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Sep 11 2025 - 16:00
Sep 11 2025 - 19:00

Mart - Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto

Récital

Récital, François Chaignaud | ph Martinargyroglo

In an intimate atmosphere, François Chaignaud revitalizes the solo recital, exploring the legacy of Isadora Duncan — a pioneer of modern dance who liberated the body on stage from corsets and tutus. Fluidity and sensuality intertwine in Chaignaud's body as he shifts between long spirals and wild runs. Accompanied by Romain Louveau's piano, Chaignaud blends memory and the present, transforming gestures into new rituals that, like before, poetically challenge conventions.

[...] appeals to and combines modern dance, human and bird song, great music, discrete water [...], colour [...], costumes as a synthesis of movement [...].

- Bernard Rémy, Danser canal historique
Récital

Choreography, performance, singing François Chaignaud
Transmission of dances Elisabeth Schwartz 
Piano Romain Louveau 
Costumes Romain Brau
The song "I was born across the Atlantic" is from Cantate pour les années folles by Nosfell, lyrics by Anne James Chaton, 2017
Administration, production, national distribution Mandorle produzioni (Chloé Perol, Jeanne Lefèvre, Emma Forster)
International distribution APROPIC–Line Rousseau–Marion Gauvent
Production Mandorle productions - Mandorle productions is subsidized by the Ministère de la Culture (DRAC Auvergne-RhôneAlpes) and the Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. François Chaignaud is an associate artist at Chaillot - Théâtre national de la Danse as well as the Maison de la danse and the Biennale de la danse de Lyon
Supports Fondation Louis Vuitton, Musée de l’Orangerie, Miroirs Étendus, La Brèche Festival, la Ménagerie de Verre as part of StudioLab

Duration 30'


The show is part of D.Arte, a broad collaboration between Oriente Occidente and Mart.

The performance is part of the thematic path Passato contemporaneo. To find out more, visit the box office page.