Mathilde Monnier (F)


Mathilde Monnier is currently regarded as one of the greatest choreographers in Europe. Fundamentally original, purposefully questioning the relationships between the person, the universe and others, Monnier's approach doesn't make a case for a radical rupture from the history of dance, but tries to find, in intimateness, the basis of movement both modern and in contact with the real. Neither abstract nor minimalist, Mathilde Monnier distrusts improvisation, but incites her dancers to seek and create by leaving them a greater margin of liberty and more possibilities for individual expression. It is from this origin that is nourished not only Mathilde Monnier’s approach, but also her style – formal rigor in the choreography, coupled with an interest in movement originating both from virtuosity and kinesiology. In 1994, she was appointed as director of the Centre Chorégraphique National de Montpellier. It’s the begininng of various collaborations with differents artists: the composers Heiner Goebbels, Louis Sclavis, eriKm, the writer Christine Angot, the philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy, and more recently, the french singer Katerine.


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