2008 Marseille, France

Scenography - Té To Té

Each year, Frédéric Flamand, director of the Ballet National de Marseille, gives the opportunity to young dancers to choreograph. This brief was to create, in collaboration for the choreographer Yasuyuki Endo for a performance in the 2008 program, a set-design for the contemporary dance ‘Té To Té’, which means ‘Hand To Hand’ in Japanese. ‘Té To Té’ became the key concept of this scenography, with the idea of ‘the hand’ leading to a communication of the themes of touching, building, destroying and caressing.

The design consisted of 50 metal strips suspended above the stage, building a fluid understanding of the space. The scenography was as a ‘frozen rain forest’. Rain, typically ungraspable to the hand, took on the diametrically opposed qualities of ice. This was rain with which you could interact, which you could grasp, and ‘give a hand’.

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Project information

Status
Completed
Location
Marseille, France
Date
2008
Area
200 m²
Commission type
Public
Client
National ballet of Marseille
Program
Scenography for contemporary dance

Project team

Architect
Dorell.Ghotmeh.Tane Architects, Paris
Direction
Frédéric Flamand
Choreography
Yasuyuki Endo
Production
Ballet National de Marseille
Dancers
Katharina Christl, Fanny Barrouguère, Slawek Bendrat, Yoshiko Kinoshita, Salomé Martins, Yannick Rayne, Anton Zvir
Scenography - Té To Té Lina Ghotmeh — Architecture FR05_04
Scenography - Té To Té Lina Ghotmeh — Architecture FR05_01
Scenography - Té To Té Lina Ghotmeh — Architecture FR05_06
Scenography - Té To Té Lina Ghotmeh — Architecture FR05_02
Scenography - Té To Té Lina Ghotmeh — Architecture FR05_03
Scenography - Té To Té Lina Ghotmeh — Architecture FR05_07