CONSTELLATIONS & ALLIANCES:
Chiron in Aries, Recital #4

Constellations and Alliances creates a choreographically detailed world where the dance could come from a fictional past or an imaginary future. The movements have been composed as if they were folk, ritual dances - but in a slightly distorted, home-made way. The wild, unruly is intertwined with the mildly soft.

This work invents its own mythology. What constellations and alliances bring us together today? Can these groupings change, give us hope and build bridges? Frédéric Gie's choreographies lie right on the border where old and new rub against each other. What arises in this friction?

This work was created for Weld Extended which is an extension of the project Weld Company and part of the dance and art scene Weld, on Norrtullsgatan in Stockholm. Here, dancers and choreographers of different ages and experiences meet in a joint exploration. The piece is the fourth chapter of the Chiron in Aries cycle of pieces, all created for and with Frédéric Gie's own ensemble. But this time it is instead a new constellation of dance artists, both new and familiar within the framework of Weld Extended, who form an ensemble.

Creation: 2023
Premiere: Feb. 16, 2023 * Stockholm, SE
Duration: 60 min

Choreography: Frédéric Gies
Dance (Weld Extended): Elise Brewer, Brittanie Brown, Gergo D.Farkas, Nefeli Gioti, Andreas Haglund, Maria Naidu, Anna Pehrsson
Music: Fiedel
Lighting design: Thomas Zamolo
Costumes: Grzegorz Matlag

Co-produced by Dansens Hus
Produced by Weld in collaboration with Dance is ancient

With the support of Swedish Arts Council, Region Stockholm, City of Stockholm