FESTIVAL TANEC PRAHA 2025
Toujours de ¾ face
CHOREOGRAPHER, COMPOSER AND PERFORMER:
Loraine Dambermont
SOUND MIXING ADVISOR:
Victor Petit
LIGHT CREATION:
Rémy Urbain
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR:
Gaspar Schelck
STAGE MANAGEMENT:
Adèle Evans
OUTSIDE EYE:
Monica Gomes
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Hichem Dahes
PRODUCTION:
Lodbmt
TOUR MANAGER:
BLOOM Project
PARTNER:
The Théâtre de la Balsamine
WITH THE SUPPORT OF:
Islands/Suitcase Brussels, Le Théâtre Marni, Brussels (Be), Garage29, Brussels (Be), Studio 28 - Roubaix (Fr), L'Armande - Liège (Be), Le Center Culturel Bruegel - Perpetuum MOBILE Festival, La Roseraie, Brussels (Be), Theater aan de Rijn - Dance Flavors, Arnhem (Nl) & Wallonie-Bruxelles International
SPECIAL THANKS TO:
Johnny Cadillac for the inspiration
DURATION:
20 min
PREMIERE:
November 2021 - Théâtre de la Balsamine, Bruxelles (BE)
According to Johnny Cadillac, a former Belgian karateka, « 3/4 face » is The ultimate defensive position! The choreographer and performer Loraine Dambermont makes this principle her own and, through a live tutorial, reveals her best self-defense secret skills.
Toujours de 3⁄4 face! is a 20 minute hyper energetic solo performed as a survival guide with hints of humour. Loraine Dambermont also tackles the complex Belgian identity through mouvements all directed towards the paroxysm of self-mockery.
This performance challenges the physical and mental virtuosity of the performer by pushing the limits of a constrained body between a marathon of hyper fast movements, and the extreme precision of its own musicality.
Note to the audience: The performance contains voice over / english subtitles.
Belgian artist Loraine Dambermont is a dancer and choreographer. After training at Codarts and Teaterschool - the Academies of Dance and the Arts in Rotterdam and Amsterdam - Loraine Dambermont has forged her own style. Through a blend of different techniques, from hip hop to contemporary dance, including popping and floor work, she creates an explosive energy.
In 2013, she won an award for Buy My City, a collaborative creation with Noora Hannula, a defining encounter in her career. As a performer, she has worked with The Nordic Beasts and Mute Comp. Physical theater (Dk), Michè le Anne De Mey (Be), Itamar Serussi (Il), Beppie Blankert (Nl), Etienne Rochefort (Fr), Zahrbat / Brahim Bouchelaghem (Fr) and recently Leslie Mannes (Be).
In parallel with the extensive tour of her first solo TOUJOURS DE 3/4 FACE! (Aerowaves Spring Forward 2023 selection), she is working on her new creation T'FAÇON ON EST EN 2012, which will premiere in October 2025 at the Théâtre de Liège during the Charleroi danse Biennale.
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