AUTRE

In autre (other), the notion of distance drives the development of the choreographic language. Initially, distance separates the bodies. The progression of the two performers through space creates a dialogue of gestures: one characterised by quick, light, and aerial movements; the other by slow, grounded, and restrained actions. These contrasting tempos are superimposed, while glances exchanged between the dancers gradually diminish the distance between them. The growing proximity challenges not only spatial separation but also reflects the languor of the instrumental theme, and its fragmented, melodic drift. The musical environment yields to harmonic stability and fragmented, rapid images, irremediably absorbed by the encounter. What emerges is a focus on the intermediary: the in-between, the distortion, the gap, the "semantic displacement" between one and the other.

Assonance IV is divided into four sections. The first two are characterised by an extended upbeat, a dense core, and a rapid dissolution; the latter two explore stasis, balance, and the echo of the vestige of movement. Austerity and sobriety shape the composition—sharp, low sounds alternate with instrumental gestures that seem visible to the listener. A sense of limpid, aerial suspension is interrupted only by bursts of accelerations. The live sound seems to deteriorate, fossilise, and be caught in an echo—a fleeting trace of life.

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