DANCE AND ARCHITECTURE

FORUM D’URBANISME ET D’ARCHITECTURE, NICE,  "DANCE + CITY"

Sea Fragment (2024), Piscine d'eau de mer, Saint-Quay-Portrieux (France) directed by: Laure Delamotte-Legrand (France) /choreography: Loreta Juodkaité (Latvia). © Laure Delamotte-Legrand

Le Forum d'Urbanisme et d'Architecture de Nice est un pôle particulièrement actif de diffusion et de sensibilisation à l'architecture. Il est également un lieu de débats et d'échanges interculturels destinés aux professionnels ainsi qu'au grand public. À travers une programmation diversifiée de rencontres, d'expositions, de conférences, d’activités pédagogiques et d'événements internationaux, il met en résonance l'architecture, l’urbanisme et le paysage avec d’autres champs de la culture: arts visuels, cinéma ou spectacle vivant.

The Urbanism and Architecture Forum in Nice, besides being a particularly active hub for the dissemination and awareness of architecture, The Urbanism and Architecture Forum in Nice is also - and primarily - a place for debate and dialogue aimed at both professionals and a more general audience. A comprehensive program of meetings, exhibitions, conferences, educational activities, and international opening events brings architecture , town-planning and the surrounding land into interaction with other realms of culture, such as the visual arts, film and entertainment.

Il Forum d’Urbanisme et d’Architecture di Nizza oltre ad essere un polo particolarmente attivo di diffusione e sensibilizzazione all’architettura è anche - e soprattutto - un luogo di dibattito e di confronto  rivolto sia ai professionisti sia a un pubblico più generico. Attraverso un programma articolato di incontri, esposizioni, conferenze, didattica ed eventi di apertura internazionale, mette in relazione l’architettura, l’urbanistica e il paesaggio con altri campi della cultura, quali le arti visive, il cinema o le arti dello spettacolo.

 
Drama King (2024), Lithuanian National Drama Theatre (Vilnius, Lithuania) directed by: Valērijs Oļehno, choreography: Darius Algis Stankevičius. © Valērijs Oļehno

La série de courts-métrages DANSE + CITY s'inscrit dans la continuité de cette programmation, présentant jusqu'au 14 novembre neuf films d’auteurs et interprètes français, estoniens, lettons, lituaniens et ukrainiens, d'environ 3,5 minutes chacun, enchainés en boucle.

The series of short films entitled 'DANCE + CITY' fits in with this brief by presenting - until 14 November - nine films, each lasting about three and a half minutes, screened in sequence, by French, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, and Ukrainian directors and actors focus on dancers.

La serie di cortometraggi "DANCE + CITY", si inscrive in questa linea di percorso presentando fino al 14 novembre nove film di autori e interpreti  francesi, estoni, lettoni, lituani e ucraini, della durata di circa 3 minuti e mezzo ciascuno proiettati in successione.

SOLO (2024), Vilnius Palace of Marriage (Lithuania) directed by Kateryna Gornostai (Ukraine) /:choreography Mariia Yakobchuk (Ukraine) © Kateryna Gornostai

ʺComme la danse – explique Yves Nacher, directeur du Forum d’urbanisme et d’architecture – l’architecture existe par la présence des corps… elle n’est pas que des formes à contempler mais bien des formes à habiter : elle donne corps à des espaces bâtis dont le corps justement prend la mesure et auxquels il donne vie et sens dans les usage au quotidien, ce que la danse exalte plus encore quand elle se déploie en dialogue avec l’architectureʺ. 

"Like dance," so Yves Nacher explains, the director of the Forum d’Urbanisme et d’Architecture, "architecture exists thanks to the presence of bodies... it is more than just forms to be admired, it is forms to be inhabited: it gives shape to built spaces, which the body rightly measures and imbues with life and meaning through the way it uses it on an everyday basis, something that dance further enhances when it unfolds in unison with architecture."

"Come la danza", spiega Yves Nacher, direttore del Forum d’Urbanisme et d’Architecture "l'architettura esiste grazie alla presenza dei corpi... non è solo forme da contemplare, ma forme da abitare: dà corpo a spazi costruiti di cui il corpo prende giustamente la misura e ai quali dà vita e senso nell'uso quotidiano, cosa che la danza esalta ancora di più quando si dispiega in dialogo con l'architettura". 

Gravitas (2024), Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (UA), by Vadym Ilkov (UA) / choreography: Anastasia Kharchenko, Yaroslav Kaynar (UA). © Vadym Ilkov

Ces films ʺsont le fruit de l’engagement de passionnés de cinéma, d’architecture et de danse qui ont agrégé autour d’eux des chorographes, des danseurs et des réalisateurs de cinq pays européens pour proposer des explorations intimistes de la façon dont notre environnement construit peut interagir avec la fluidité des corps d’une façon qui réveille notre conscience d’être au mondeʺ.

These films are “the result of the hard work of people passionate about film, architecture and dance, who have brought together choreographers, dancers, and directors from five European countries to explore how our built environment can interact with the fluidity of bodies in a way that makes us more aware of being in the world”.

Questi film "sono il frutto dell'impegno di appassionati di cinema, architettura e danza che hanno riunito coreografi, ballerini e registi provenienti da cinque Paesi europei per offrire esplorazioni intime di come il nostro ambiente costruito possa interagire con la fluidità dei corpi in un modo che risveglia la nostra consapevolezza di essere nel mondo".

YES! (2004), Cruise Terminal, Tallin (Estonia), directed by : Madli Lääne (Estonia) / featuring: Raido Mägi (Estonia). © Madli Lääne

Videos being shown

Circus of Love and Lament, directed by: Marta Pulk (Estonia) / featuring : Artūrs Nīgalis, Mārīte Supe (Latvia); YES ! directed by : Madli Lääne (Estonia) / featuring: Raido Mägi (Estonia); Drama King directed by: Valērijs Oļehno (Latvia) / featuring: Darius Algis Stankevičius (Latvia); In Between directed by: Lina Lužytė (Latvia) / featuring: Kaisa Kattai (Estonia); H61 (3 min 28) directed by: Rūta Ronja Pakalne (Latvia) / featuring: Johhan Rosenberg (Estonia), SOLO directed by : Kateryna Gornostai (Ukraine) / featuring: Mariia Yakobchuk (Ukraine) ;  Sea Fragment directed by: Laure Delamotte-Legrand (France) / featuring: Loreta Juodkaité (Latvia) ; Gravitas directed by: Vadym Ilkov (Ukraine) / featuring: Anastasia Kharchenko, Yaroslav Kaynar (Ukraine)