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En Danseuse - Loïc Touzé
En danseuse is a piece of work choreographed, based on a creative process that focuses on the body of the choreographer-dancer. A series of collaborations of Alain Michard with several choreographers from different generations, and varied backgrounds led to the birth of this piece, a ‘collection of dances’ with scenography using sound and video.
En danseuse is made of a scenographic installation which combines images of dance and sounds. Is it thought of as a confrontation between two choreographical forms, but also between two memories. It offers to audiences several ways of looking at the work, and appeals to their own memories of dance.
En danseuse is based on the idea that the body of the choreographer is the very source of their work, and carries within himself/herself a true History of dance. Vast and unique, this dance History is made of dances which have been lived, but also dances that have been seen or dreamt, and of everything that has fit in with ‘choreographic material’. En danseuse questions the role of images, and how they are active both in memory and in the choreographic gesture.
Loïc Touzé is a dancer, choreographer and teacher. He has created among others the pieces Morceau, Love, La Chance, Fanfare, Forme Simple, as well as the project Autour de la table with Anne Kerzehro and the movie Dedans ce monde. He is involved in other artists’ projects from music, theatre, circus and visual arts, and he is engaged in research with Mathieu Bouvier around the notion of the figure in dance, which has resulted in the website pourunatlasdesfigures.net/.
Loïc Touzé teaches regularly in workshops or trainings for professionals and amateurs in France and around the world. From 2001 to 2006, he co-directed Les Laboratoires d’Aubervilliers with Yvane Chapuis and François Piron, and since 2011 he has directed Honolulu, a space for residency, creation, and teaching in Nantes.
