Terpsichore in Scorpio –
DEPOSITION

Frédéric Gies offers a dancing archive of 30 years of career on stage. An intimate portrait, a lover letter to dance and an exploration of all identities and memories gathered by and in a body in movement.

"I started to work in the dance field thirty years ago, in the fall 1991. In Terpsichore in Scorpio – Deposition, I offer my body as a living, somatic archive of thirty years of dance – thirty years of dance that occurred not only on stage or in the studio, but also on the dance floors where I danced for countless hours. The dances that constitute this piece originate in my deepest kinesthetic memories, in the sediments left by movements I have danced or seen. The sometimes intact, sometimes putrefying dance materials contained in my body constitute the fertile soil for new dances. In the title, deposition refers to the legal term for a written document consisting of the testimony of a witness.

Scorpio, in astrology, represents death, rebirth, transformation and regeneration. It is associated with deep emotional experiences. Terpsichore refers to the Greek muse of dance and to the asteroid Terpsichore. In the fall 2021, this asteroid returns to its placement in the sky when I was born."

/ Frédéric Gies

Creation: 2021
Premiere: Sept. 24, 2021 * Malmö, SE
Duration: 60 min.

Choreography and dance: Frédéric Gies
Dancers in the videos: Elise Brewer, Disa Krosness, Maria Naidu, Malin Stattin, Andrea Svensson, Thomas Zamolo
Music: Fiedel
Lighting Design: Thomas Zamolo
Costumes: Grzegorz Matlag
Videos: Andrea Keiz (editing) and Frédéric Gies (filming)

Coproduced by Inkonst and Skogen 
Residence at Danscentrum Syd, Inkonst and Skogen

With the support of Kulturrådet and Malmö stad