Piece for 5 dancers playing with the concepts of copy and original
For the symbolic price of one euro, Joanne Leighton acquired the reproduction and/or transformation rights for a series of choreographic works created by 11 choreographers and architects. This ‘second-hand’ material serves as the foundation for an original performance.
The title, Display/Copy Only, refers to an exhibition model—a facsimile of a real object, but not the object itself to be acquired. A quintet of men, the piece explores the duality between copy and original, appropriation and original creation, authenticity and imitation.
Choreographers/architects : Pierre Blondel, Isabelle Dekeyser, Odile Duboc, Frédéric Flamand, Jean‑Claude Gallotta, Lhoas et Lhoas, Russel Maliphant, Steve Paxton, Fabrice Ramalingom, Rudy Ricciotti, Philippe Saire, Thierry Smits, Marie‑Clara Villalobos
Choreography : Joanne Leighton
Assistant : Marie–Françoise Garçia
Created with Alexandre Iseli, Christophe Ives, Edouard Pelleray, Edmond Russo et Shlomi Tuizer.
Dansé aussi par Matthieu Bajolet, Yoann Boyer, Massimo Fusco, Krzysztof Solek.
Sound creation : Peter Crosbie
Costumes : Chandra Vellut, Frédéric Neuville
Photos : Frank Christen
Production : WLDN
At its premiere in 2004, Display/Copy Only was produced by Velvet and co-produced by the Ministry of the French Community of Belgium, Charleroi/Danses Centre Chorégraphique under the artistic direction of Frédéric Flamand, Le Vivat d’Armentières, and Lille 2004. It was also supported as part of the Accueil-studio program at the CCN of Franche-Comté in Belfort and the CCN of Rennes and Brittany, with additional support from SACD, the Wallonie-Bruxelles International Agency, and the Wallonie-Bruxelles Théâtre/Danse Agency.
