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Akaji Maro / Eric-Maria Couturier – Alter Ego

September 26th, 2024 Vanhaerents Art Collection, Brussels
40 minutes

When Butoh Legend Meets Bach’s Cello Suites

© Hiroyuki Kawashima

To mark ARTONOV’s tenth anniversary, dancer-choreographer Akaji Maro, a living butoh legend, meets virtuoso cellist Eric-Maria Couturier, soloist with the Ensemble intercontemporain, for an original performance.

Based on Johann Sebastian Bach’s Cello Suites, the butoh dancer and the musician dialogue and improvise, in a radical staging that transcends historical periods, cultural areas and artistic genres.

With a narrative based on the development of a human being, the performance explores with intensity the notions of identity, in all their ambiguity and contradictions.

A powerful and harmonious encounter between two strong, original personalities at the peak of their art.