Introducing Lila Magnifique
Dancer & choreographer Lila Magnin aka Lila Magnifique, explores the possibilities of everything that ‘gives life to what you hear‘ and vice versa. During the Shared Practices residency, she delves into a new investigation.
This time, she focuses on music. In a hybrid experiment on storytelling regarding music and the body, she seeks connections. What gives life to what you hear and vice versa, how does what you hear shape life? And how do you bring the hybrid of music, text and dance to the stage?
From March 13th, Lila Magnifique, equipped with her laptop and keyboard, travels to Corso, Rataplan and Monty to give life to already existing musical ideas. As she explores the correlations between music, text, dance and meanings, she also intends to further develop a discourse on her practice. She’ll start with 5 songs named after existing or mythological female figures. For each she explores a theme either linked to the meaning of their name, to their characteristics or to their story. This represents the piece ‘becoming an extension of the physical person who actually existed, an hommage to them’. Also the piece – by carrying a human name – will be recognised as a life filled entity. With a journey of its own, separate from its creator. Just as her child would be. Writing history as wise women (ref to the etymology of the word history).
May their names be said, heard and remembered.
Shared Practices. A residency in collaboration with Corso, detheatermaker, Mestizo Arts Platform, Monty and Rataplan. With the support of the Flemish Government
Picture © Romane Iskaria
