Marion Zurbach, Unplush
Summoning a chorus of vilaines
2025
February 8 at 19:00
KLAP Maison pour la danse
Dance
Duration: 50 min
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Coproduced with KLAP Maison pour la danse.
With Centre culturel suisse. On tour
From the hyper performativity of the classical dancer to the hindrance of illness, Marion Zurbach traces with this solo the path of a physical, aesthetic and political metamorphosis. Suffering from a chronic joint disease, the choreographer questions her body and her history. In the eyes of the norms, she now belongs to anti-heroic representations, like the villain of the romantic ballet whose figure she invokes. She extends the spectrum to the non-human, and assimilates herself to the so-called "harmful" or "invasive" species. Inspired by these creatures on the margins, she sets out in search of a poetics of impure and fantastical figures. The performance writes the path towards the activation of these real or fantasized presences.
Suspended movements, on the lookout; creatures lurking in a still unaccomplished future. Becoming harmful, sabotaging, corrupting, and enjoying this struggle. Transformation is a never-ending process, offered by the flow of identities.
Biography
Choreographer of the artistic association Unplush, Marion Zurbach’s work explores dance in connection with research in ethology and speculative narration. From 2006 to 2015, she worked for the Ballet National de Marseille and the Tanz Compagnie Konzert Theater Bern. In 2018, she completed her Master’s degree in Expanded Theater at the Bern University of the Arts. In 2019 Unplush received the June Johnson Dance Prize (Swiss Dance Awards). In 2021, she danced with TERRAIN / Boris Charmatz at MIF Manchester. Since then, she has created Les Promises, Biche and Les Héritier·x.
Credits
Distribution
Writing and performance: Marion Zurbach
Sound creation: Zooey Agro
Costume design: Silvia Romanelli
Dramaturgy: Arthur Eskenazi
External eye: Johanna Hilari
Lighting design: Nils Doucet
Technoical direction: Olivier Famin
Production: Maxine Devaud / oh la la - performing arts production
Administration: Raphaël Soleilhavoup
Thanks to Muriel Bourdeau, Ghali Bensouda, Cyril Verde, Etienne Zurbach and Mireille Jouanaud
Coproductions
Dampfzentrale Bern, Ballet National de Marseille
Diffusion
Festival Parallèle, KLAP Maison pour la Danse à Marseille, Dampfzentrale Bern, Far° Fabrique des arts vivants Nyon
Residencies and partners
CN D Centre national de la danse Pantin, Tanzhaus Zürich, SOMA Marseille, Marseille Objectif Danse
Creation support
Ville de Berne, Canton de Berne, Pro Helvetia
Photos
© Manon Tombe, Simon Courchel
