CAC Brétigny

The expression of emotions is at the heart of Liz Magic Laser’s exhibition, currently on view at the art center, “Discours primal”. The work of this American artist is based on the research of one of the first theoreticians of movement and public speaking, François Delsarte (1811-1871). Delsarte’s codification of the expressions and gestures of public speakers was a crucial legacy for 20^th-century artists and especially dancers.

The dancer Lina Schlageter is offering an introductory workshop in the language of dance that will explore the close connection between the production of gestures and our mental and emotional states. Participants will be invited to visit the exhibition while alternating between the different senses of perception. Then, with the help of the tools provided by dance (drawings, words, and the notation of movement), they will be asked to describe, analyze, and transcribe their experience, finding new ways to translate the gestures and the emotions that give rise to them.

The workshop is free of charge, open to groups and individuals aged 8 years and up. Registration is required: reservation@cacbretigny.com or +33 (0)1 60 85 20 78.

Lina Schlageter is a dancer trained in Rudolf Laban’s system for noting movement, known as Labanotation or kinetography. After studying choreography at the Centre National de Danse Contemporaine in Angers under Emmanuelle Huynh from 2009 to 2011, she worked with Éric DeDadelsen, Loïc Touzé, Dominique Brun, Marie Orts, Catherine Lavoie-Marcus, Angelique Buisson, and Yaïr Barelli. She studied Laban kinetography at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse in Paris and began her personal artistic work with a project titled Salude! At the same time, for three years she co-managed the association Villa Raymonde, a yearly residency on transdisciplinarity. She also created the project Attitudes with Zoé Philibert, which was awarded a 2015 “L-est” grant (CCNFCB, MA Montbéliard, Le Granit).