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At the heart of Arche (Arc) lies a somatic intuition: the head is a swollen vertebra, suffused with the ultra-slow rhythm of cerebrospinal fluid—thirteen pulsations per minute. To this tempo, Deborah Lary and Véronique Weil stand head-to-head for seventy minutes, shifting from boat-like shapes to arches and total entanglements, without ever breaking contact. An invisible virtuosity, where every movement from one dancer ripples through the other's spine by the sole vibration of breath.

Cast


Five dates

In five biographical layers, dated according to a period of identification with an inner animal that emerges spontaneously through dancing.

Animal Dragon: The electric guitar and bass orchestra, Sleaze-Art, by Kasper T. Toeplitz at the Ménagerie de verre. Gianna Dupont’s Yoga for Women at the École Française de Yoga.

Animal Saber-toothed tiger Karlheinz Stockhausen: Klavierstücke.

Animal Water buffalo Discovery of a monumental collection of human gestures: Phill NIBLOCK – The movement of people working.

Animal Hyena with a pearl necklace Reading of Dire I II by Danielle Collobert

Animal Whale: Composing in dance: a study with Yvane Chapuis and Julie Perrin of the methods and practices of nine choreographers – Marco Berrettini, Nathalie Collantes, DD Dorvillier, Thomas Hauert, Rémy Héritier, Daniel Linehan, Laurent Pichaud, Loïc Touzé, Cindy Van Acker.