Jérôme Bel
Véronique Doisneau: Screening & Conversation
Mon, Oct 17, 2016
at 7:30pm
Alone on stage, tutu in hand, a member of Paris Opera’s corps de ballet takes the spotlight on the eve of her retirement. Mournful and celebratory, she reflects on her career as a ballerina. Part of his biographical series, this admired work by Bel grants us intimate access into the life and mind of Véronique Doisneau.
A conversation with Jérôme Bel and Ana Janevski will follow the film.
Film in French with English subtitles. Conversation in English.
Presented on the occasion of Crossing the Line Festival 2016 by the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF), The Joyce Theater, The Kitchen, and The Museum of Modern Art.
Supported by Institut français and Cultural Services of the French Embassy in New York.
“There is no doubt that I am right on the fringes of the choreographic field — and I would say field, not dance — but my task is to see where I can enlarge that terrain while remaining within it.”
Jérôme Bel explores the relationship between choreography and popular culture, and dancer and spectator, often using humor as a device to break the formality of a theatre setting. Part of a generation of choreographers who rose to prominence in the mid-1990s, Bel’s work questions both art and contemporary dance. Crossing the Line 2016 will feature a focus on French choreographer Jérôme Bel, with presentations of some of his major performances.