French choreographer Dominique Boivin witty look at contemporary dance performances at Gedung Kesenian Jakarta, Friday (11 / 4). Dance performance, titled "Dance, a history according to my own way" showcases the history of dance world according to Dominique.
The history of dance may not be interesting if told by historians. But the choreographer has a unique way. The history of dance in human civilization packed in stage choreography. Ranging from primitive dance to hip hop today.
A choreographer, and also co-founder of dance group Cie Beau geste Frenchman, Dominique Boivin, "tell" about the history of dance through her work, titled "La Dance, une histoire a ma facon, (Dance, A History According Own My way, Red) , who performed in Gedung Kesenian Jakarta, Friday (11 / 4).
Through his work, Dominique describes the history of dance, since prehistoric times until the present, through his own eyes. For an hour, since at 20:15 pm, Dominique bernarasi dancing while occasionally expressing artistic development of dance from time to time.
Ketakjelasan early emergence of art depicted through dance movements that were irregular. He twisted his body mutarkan, jumping, swinging arms, and moving the head in different directions, like a primitive dance community.
Until finally, at one point, Dominique movement formed little by little more clearly. Then through the flexibility of his body, he "entered" into the XVI century. According to Dominique, at that time the art of dance began to be interested in geometric shapes.
The dance began to be done in pairs, between men and women. The dance began to contain the movements are stunning audiences. Until finally Dominique takes viewers into the XVIII century.
In this century, there is a great teacher of dance called Noverre. It was he who then introduced the ballet (ballet d'action, Red), and pantomime. Next he threw the question to the audience (perhaps to himself, Red), "whether the dance?"
Dominique describes the answer of the question that, by visualizing the hard work of a famous choreographer, Marie Taglioni. Dominique told, that in 1831, Marie Taglioni spent more than two hours a day to train his balance, so that he can stand upright with one foot.
Audience satisfaction
All that hard work, said Dominique Marie Taglioni made to achieve perfection in motion. This is a traditional way, but it brings benefits, and give satisfaction to the audience.
"In my opinion dance is a tool to achieve a goal or satisfaction," he said when met after the show.
Furthermore, Dominique express artistic development of dance from 1841, 1892, the late nineteenth century, 1936, 1913, 1925, the 1950s, until the present, which occurred in the United States, Russia, Japan, Germany, and France.
Through body movements and assisted with visualization images on large screens above the stage, Dominique told me, that the artistic development of dance in each and every country is different. Includes when the end of XIX century Russian ballet became popular, and it was in Europe on the contrary, ballet began to be abandoned.
"At that time, public taste and choreographer changed. Some of the works of choreographers in Saint Petersbourg, Russia, like Marius Petipa contributed to the culmination of ballet education, when he created a masterpiece Swan Lake, Nut Cracker, and Sleeping Beauty, "explains Dominique.
But in "La Danse, une histoire a ma facon" that have been demonstrated in some of these countries, Dominique seemed more focused on the development of dance arts in the United States, rather than in their home country, France.
"If mapped, the history of dance art is developed from the United States, Germany, Russia, Japan, France, and others. But until the 1950s, while in many countries the art of dance through many changes, in France, the art of dance remains in neo classical style, "he said.
Until the later years of the 1980s, the development of dance in France began to experience the "movement". Because, when the government began to fund the arts and culture. "When we have money then we can work," he said.
Dominique said, his work began to be created in 1994, but until 1999 continued to experience improvement. During the show, Dominique many use simple tools, such as masks, sticks, handkerchiefs, and others.
"I tried to use simple tools, which are easily found and seen," he said.
The most difficult thing in creating this work, clearly Dominique, is to make movements that are not the same for an hour. About 3 million of dance movements she had created the perfect choreography this time.
Dominique began dancing at age 6, with acrobatic dance style. Age 10 years to 18 years, she studied classical dance. He began to study contemporary dance with Carolyn Carlson.
