Morceaux choisis – Louise Bédard Danse

Canada

Morceaux choisis is three short solos built separately and brought together by the music of composer Sergei Rachmaninov.
The inspiration for the first solo came from a reading of Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy. The solo Béatrice de Dante, rather the character of Béatrice revealed in the introduction to the book, juxtaposes her with the features of a middle-aged woman to pay homage to the imposing figure of the poet. For her performance, the choreographer also lends Florence’s features to Dante’s Beatrice (Jeanne Moreau’s iconic role in Louis Malle’s Ascenseur pour l’échafaud). The two women, Beatrice and Florence, wander, letting reminiscences of the past flood in. This dance can never be quite the same, since the place where it’s performed, always outside, and how it’s performed greatly influence how it’s lived and performed.
The second solo, Louise simply dances in tune with Etudes-tableaux, Op. 39_ No. 3 in F-Sharp Minor.
La femme enbrun, the third solo is an appropriation of large and small objects, which she can’t part with, reflects her precariousness and marginality. She doesn’t care who she stares at, if they don’t infringe on her territory. The music is Moment musicaux No. 5, Adagio sostenuto in D-flat major.

Credits
Dance -choreography: Louise Bédard
Costume: Louise Bédard
Musique: Sergei Rachmaninov

Duration: 25 min.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/731430446

The piece has been presented in Montréal last September and also in Sao Paolo and Rio de Janeiro in Brésil in last July.

Louise Bédard