Chaleur humaine

STÉPHANE GLADYSZEWSKI

Eight minutes of sensual enchantment where bodies are mingled with video images of intimate embrace and lovers’ fantasies. Torrid and poetic.

Details

Two naked bodies, a thermal camera, a video projector, headphones, a few secret manipulations and presto, Stéphane Gladyszewski lures the audience by the senses and leads us deep within. Chaleur humaine creates a torrid ambience. The gasp of desire materializes in colourful waves along a thigh. Caresses trace the path of pleasure across an abdomen or the curve of a hip. The movement of the dancers is lost in video images of their lovemaking and their fantasies and we fall, like them, under the giddy spell of love.Intense moments of sensual enchantment.

Credits

VIDEO AND CHOREOGRAPHY DESIGNED BY STÉPHANE GLADYSZEWSKI
WITH EMMANUEL PROULX + ELLEN FUREY
PROJECTIONNIST JUSTINE RICARD
SOUND DESIGN ERIC FORGET
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ANNE GUILLAUME

COPRODUCTION LA 2E PORTE À GAUCHE + AGORA DE LA DANSE

CO-PRESENTED BY CŒUR DES SCIENCES DE L’UQÀM

WRITTEN BY FABIENNE CABADO
TRANSLATED BY NEIL KROETSCH

PREMIERED AT KINGDOM GENTLEMAN’S CLUB, MONTREAL, SEPTEMBRE 18, 2011

 

STÉPHANE GLADYSZEWSKI (MONTRÉAL)

Body Media, Body Screen

He has danced for Daniel Léveillé and Nicolas Cantin, but Stéphane Gladyszewski started out studying photography and interdisciplinary arts, choices that have influenced his creative approach.

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