Work in progress
The rehearsals took place in Teatro Comunale of Tuoro sul Trasimeno in March 2005.
Choreography and direction: Simone Sandroni
Dramaturgy: Lenka Flory
Interpretation: Heidi Strauss, Darryl Tracy
Music dramaturgy: Jeremy Mimnagh
Music: Slap Happy
Supported by: The creation was supported by Canada Council for the Arts, The Ontrio Arts Council, City of Toronto, the Bureau du Que’bec a Toronto and Dance Works Toronto.
Rustling Shadows is a high-intensity, rough and impulsive duet. The work explores opposing forces of comfort and anxiety in close relationships, and and its pulsating rhythm creates a tension between
the couple, a play between isolation and togetherness.
Co-commissioned by Four Chambers dance project and DanceWorks, this is the first time DEJA DONNE’s choreography was performed in Toronto.
Paula Citron
review on classical 96FM:
„... an absolutely fresh and delightful piece called “Rustling Shadows” which is the first choreography presented in Toronto by DEJA DONNE from Prague, Czech Republic (A.K.A. Lenka Flory and Simone Sandroni). In the latter, Strauss and Tracy are put through a highly physical ride of swirling emotions that is part sadomasochism, part teasing seduction, and part delicious run. The audience went wild."
Now 21.–27. 4. 2005
Seamless Strauss
In 1999, Toronto-based Heidi Strauss and Darryl Tracy founded Four Chambers Dance Project to treat matters of the heart through dance. Strauss's and Tracy's world-premiere performance of Prague-based choreographic duo DEJA DONNE's Rustling Shadows revealed a witty, fast-paced series of exchanges, dares and pausing portraits. Childlike romping and goofiness, right down to scatological references and an unusual final touch involving water, made it the most surprising of the program's three works.
Photo ©: Jeremy Mimnagh
a commission by the Region of Umbria, a site specific international project Margine Buio was created for Alberto Burri Museum and Festival delle Nazioni in Citta’ di Castello.
The rehearsals with 5 performers took place in company residency in the August 2007. The performance was presented on 4th September in Museo Burri in Città di Castello and on 21st September at Festival of contemporary creation EsTerni in Terni.
MARGINE BUIO
Choreography and direction: Lenka Flory & Simone Sandroni
Dance: Masako Noguchi, Vasso Giannakopoulou, Katerina Skiada, Virginia Spallarossa, Claudia Pelliccia
Music: Luigi Ceccarelli
Trombons: Renzo Brocculi
Set design: Lenka Flory & Simone Sandroni
Costumes: Lavinia Cascone
Production: DEJA DONNE, Lenka Flory
Support: Region of Umbria
Ci sono degli stati emotivi affascinanti, che nascono senza una ragione apparente e che ci fanno credere per un istante, di poter trovare la soluzione ad un enigma o ricevere la risposta ad un quesito che ci accompagna da sempre, per poi sparire così come sono arrivati, inavvertitamente.
Ci sono elementi che provocano questi stati dell’animo e li esasperano, come il buio, la luce, il suono e il silenzio, la stasi e il movimento e soprattutto la loro interazione.
Sono sensazioni al margine della coscienza, legate a chissà quale esperienza remota, a chissà quale fobia, a chissà quale vita.
Sensazioni che ci rendono curiosi e fanno scrutare oltre il margine, dove il buio nasconde le sembianze dell’essere che abita le nostre paure.
In questo margine buio sarà creata una coreografia intessuta d’insinuazioni e suggerimenti, che generano paure ed eccitazioni non originate da coscienti interpretazioni. Gli essicatoi sono il luogo adatto dove trovare il margine buio, dove il buio ed il silenzio, impastati d’irrealtà, sono più veri del vero e al tempo stesso più fragili, ma pericolosamente prede della coscienza.
Photo ©: Archive Festival delle Nazioni
a solo performance commission by Andee Scott/Texas entitled in collaboration with filmmaker Barbara Schröer created in September 2007 in Castiglion del lago loc. Ferretto (PG).
Choreography and direction: Lenka Flory & Simone Sandroni
Dance: Andee Scott
Film: Barbara Schröer
Music: Ludwig van Beethoven
Set design: Lenka Flory & Barbara Schröer.
Costumes: Lenka Flory
Production: Andee Scott & The Fuse Box Festival (Austin, TX)
Support: The University of Texas at Austin: College of Fine Arts and Department of Theatre and Dance, Teatro Comunale di Tuoro sul Trasimeno, Italy
Photo ©: archive
a creation for EN-KNAP GROUP, formed by a young multinational team of dancers this year in Ljubljana, entitled “In Between”, premiered in Stara Elektrarna in November 07.
“Earth” – small and limited place. To get their place and position people suspect, seduce, dominate and loose, struggle, envy and fight. They look to the sky and think of happiness…
“and Sky” - vast and borderless sky. People search for each other to avoid solitude. Finding each other they suspect, seduce, dominate and loose, struggle, envy and fight. They look back to the Earth and think of lost happiness.
Concept and choreography: Lenka Flory & Simone Sandroni
Created and performed by: Luke Dunne, Katja Legin,Tomáš Nepšinský
Ana Stefanec, Ilkem Ulugün
Music: Luigi Ceccarelli, Gaetan van den Berg
Sound: Raffaele Petrucci
Light design: Anže Kreč
Set design: Simone Sandroni & Lenka Flory
Costume design: Lavinia Cascone
Technical manager: Anže Kreč
Sound engineer: Matej Ocepek
Production: Zavod EN-KNAP
Artistic director: Iztok Kovač
Executive producer: Tina Dobnik
Partner: Bunker, Stara mestna elektrarna – Elektro Ljubljana
Photo ©: Matjaž Škrinjar
Mal Pelo company and L’animal a l’esquena in Celrà/Spain invitation for a trio by Simone Sandroni, Pep Ramis and Jordi Casanovas. Presented at Temporada Alta international festival in Girona.
Photo ©: archive
