By Christian Rizzo and Caty Olive, 1999
Duration 15 minutes
Presentation
object n.m. (object, XIV century, lat. scolast. objectum “that which is placed before”)
1- a solid item with unity and independence, for a given purpose.
2- target of desire, willpower, effort and action.
dancing adj. (XVII century, from to dance)
1- that which dances. Fig: a dancing reflection.
a prep. (X century, lat. ad.), contraction of “à le” (French).
1- destination of things, but. e.g.: a letter to be posted.
define v. tr. (1425, lat. definire, rac. “finir”)
1- determine by a precise formula.
2 - define the idea that.
number n.m. (1560; number “number”)
Numeric unit, number given to a thing in order to rank it in a series.
The world as we know it is moving on.
— Paul de Tarse
« The origin of the project 100% polyester, objet dansant n°(à définir) comes from the desire to be able to present a dance from which the body-material is missing. I wanted to make visible the “dancing” idea that a contemplation/hypnosis time would lead to an imaginary reasoning and/or a reflection on absence. also the desire to bring together my principal activities (movement, costume, sound) into one project.
100% polyester, objet dansant n°(à définir) is a project relying on the fragility and the simplicity of the proposition. Then, it seems important to me to recontexctualise “object” every other performance. Thus, ‘hanging/time/progress/material» are modified according to the architectural place. »
Christian Rizzo - July, 2012 (extract)
Casting and mentions
Conception: Christian Rizzo and Caty Olive
Production editing: l’association fragile | Executive production: ICI — centre chorégraphique national Montpellier - Occitanie / Pyrénées-Méditerrannée / Direction Christian Rizzo
Thanks to Mannux, Pascale Paoli, Catarina Campino, Emmanuelle Huynh, João Fiadero / lab7 et l’équipe de la Ménagerie de verre