Fingers come to life and become dancers, to take us through the choreographies that have marked the history of dance, such as those by Pina Bausch or Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, from models with miniature scenography, filmed live and projected onto a large screen. Absolutely stunning!
In a unique dialogue between painting, music, photography, finger dancing, objects and cinema, dancers and choreographers Gabriella Iacono and Gregory Grosjean trace the history of dance throughout the evolution of humanity, in a selection of iconic choreographies that they recreate using only the your hands.
We follow the path of a woman and a man who dance through the centuries together and experience the great stages of history, from the most tragic to the happiest.
A ballet for two bodies and four hands, made up of twelve frames, with miniature scenography, as realistic as a movie. In each of them, they take the audience through key works by famous choreographers of the 20th century, such as Vaslav Nijinsky, Maurice Béjart, Pina Bausch or Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, and tour the main stages, from Broadway to Paris, from Brussels to Harlem, including ballet, musicals, the popular American dance marathons of the 1930s, rock, contemporary dance or hip-hop.
A fascinating journey that shows the richness of choreographic expression and the history of the world, with your fingertips… to see with the family from 9 to 109 years old!
“We’ve been working together for 10 years, on stage, in the studio and on tour. Hands and bodies dancing, filmed by a camera… That’s how we came up with the idea of exploring the history of dance. made us dream. Today, we can interpret them differently.”- Gabriella Iacono and Grégory Grosjean
BIO
Connected like the fingers of a hand, Gabriella Iacono and Grégory Grosjean have been working together for ten years. In 2011, Kiss & Cry by Michèle Anne de Mey and Jaco Van Dormael brought a breath of fresh air to the choreographic scene, with its finger dancing filmed live on miniature sets. A device that allowed the creation of unusual, poetic and extremely creative shows. Grégory Grosjean was part of the original team, which was joined by Gabriella Iacono.
Together, they founded their own company madebyhands, in 2020, using the same device for shows specially designed for younger audiences and families.
As dancers of the contemporary repertoire, their work contributes to keeping alive the memory of choreographic codes and languages.
Closing show of FIMFA Lx23.
