Alexis Patri 2:00 p.m., May 01, 2022
Invited on Sunday by Isabelle Morizet in the program "Il n'y a pas qu'une vie dans la vie", the star dancer Hugo Marchand explains his vision of his art and explains why the symbolic barriers that distinguish classical dance from different contemporary dances have little meaning for him.
INTERVIEW
On March 3, 2017, Hugo Marchand was named star dancer at the Paris Opera.
But, curious about all the ways of dancing, he never limited himself to classical dance.
Guest on Sunday of the
program There is not just one life in life
, he explains at the microphone of Isabelle Morizet that the distinctions between the different types of dances have little reason for him.
"I find that we should not make the difference between classical dance and contemporary dance, jazz dance or modern dance", he believes.
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Dances like in foreign languages
Classical, contemporary, jazz and modern dances, however, have different codes and techniques.
"It's a new language, it's like when you speak English, French, Italian", compares Hugo Marchand.
"Today, I speak classical dance better, because it's the language I've had since I was little. But I have a similar pleasure in doing contemporary dance and learning new languages."
And the learning of its different dance languages is facilitated for Hugo Marchand, who has shaped his body since his youth spent at the Paris Opera.
"We shaped a body which is a modeling clay and which will allow a choreographer or a coach to help us learn these new techniques", he explains.
"I am rehearsing with Mats Ek for his evening at the Opéra Garnier, I am going to do Don José in Carmen and, in a month and a half, I will be rehearsing to do Albrecht in Giselle. Two techniques totally different dance styles. But for me, it's the same thing and the same motivation."