From Inside - Kinshasa, city on the go
2007 - Director : De Mey, Thierry
Present in collection(s): Numeridanse , Charleroi danses [2005-2016]
Video producer : Charleroi Danses
From Inside - Kinshasa, city on the go
2007 - Director : De Mey, Thierry
Present in collection(s): Numeridanse , Charleroi danses [2005-2016]
Video producer : Charleroi Danses
From Inside
For some time, Thierry De Mey had wanted to get closer to the old dream of dance being seen from the danced space. In the 1980s he started exploring the fine line between the choreographic gesture and the musical gesture, taking the project to the next level in 2004 with Light Music, an interactive device in which a performer generates musical sequences with the help of movement sensors. De Mey then extended the concept to that of a video installation: From Inside. Immersed in darkness, spectators move wherever the urge takes them in three geographically and stylistically distinct dance worlds: that of the mathematical complexity of William Forsythe, the “real” gesture captured in the streets of Kinshasa and the resolutely narrative universe of Manuela Rastaldi in the spans of the Gibellina mausoleum.
De Mey, Thierry
Thierry De Mey, born in 1956, is a composer and filmmaker. An instinctive feel for movement guides his entire work, allowing him to tackle and integrate a variety of disciplines. The premise behind his musical and filmic writing is the desire for rhythm to be experienced in the body or bodies, revealing the musical meaning for the author, performer and audience. He has developed a system of musical writing for movement used in pieces where the visual and choreographic aspects are just as important as the gesture producing the sound, such as in "Musique de tables" (1987), "Silence must be!" (2002) and "Light Music", which premiered at Lyon's Musiques en Scène biennial festival in 2004.
A large part of his music production is intended for dance and cinema. He has often been more than a composer for the choreographers Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Wim Vandekeybus and his sister Michèle Anne De Mey, offering his precious collaboration in the invention of "formal strategies" – to use a favourite expression of his. Among his main work let us mention "Rosas danst Rosas", "Amor constante", "April me", "Kinok" (choreographies by A. T. De Keersmaeker), "What the body does not remember", "Les porteuses de mauvaises nouvelles", "Le poids de la main" (choreographies by W. Vandekeybus), "Dantons Töd" (dir. Bob Wilson), "Musique de table", "Frisking" pour percussions, un quatuor à cordes, "Counter Phrases", etc.
He participated in the foundation of Maximalist! and the Ictus ensemble which created several of his pieces (dir. G E Octors). His music has been performed by major ensembles such as the Arditti Quartet, the Hilliard Ensemble, London Sinfonietta, Ensemble Modern, Muzikfabrik and the Orchestre Symphonique de Lille. Thierry De Mey's installations, in which music, dance, video and interactive processes work together, have been presented in events such as the Venice and Lyon biennials as well as in many museums. His work has received national and international awards (Bessie Awards, Eve du Spectacle, Forum des compositeurs de l'Unesco, FIPA, etc). The film/installation "Deep in the wood" (2002-2004) involved more than 70 dancers/choreographers. For the film "Counter Phrases" (2003-2004), nine composers answered his dance/film invitation : S. Reich, F. Romitelli, M. Lindberg, T. Hosokawa, G. Aperghis, J. Harvey, L. Francesconi, R. De Raaf and S. Van Eycken. In 2003, the working process with ATDK for "April me" was the subject of a documentary entitled "Corps accord", produced by ARTE which has also broadcast and co-produced most of his films.
Since July 2005, Thierry De Mey is artistic director of Charleroi/Danses along with Pierre Droulers, Michele Anne De Mey and Vincent Thirion.
In 2006, he realised an installation adapted from Perrault's tale, "Barbe Bleue" (Bluebeard), plus a film, "One Flat Thing, reproduced" based on the choreography by William Forsythe and broadcast by Arte in October. In 2007 he made From Inside for the Charleroi/Danses Biennale, an interactive installation in the form of a triptych. For the 2009 Charleroi/Danses Biennale, he created "Equi Voci", a polyptych of dance films accompanied by orchestral music and which includes "Prélude à la mer", a film based on one of Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker's most beautiful choreographies which he shot by the Aral Sea in October 2009. His latest film – "La Valse", choreographed by Thomas Hauert and the ZOO dance company – completes and close this project.
Source : Charleroi/danses
More information : www.charleroi-danses.be
From Inside
Artistic direction / Conception : Thierry De Mey
Video conception : Ingénierie, conception et réalisation du dispositif Christophe Lebreton (Grame) Montage films Boris Van der Avoort et Isabelle Boyer
Technical direction : Gianni Brecco
Production / Coproduction of the video work : Production Charleroi Danses Co-production Grame - centre national de création musicale à Lyon / Palais des Beaux-Arts à Bruxelles / MusikTriennale Köln / The Forsythe Company En partenariat avec MK2TV
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