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Residenzsharing: Emmelien Chemouny – EXTENDED GAPS
A solo, in honor of the gaps in our lives. Gaps are untold stories, unwritten perspectives, unshown faces. They are often skipped and we are trained to oversee them; although this is exactly the place where the importance holds on.
I think of cinema, where the black image between the scenes is actually the space where narration happens. Similar in literature, where the unchosen words carry the most powerful message.
Gaps are a necessary opportunity for a breath, for digestion.
There is something beautiful about the focus on what’s in between instead of on the 1st and 2nd image. With this different kind of dramaturgical approach, I want to investigate essencing the gaps in theatrical and social means as a performance. Working with timing and the general play of priority of that which is presented on stage. How I use space and everything inside of it- fabrics, liquids, clothes combined into costumes, the people and their gaze in the space. With this research what it means to transition inside of choreography, embodying the interval. I work on exploring different ways where taking the second choice as the first choice. Navigating in dance and looking for creases and links.
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Über die Künstler*innen
Emmelien Chemouny — CHOREOGRAPHY AND PERFORMANCE
Emmelien Chemouny, was born and raised in Israel, spent most of her time dancing at the Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company school in Ga’aton where she learnt classical dance technique, Graham and the company’s repertoire. She also followed the student excellence program with the BatSheva dance company. After she moved to Belgium to finish their high school degree in dance in MUDA- Ghent in Belgium. In 2018 she moved to Switzerland to start my dance formation at La Manufacture. Now after graduating, Emmelien is based between Zurich and Geneva and continues to develop her movement research and is working in collaboration with artists such as Géraldine Chollet, Teresa Vittucci and Milva Stutz.
Gaëlle Cherix — SET DESIGN
Gaëlle Cherix was born in São Paulo in 1991 and works mainly between Geneva and Lausanne. After a Bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts at the ECAL, she moved toward stage design, fascinated by the perception of space and the idea of sensitive experiences for the spectator. She obtained her Master’s degree in scenography at La Manufacture in 2022. She has designed sets for various directors such as Mathilde Reichler in Fragments pour Onéguine, Lou Ciszewski in Carré rond, Yvan Rhis in Vie et mort de Petula, Lucile Carré in Dernier bal avant la fin du monde.
Credits
Concept, choreography and performance: Emmelien Chemouny
Set design: Gaëlle Cherix
Outside eye: Teresa Vittucci
Administration: Anna Ladeira – Le Voisin
Photo Credits: Gregory Batardon
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Danse & Dramaturgie
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Théâtre de l’Usine Geneva