Marie Chouinard | Henri Michaux : Mouvements + Selected solos and duets

A rare alchemy between ink and gesture. A total artist, vibrant and radically alive, Marie Chouinard brings the intimate into dialogue with the monumental. Bodies laid bare, tension on pointe, laughter and cries intermingled. From S.T.A.B. to Lascia ch’io pianga, via OUCH!, Rires-Pleurs and En conversations*, the choreographer presents a curated selection of emblematic solos and duets from her repertoire. In the second half, the stage becomes a blank page. The book Mouvements (1951) by poet and painter Henri Michaux—comprising a long poem and 64 India ink drawings inspired by Asian art—becomes a score for the creator. Ink blots, multiform, nervous figures: a true choreographic substance to which she gives life, driven by the exhilaration of inventing form. Supple bodies, coursing with the relentless music of Louis Dufort, echo the projected drawings.

*Selection of works subject to change