Cinedans: meeting with Alain Platel / Sophie Fienn...

Made by Josselin Carré http://www.myspace.com/aguirre1978 http://www.readymade-factory.net Cinedans 2008: http://www.cinedans.nl VSPRS Show and Tell Program: Amsterdam, Rialto, 4 juli, 22.00 uur Den Haag, 4 juli, 22.00 uur Utrecht, 5 juli, 21.45 uur GB, FR, 2007 Director: Sophie Fiennes Choreography: Alain Platel Time: 72 minutes Acclaimed Belgian choreographer Alain Platel has never shied away from shocking audiences. His work VSPRS is his most outrageous yet -- one critic calling it "the weirdest, most shocking and provocative dance performance you will ever see." The dance, made up of ten dancers and ten musicians, is performed to Claudio Monteverdi's Mariavespers, one of the most important pieces in the history of European religious music. The artists trained by immersing themselves in images of psychiatric distress, and together carve out an extremely physical and graphic performance immersed in religious and sexual imagery. In Sophie Fiennes' mesmerising documentary, the dimensions of ecstasy and trauma that form the core of the performance are masterfully captured, whilst interviews with Platel and the dancers themselves add an extra layer of insight to the performances.