Living-room dancers
performance and film, 2008
Dance is their passion; they dedicate a good deal of their free time to it. "They" are the protagonists of Living-room dancers, creation in the form of a choreographic walk through the city. Encountered through announcement postings or by word-of-mouth, these passionate individuals practice tap-dancing, electro, salsa, Argentine tango, expressive dance, samba or even pole dancing. In Living-room dancers, each one inhabits a private apartment that has been transformed into a dance-floor for the evening. These normally very intimate moments are perceptible from street-level with the help of binoculars and MP3 players. Along with the guided city tour, a film which presents portraits of each of the various dancers in the performance, is projected in a participating theater. The performance and the film confront private and public spaces, while playing with our appetite for voyeurism and exhibitionism.
| concept and choreography: | Nicole Seiler |
| performance and choreography (Lausanne): | Laurent Bortolotti Coralie Estelle Durr Cinzia Ferrazzo Cleudes Pannatier Océane Pannatier Tadeo Piana Werner Schwager Stellektro Dominique Vannod |
| assistant: | Muriel Imbach |
| costume design: | Claude Rueger |
| technique: |
Muriel Imbach |
| film: | Le Flair Bastien Genoux |
| outside eye: | Simona Travaglianti |
| graphic design | Madame Paris |
| tour management: | Tutu Production |
| co-production: | Théâtre Arsenic Lausanne Cie Nicole Seiler |
| supported by: | Ville de Lausanne Etat de Vaud Loterie Romande Pro Helvetia Fondation Leenaards Corodis |
| photos: |
Arya Dil |
Living-room dancers
online archive, 2020
Since the creation of Living-room dancers in 2008, the project has toured on 3 continents and more than 25 cities: from its creation at the Arsenic in Lausanne, to Luxembourg, Seoul, Monthey, Plan-les-Ouates, Barcelona, Cairo or Cape Town, to name a few. Passionate dancers from different backgrounds, cultures, dance styles and ages participated. In every venue, a film and/or a video installation which presented portraits of each of the various dancers in the performance, was presented: "Why do you dance? Why is dancing important to you?" During these years of touring, a large number of interviews have been collected and now form an important collection of testimonials on the passion for dance, a treasure trove of passionate voices from around the world. The website allows a serendipitous study of an art form that is as non-verbal as it is universal.
| concept: |
Nicole Seiler |
| assistant: | Clara Delorme |
| website: | Jacques Henri Sennwald |
| graphic design: | Silke Koeck |
| video documentation, interviews: | Nicole Seiler Muriel Imbach |
| translation: | Amira Elmasry Dominique Godderis-Chouzenoux Victoria Macarte Kiun Kim Nicolel Seiler Bartek Sozanski Andrej Yakushev |
| communication: | Juan Moreno |
| touring | Michaël Monney |
| administration: | Laurence Rochat |
| supported by: |
Fondation Thomas Stanley Johnson |
17.09.2012
France Culture – L'Atelier intérieur
Numéro 4. Le second souffle
