Pure at Nationaltheater Mannheim

pure: English. pure, clear, unadulterated. Together with the dancers of the ensemble explores Dominique Dumais these qualities of dance and thus performs in her piece
RAW begun in the 2012/2013 season movement research continues. The close collaboration between performer and choreographer in the foreground. Starting from the often long-standing trustful cooperation is a sample process of joint experimentation and concentrated confrontation developed between intensity and surprise.

Dominique Dumais has created impressive solos for the performers of the ensemble in many dance pieces like Frida Kahlo, The Little Prince or tracing Isadora. She gets involved in the language of movement and expressiveness of each cast member, perceiving it as a challenge and opportunity for their own choreographic work.

The live improvisations of the musicians on stage to create her a suitable framework for the development of an intense dance theater language: Pure and direct relationship between music and dance, between bodies, between movement and space, between performers and audience.

PURE is dedicated to the dance itself and performs the operation continues, the Dominique Dumais began with RAW and should lead to a trilogy.