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Boris Charmatz, one of the most influential figures in contemporary dance, presents an intimate and radical solo, treating dance as an essential act and transforming what remains unsaid and silenced into gesture. Conceived as the continuation of SOMNOLE – presented at the Triennale as part of FOG 2022 – Muette, on the edge of breath, reduces all scenic elements to a bare minimum, allowing a minimalist choreography to emerge and thunder in silence. In immediate proximity to the audience, the movement stems from listening to the body and its deepest, most secret vibrations. An astonishing creation that reveals an inner landscape of invisible yet shared presences.
Dancer, choreographer, and creator of experimental projects, Boris Charmatz emerged in 1993 as a major figure in French contemporary dance with À bras-le-corps, a duet created with Dimitri Chamblas. From 2009 to 2018 he was the director of the CCN de Rennes et de Bretagne, which he transformed into Musée de la danse, an experimental space to rethink the relationship between the public and the territories of art. Pieces like Aatt enen tionon (1996), enfant (2011) created for the Cour d'honneur at the Festival d'Avignon, or 10000 gestes (2017) have been shown around the world. His work has been the subject of retrospectives at MoMA (New York), Tate Modern (London), Festival d’Automne (Paris). Since 2019, he has ceaselessly been questioning the foundations of his discipline with his company Terrain. From 2022 to 2025, Boris Charmatz is the director of Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch and develops, with Terrain, an artistic project between Germany and France. In 2024, he was the “Artiste Complice” at the 78th Festival d'Avignon.
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Choreography and Interpretation: Boris Charmatz
Assistant to the choreography: Magali Caillet Gajan
Lights: Yves Godin
Technical Manager: Fabrice Le Fur
Deputy Director Terrain: Hélène Joly
Direction of Productions: Lucas Chardon, Martina Hochmuth
Production Manager: Briac Geffrault
Production and Distribution: Terrain
With the support of: Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels
Co-Production (Ongoing): Cango Centro Produzione Della Danza Firenze, CND Centre National De La Danse, Chaillot - Théâtre National De La Danse, Charleroi Danse, Festival D’Avignon, ImPulsTanz, Kunstenfestivaldesarts, MC93 – Maison De La Culture De Seine-Saint-Denis, Le Phénix - Scène Nationale De Valenciennes, Romaeuropa Festival, Sadler’s Wells, Tainan Arts Festival, Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch
With the support of: La Chartreuse De Villeneuve Lez Avignon - Centre National Des Écritures Du Spectacle
With the help of: La Briqueterie CDCN Du Val-de-Marne, Le Centre Pompidou – Metz, L’Espace Pasolini
Cover: © César Vayssié
