MILENA & MICHAEL

EMANUEL GAT DANCE (2017)

Long term collaborators of Emanuel Gat, Milena and Michael share years of a joint artistic collaboration, as well as an intimate knowledge of Gat’s creative process. A dance reduced to its most fundamental elements, MILENA & MICHAEL is a reflection on the act of dancing, and at the same time a simple story of two people looking to connect. The work is a sort of zoom-in on the voids between movements, choreographic fragments, sounds and the two dancers.

Photos of MILENA & MICHAEL by Julia Gat

Bien que MILENA & MICHAEL soit une pièce intime, elle a été créée pour être dansée sur de grands espaces. Le plateau dénudé, vaste, lui sert d’écrin. Il met en relief les actions et les intentions qui la composent. À découvrir absolument!

Martine Pullara
Lyon Capitale

Credits

Choreography and Music: Emanuel Gat

Performers: Michael Loehr, Milena Twiehaus

Produced by Emanuel Gat Dance. Co-produced by Maison de la Danse de Lyon and Festival Montpellier Danse 2017. With the support of Conseil Général des Bouches du Rhône et de la Région Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur. The company acknowledges the support of the city of Istres, the French Ministry of Culture, DRAC PACA and Fondation BNP Paribas.

Performance History

Maison de la Danse, Lyon, France
(World Premiere)

Montpellier Danse 2017
L’Agora, Montpellier, France (as part of TENWORKS)

Vignale Monferrato Festival 2017
Piazza del Popolo, Vignale Monterrato, Italy

Espace 1789, Saint Ouen, France

Teatro San Ferdinando, Naples, Italy

Théâtre de Suresnes, Suresnes, France

Tanzfestival Saar
Theater am Ring, Saarlouis, Germany

L’Arsenal, Metz, France (as part of WORKS)

Scène 55, Mougins, France

Scène nationale d’Albi, Albi, France (as part of WORKS)

Dansa. Quinzena Metropolitana
Sant Andreu Teatre, Barcelona, Spain

Suzanne Dellal Center, Tel Aviv, Israel (as part of WORKS)

The Lowry, Manchester, UK (as part of WORKS)

Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London, UK (as part of WORKS)

Flow 3
Teatrul Tamási Áron, Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania

Théâtre national de Chaillot, Paris, France (as part of WORKS)

Le Trident, Cherbourg, France

Théâtre Angoulême, Angoulême, France

Théâtre Quintaou, Anglet, France (as part of WORKS)

Théâtre Olympia, Arcachon, France

Upcoming shows

22nd February 2020
Lavanderia a Vapore, Turin, Italy

07th April 2020
Le Quai, Angers, France

02nd May 2020
Encontros do DeVIR – Teatro das Figuras, Faro, Portugal

10th July 2020
Châteauvallon, Ollioules, France (as part of WORKS)

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