One-off dance double-bill by French dancer

THE French Institute of South Africa and the Alliance Française of Durban will hold  Fabrice Lambert, an internationally-acclaimed eclectic French artist who combines dance, movement, choreography, and installation. Lambert will be touring in Durban as part of his African tour where he will perform his two pieces Gravité and D’Eux #2 as a double-bill at the Courtyard Theatre at DUT for one performance only, on Saturday May 7 at 7pm.
He is known as a dance-maker whose edgy work is deeply rooted in the technical age. He has an interest in the sciences and plays around with unusual dance themes.
After graduating from the National Centre of Contemporary Dance in Angers, Fabrice Lambert worked as a dancer for many great contemporary choreographers including Carolyn Carlson, Catherine Diverres, Francois Verret and Rachid Ouramdane, before founding the Experience Harmaat – which brings together artists, engineers, videographers and visual artists often with a strong focus on science – which be they physical, human or social, and are often at the heart of his research.
Gravité is both an installation and choreography. “A body leans on a stretch of smooth water through which light and sound constantly progress, revealing the slightest movements on the water. United by these movements, body and water become one entity; they are fused into one graphic image,” explains Lambert.
“With D’Eux #2 I continue my work on abstraction and context. This piece considers my body as material and colour; working on tonal, my dance, crossed by gravity, plays with our perceptions, and brings back, from my abstract body, the energies that put in motion,”  he considers.
Lambert will also be conducting a special three hour intensive workshop / master-class using as a starting point the piece Gravité on Monday 9 May to which the dance students of both DUT and UKZN have been invited.
Tickets are R60 for member of the public and R40 for members of Aliance Francaise.