Roy Administration and promotion : Tutu Production Production : Cie Greffe Coproduction: La Bâtie – Festival de Genève ------------

Compagnie Greffe benefits from a joint funding agreement from the Ville de Genève, Canton de Genève and Pro Helvetia. Supported by Loterie Romande.

For information on Compagnie Greffe: www.ciegreffe.org

Cindy Van Acker, choreographer and dancer Trained in classical ballet, Cindy Van Acker first worked in the Flanders Royal Ballet, Belgium. After joining Geneva’s Grand Theatre, she decided to settle in the city. Interested in the opportunity that modern dance offers for experimentation, she began creating her own pieces in 1994, and launched an international career with Corps 00:00 at the Geneva ADC in 2002. In 2003, Cindy Van Acker created two other solos, Fractie and Balk 00:49. In 2005, Italian director Romeo Castellucci chose Van Acker to represent Switzerland at the Venice Biennial. This first meeting then developed into an artistic collaboration with Castellucci, who suggested that she create the choreographic part of his production of Dante’s Inferno for the 2008 edition of the Avignon Festival, and for Parsifal, which he presented at La Monnaie in January 2011. In 2007, Kernel provided an opportunity for an unusual and stimulating collaboration with Finnish composer Mika Vainio of the Pan Sonic group which created and played the performance’s musical score. This experience continued with the creation of the sound effects for three solos produced between 2008 and 2009, Lanx, Nixe and Obtus. Obvie, Antre and Nodal completed this series of six solos and the same number of films directed by Orsola Valenti. Cindy Van Acker also ran courses in movement for student actors at Manufacture, Lausanne’s Theatre School, from 2006 to 2009. After the six solos, she created a group piece for 6 dancers called Diffraction in 2011. Her choreographic scripting, which allies aesthetic gravity, minimalist movement, precise composition and electronic music, allows Cindy Van Acker to examine the connections between body and spirit, sound and rhythm with almost scientific precision, and to create works that cross the barriers between dance, performance and the plastic arts.

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Tamara Bacci, dancer (Obtus)
Tamara Bacci studied classical ballet and contemporary dance at the Ecole de Danse de Genève and was part of the Junior Ballet directed by Beatriz Consuelo. She began her professional career at the age of 17 and a half at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin, then at the Bejart Ballet Lausanne and continued in the neo-classical register within the Linga Company in Lausanne. In 2003, she crossed the path of Foofwa d'Immobilité, then Ken Ossola, Cindy Van Acker, Thomas Lebrun, Gilles Jobin, Cie Quivala and Estelle Héritier. In 2008, Claude Ratzé, director of the ADC Theatre in Geneva, gave her carte blanche to choose three choreographers. She then performed choreographies by Juan Dominguez, Ken Ossola and Cindy Van Acker. Since 2005, a particular artistic affinity built up between Tamara Bacci and the Flemish choreographer Cindy Van Acker. The choreographer allowed Tamara Bacci to assist her, notably, for the choreographical creation she realised for Inferno, invited by Romeo Castellucci and also Parsifal, created by the Italian director for the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels in 2011. In this latter piece, she also performed as a dancer. In 2010, Pascal Rambert, author, stage director and head of the Théâtre de Gennevilliers, asked her to be the performer of a solo that he wanted to create for her: Knocking on heaven's door. She collaborated on Déproduction, in 2011, a piece created by the Franco/Swiss choreographer, Perrine Valli. In May 2012, she began a first research work with the stage director Guillaume Béguin in Lausanne. She conceived a project in collaboration with Marthe Krummenacher and Perrine Valli, Laissez moi danser, that will be shown in April 2013 at the ADC in Geneva. As a pedagogue, Tamara Bacci teaches regularly at the Junior Ballet in Geneva, occasionally in Lausanne and at the Conservatory of Geneva.

For more information please visit: www.ciegreffe.org
Organiser/ Partner in India: Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), Mumbai Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts, Bangalore Pro Helvetia – Swiss Arts Council

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