About We Loved Each Other So Much
Choreographer and acrobat Yoann Bourgeois is fascinated by the games of vertigo, which reflect the civilizational upheaval of our world. He creates his captivating dance poetry in close interaction with space by exploring specific physical devices.
We Loved Each Other So Much explores the vital incandescence that is the basis of our movement through a piece of rare virtuosity and intensity.
Press
“Extremely physically impressive.” (Expressen)
“Precision is, of course, total and vitally important." (Göteborgs-Posten)
“The whole work is like a storm or whirlwind that suddenly stops, coalesces, then dances on." (Svenska Dagbladet)
“It is pleasing to see an aesthetic vision combine technical concept with such rigor as in We Loved Each Other So Much" (Aftonbladet)
“[The dancers’] individuality is given space in a fascinating way, despite the fact that this work is fundamentally based on group dynamics and collaboration, in that everyone has a firm grasp of each other’s place in the room, every second.” (Aftonbladet)
“Yoann Bourgeois has a background in circus and it is impressive how he transfers the acrobatic technique to the dancers.” (Göteborgs-Posten)
“Exactly how certain acrobatic elements are possible to perform is difficult to understand in this new, fast-paced work that seems to oscillate between the totally dedicated and the desperately abandoned.” (Svenska Dagbladet)
“A lifelong abandonment trauma, shaped by the human body’s ability to both carry and lose itself.” (Dagens Nyheter)
“A crazily furious pace driven by Félix Lakkó's wild strings. The dancers bounce in from the sides, almost fly in. How do they get so high?” (Borås Tidning)
Team
CHOREOGRAPHY, COSTUME DESIGN Yoann Bourgeois
ASSISTANT CHOREOGRAPHERS Marie Bourgeois, Winston Reynolds
SET DESIGN Yoann Bourgeois
LIGHTING DESIGN David Stokholm
MUSIC
Félix Lajkó – three pieces from the concert És zenekara (1998): Játék 1, Vonósnégyes, Finálé
Leonard & Adam Cohen – The Goal from Thanks for the dance (2019)
Information
Running time - 35 minutes
Dancers - 17
World premiere 12 April 2024, Göteborg Opera’s Main Stage.
