The title of the show may refer to an animal, a bat, however, may also be read as an abbreviation of: Bold Action Tool, Bad As That, blood-sucking BAT, Beautiful Anonymous Tragedy or Be Always There. The artist explores different forms of anonymity and the processes of camouflage and transformation. Balancing on high heels, “deprived” of face, she becomes a well lubricated body – insane, spinning and unbridled. A boxer enters a ring and starts a silent conversation with invisible limitations. In one corner, metronome precision of a sportsman getting ready for a fight; in the second, a victim undergoing a metamorphosis, getting blows which in fact never reach her. The boxer is the embodiment of intensity, effectiveness, concentration and strength, a counterpoint to the fragmentary and chaotic nature of the victim. The show is reminiscent of movement spreading like a lightning, energy which transforms into violence. In BAT, MCH questions various processes of camouflage, transformation and anonymity. On stage, a boxer acts as a counter-point to herself: he embodies intensity, efficiency, focus and power whereas she is fragmented and chaotic. BAT is a hard movement, our generation. A movement which spreads like a storm. An energy which turns into violence, that energy we find in life.
Marie-Caroline Hominal
BAT
BAT
performed by Jérémie Canabate i Marie-Caroline Hominal
original text Marvin Victor (Dialogue des Morts) i MCH
set and costume MCH
music and sound Clive Jenkins
additional music Jimmy Ohio – www.jimmyohio.com
light design Jonathan O’Hear
technical realization techniczna Victor Roy
management Stéphane Noël i Yvan Barbafieri
production MadMoiselle MCH Association-Genf
co-production Association pour la Danse Contemporaine – Genève i Théâtre Arsenic – Lausanne
created during residencies at ADC Genève, Tanzhaus NRW Düsseldorf, PACT Zollverein Essen i Tanzhaus Zürich
Artists
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