TOUJOURS DE ¾ FACE!

Friday, 19.7., 22.30 / Loggia

TOUJOURS DE ¾ FACE!

Loraine Dambermont, Lodbmt, BE

20’

Concept and choreography: Loraine Dambermont

Performed by: Loraine Dambermont

Music: Victor Petit

Light design: Rémy Urbain

Technical director: Gaspar Schelck

Stage management: Lucas Baccini / Adèle Evans / Chamsedine Madec / Gaspar Schelck

Outer sight: Monica Gomes

Photography: Hichem Dahes

Production: Lodbmt

Tour manager: BLOOM

Project Partner: The Théâtre de la Balsamine

With the support of: Islands/Suitcase Brussels, Le Théâtre Marni, Brussels (Be), Garage29, Brussels (Be), Studio 28 - Roubaix (Fr), L'Armande - Liège (Be), Le Center Culturel Bruegel - Perpetuum MOBILE Festival, La Roseraie, Brussels (Be), Theater aan de Rijn - Dance Flavors, Arnhem (Nl) & Wallonie-Bruxelles International

Special thanks to Johnny Cadillac for the inspiration

According to Johnny Cadillac, a former Belgian karateka, the 3⁄4 face is THE defense position par excellence! The choreographer and performer Loraine Dambermont appropriates this principle and delivers her personal guide to survival in the face of the expectation of chaos. TOUJOURS DE 3/4 FACE! is a solo peppered with self-deprecation, which presents a live tutorial revealing the most infallible self-defence secrets with which we can face the dangers that await us. The performance challenges physical and mental virtuosity of the performer by pushing the limits of a body which is forced to endure a marathon of movements and keep an extreme musical precision. This offbeat show is intense and explosive both in its choreographic writing and in the sincerity of the interpretation.

This project and its result both belong to surrealism – Belgian surrealism, of course. - Nicolas Villodre

Belgian artist Loraine Dambermont is a dancer and choreographer. After training at Codarts and Teaterschool - the Academies of Dance and the Arts in Rotterdam and Amsterdam - she has forged her own style. Through a blend of different techniques, from hip hop to contemporary dance, including popping and floor work, she creates an explosive energy. In 2013, she won an award for Buy My City, the work created in collaboration with Noora Hannula, which defined her career. As a performer, she has worked with The Nordic Beasts and Mute Comp. Physical Theater (DK), Michèle Anne De Mey (BE), Itamar Serussi (IL), Beppie Blankert (NL), Etienne Rochefort (FR), Zahrbat/Brahim Bouchelaghem (FR) and recently Leslie Mannes (BE).