Tuesday, June 29, 2004, 9:45 p.m., Hall
Wednesday, June 30, 2004, 9:45 p.m., Hall
German premiere

Conception: Alain Buffard (F)
with: Jérôme Andrieu, Trisha Bauman, Alain Buffard, Herman Diephuis, Matthieu Doze, Simon Hecquet, Christophe Ives, Jennifer Lacey, Anne Laurent, Pascale Paoli, Mickaël Phelippeau, Cécile Proust, Laurence Rondoni, Claire Servant, Ingo Diehl
Length: 55 minutes

Mauvais Genre has little to do with the traditional meaning of dance, instead this choreography leans towards moving images and becomes a body installation replete with visual magic. The audience has an opportunity to wander through this lanscape as it pleases.
It all started in 1998 with Alain Buffard’s autobiographical solo good boy. A single body and its story is reduced and concentrated into an action that demonstrates how fragile and versatile the body is. Fifteen performers extend the original solo and turn it into a group piece for all genders and genres. Still, Mauvais Genre is not a duplicated autobiography. Because so many different personalities are interpreting the movements the question of community arises and presents itself as more than a random collection of idiosyncracies.