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© Laurent Philippe

Toboggan/Décines

 C 
02/9 and 02/10 2010
 

Caterina Sagna

Cie Caterina Sagna
P.O.M.P.E.I. (2008) 2e fouille : Presque Oubliées Mais Peut-Être Immortelles
 

Two years ago we showed Caterine Sagna’s ‘Basso Ostinato’, a cruel farce with a poisonous charm, brought to us by three remarkable partners in choreography, Alessandro Bernardeschi, Antonio Montanile and Mauro Paccagnella. The new production P.O.M.P.E.I. meaning ‘Presque Oubliées Mais Peut-Être Immortelles’ (almost forgotten but perhaps immortal) is ostensibly performed by a trio, with typical Italian bad manners. The three flesh and blood dancers on stage seethe with barbed comments about their craft, maintaining a juicy dialogue with three women of different ages, body types and backgrounds, who taunt them from on high by video projection. Among them, you will see a prominent actress, the remarkable Viviane De Muynck, key performer for the Flemish producer Jan Lauwers. Questioning shape and beauty, P.O.M.P.E.I. is a bizarre critique as well as an ambitious reflection on appearances and on dance today.