Beyond the Skin

1999

  • Além da Pele - Patrick Delcroix - Cisne Negro Cia de Dança
  • Além da Pele - Patrick Delcroix - Cisne Negro Cia de Dança

TECHNICAL DATA

Choreography
Patrick Delcroix

Music
Eddie Fowlkes, Doctor L, Liam Farrel,
Suba, Arnaldo Antunes, Muki

Soundtrack
Eduardo Ferreira Paes Júnior

Lighting
Joyce Drummond

Costume
Patrick Delcroix, Camarim Artigos para Dança.

Synopsis
Beyond the Skin, by French choreographer Patrick Delcroix, was created especially for the Cisne Negro Dance Company. According to Patrick himself, the essence of the choreography can be translated by the following words: “Beyond appearance, we can be anything else, have another personality, have other desires, or be ourselves. Each one is their own imagination.”.

Duration
27'08''

Year of debut
1999

Patrick Delcroix

He participated for 15 years in Jiri Kylian's Nederlands Dans Theatre, one of the most important companies in the world, first as a dancer and then as choreographer-resident. Delcroix has participated in the works of great choreographers: Billy Forsythe, Mats Ek, Edouard Lock, Ohad Naharin, Nacho Duato, Hans van Manen, besides Kylian. From '90 on, he developed a series of choreographies for various European groups and since '92 has been teaching the NDT repertoire at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. In 2001, Patrick Delcroix was made a Gentleman of Arts and Letters by the French government for his work in the world of dance. In addition to Reflecting in the Mirror, Delcroix has choreographed for Cisne Negro Cia. de Dança the ballets Além da Pele (1998) and Cherché, Trouvé, Perdu (2002).