tuesday 19 april – 9pm

Alix Eynaudi ^(A/B/F)

Edelweiss

performance, italian première

Edelweiss is a danced rebus where signs and references abound, each existing in their own right. It’s a performance that plays with intelligibility and tactility in order to blur the boundaries between us and the world. The overwhelming sensuality of Edelweiss suggests a connectivity towards the ocean of materials in which human bodies are inserted. All the elements follow a dialogical mode in which the image/notion becomes versatile like a piece of cloth until it fits snugly around us, and we in turn adapt to fit comfortably around it – it becomes a second skin. Edelweiss treats all of its components as beloved works of art: it is precious time spent on gestures, sirens and robots, fabrics and drawings. Eynaudi cultivates affection for the skilful dedication of the craftsman – she embraces techniques as forms of poetry, and artistry as a form of care. Inspirited by Klimt, Emilie Flöge, sport, 19th-century aquariums, babies, the 1970s, the future and the experimental artists Fontana and Ferrari, Edelweiss is a meditation on the taste for signs and the taste of each sign, when signification is on leave.

concept and choreography Alix Eynaudi
with Alix Eynaudi, Mark Lorimer, Cécile Tonizzo, Alice Chauchat
costumes An Breugelmans
drawings & embroidery Cécile Tonizzo
light design Bruno Pocheron
production in Belgium Hiros 
production in Austria Sarah Blumenfeld for boîte de production – Verein für Zeitgenössischen Tanz und zeitgenössische Installationen
co-production Kunstencentrum BUDA (B), Tanzquartier Wien (A) 
with the support of MA7-Kulturabteilung der Stadt Wien, XING Bologna, l’Institut Français d’Autriche, Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie 
event made possible by INTPA – INTERNATIONAL NET FOR DANCE AND PERFORMANCE AUSTRIA of Tanzquartier Wien with funds by BKA and BMEIA

Alix Eynaudi, French dancer/choreographer based in Vienna. Trained at the Paris Opéra, she worked in various ballet companies before entering PARTS in Brussels when the school first opened. In 1996 she joined Anne-Teresa De Keersmaeker’s company Rosas where she worked for 7 years. She has been creating her own works since 2005: Crystalll (2005) in collaboration with Alice Chauchat, Supernaturel (2007), Komposition (2008) in collaboration with Anne Juren, Marianne Baillot and Agata Maszkiewicz, The Visitants (2008) and Long Long Short Long Short (2009) both with Agata Maszkiewicz, Exit (2011) in collaboration with Kris Verdonck, Monique (2012) with Mark Lorimer, and Edelweiss (2015). In parallel, she takes part in projects as a dancer and performer with a.e. the collective Superamas, Kris Verdonck, Anne Juren, Jennifer Lacey and Boris Charmatz. She also regularly teaches workshops internationally.
www.alixeynaudi.com