Anna-Marija Adomaitytė, Cie A M A
Prelude, Pas de deux
2021
January 17 at 19:30
Friche la Belle de Mai, Petit Plateau
Dance
Duration: 50 min
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8€ / 12€
Co-produced with Chroniques, Biennale of Digital Imagination
With the Centre culturel suisse. On Tour
With the touring support of Pro Helvetia.
On a deep blue floor, a woman and a man perform the gestures of romantic relationships to the point of total exhaustion: a contemporary pas de deux, steeped in the violence of gendered norms. Is it a celebration of love or the suffering it brings? The pas de deux carries its historical weight, embodying the quintessential structure where the normative imagery of heterosexuality unfolds. Here, the dancers are confined together. Their bodies, compelled to interact—holding hands, supporting one another in a pose, lifting—are drawn into a spiral of oppression. Through the exhaustion of their movements, how can these bodies resist and break free from this imposed choreography?
Credits
Concept and choreography : Anna-Marija Adomaitytė
Created with and performed by : Mélissa Guex, Victor Poltier
Lighting and sound design : Gautier Teuscher
Technical support : Joël Corboz
Administration : Hugo Langlade
Diffusion : Tristan Barani
External eye : Pierre Piton
Production
Compagnie A M A
Coproduction
La Bâtie-Festival de Genève, L’Abri-Genève
Support
Pro Helvetia, Swiss arts council, Bourses SSA – Société Suisse des Auteurs pour la création chorégraphique 2021, la République et la Canton de Genève, Corodis, la Loterie Romande.
Pas de deux has been selected as part of the European dance network Aerowaves 2022.
With the touring support of Pro Helvetia.
Photos
© D.Ališauskas, Elie Grappe
Biography
Born in Lithuania, Anna-Marija Adomaitytė studied contemporary dance at La Manufacture – Haute école des arts de la scène in Lausanne and visual arts at ECAL. Her works, workpiece and Pas de deux, have been featured at numerous international festivals. Her latest creation, TikTok-Ready Choreographies (a co-production of Pavillon ADC and Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne, 2024), continues her exploration of the exhaustion of gesture, this time with a group of young TikTok creators from Romandy. In 2024, Anna-Marija Adomaitytė received the Leenaards Foundation Cultural Grant and the June Johnson Prize.
