cocreation and choreography assistance Isaiah Wilson
cocreation and performance Chiara Corbetta, Oceane Robin, Marie Levenez, Clara Lou Munié, Shynna Kalis
musical composition Guillaume Jullien
dramaturgy Amandine Truffy, Isaiah Wilson, Sarah Baltzinger
documentary research Alexandra Joly, Sarah Baltzinger
assistant and tutor Brian CA
scenography Manon Terranova
lighting design and artistic direction Thibault Dubourg
sculptures Manuela Benaim

with the support of Kultur | lx - Arts Council Luxembourg  

National Premiere

An emerging choreographer on the Luxembourg scene, Sarah Baltzinger began her career in 2010, first as a performer, then as a choreographer. Vénus Anatomique is her ninth work, in which she brings together five dancers in a raw white light that highlights the brutality of the overexposure of the female body. To address the theme, Sarah Baltzinger takes as a reference the fascinating reproductions of Clemente Susini, created at the end of the 18th century, artificial bodies intended for teaching female anatomy to medical students. The choreography is conceived and represented in a continuous back and forth between the disintegration of bodies and their instinctive strength of conservation and frenetic reaction to survive, with puppet-like and mechanical gestures. Working on the idea of ​​puppets that exist only in the eye of the beholder and whose sole mission is to perform an anatomical function, pushing the concept of uniformity to the limit.