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Open/Closed
"Born in 1995, I'm part of a generation that feels to me as an in-between one. We unfold amid utopia and dystopia, amid anger and fear, navigating toward an impossible future. With Open/Closed, I would like to externalize this duality and explore the emotional state of this turmoil as an empowering gesture."
Open/Closed guides the visitor through an intimate research, exposing the body inside-out and outside-in. To the sound of organic textures, Piton's conceptual and risky dances release a powerful sensitivity. Originating from a single vocal sample, the trembling voice intensifies into the soundtrack of a fiercely vulnerable and personal revolution. The boundaries of the self fade away when we take up the invitaiton to become open/closed to our surroundings.
- Ages 10+
Concept, Choreography and Performance Pierre Piton
Music and Performance Simone Aubert
Fashion Design and Costumes Marie Bajenova
Light Design Marek Lamprecht
Dramaturgy and Movement research Romane Peytavin
External Eye Lucia Gugerli
Dramaturgical support Tanzhaus Zürich Jessica Huber
Photos Gregory Batardon
Pierre Piton is an associated artist with the Réseau Grand Luxe which brings together
several French-speaking European institutions such as l’Abri Geneva-CH, Pôle Sud
Strasbourg-FR and Trois C-L Luxembourg-LU amongst others.
Coproduced by Tanzhaus Zürich
, L’Arsenic, centre d’art scénique contemporain - Lausanne
Supported by Stadt Zürich Kultur, Pro Helvetia Schweizer Kulturstiftung
, Fachstelle Kultur Kanton Zürich, SSA - Société Suisse des Auteurs, Fondation Nestlé pour l'art, Landis & Gyr Stiftung, FLUXUM FOUNDATION, Oertli Stiftung, SIS - Schweizerische Interpretenstiftung
Residencies Trois C-L - Centre chorégraphique du Luxembourg, L’Abri - Geneva
A project supported by Danse & Dramaturgie (D&D CH), an initiative by Théâtre Sévelin 36 Lausanne, in association with Dampfzentrale Bern, ROXY Birsfelden, Südpol Luzern, Tanzhaus Zürich, TU-Théâtre de l’Usine Genève
