Cie Samuel Mathieu “Guerre” (The War of Line and Colour) – Gulf Premiere

Samuel Mathieu started out dancing with Régine Chopinot and Jean-Claude Gallotta. In recent years he has been choreographing his own works imbued with energy bodies expressing the drama in dance, often with great agility. It is therefore no surprise to see his interest in circus and in its highly trained, virtuoso performers. For this piece, he drew inspiration from the skills of Yves Klein an artist with a black belt in judo, whose art was influenced by the sport – who also once wrote a synopsis for a ballet (although this is not widely known). The choreographer has also enlisted Jonas Leclere, originally from Brussels, a circus artist specialising in aerial strap acrobatics to perform alongside a dancer, Fabienne Donnio. La Guerre (de la ligne et de la couleur) unfolds metaphorically within a three-dimensional, weightless space as the straps allow the bodies to be suspended, free from the constraints of the ground. “The line is jealous of the colour” announced Klein! So let’s look forward to this peaceful confrontation between a highly agile dancer, Fabienne Donnio, and the young circus artist, Jonas Leclere.