LA TRANSMISSION DE L’INDISCIBLE PAR LE MÉTISSAGE DES DISCOURS SCÉNIQUES DANS SAMEDI DÉTENTE
LA TRANSMISSION DE L’INDISCIBLE PAR LE MÉTISSAGE DES DISCOURS SCÉNIQUES DANS SAMEDI DÉTENTE

Summary/Abstract: If the term “dance-theater” as an artistic genre seems to disturb creators as much as critics and curators, the few artists actually claiming this label are using this interdisciplinary form in order to multiply the possibilities of the theatrical discourse and give the body a privilege role in the sensible communication they engage with their spectators. Through examples gathered from Samedi Détente, a show created in 2014 by Dorothée Munyaneza to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of Rwanda’s genocide, we will question the ways of dance-theater’s interbreeding discourse with storytelling and contemporary music. Complexity of such a scenic discourse allows evocation of painful memories, but mostly sharing some delicate political contents, using more sensible means than the only theatrical speech, with an occidental audience whom, unlike the choreographer, did not experiment those tragic events from the inside. We will see how the dancing body travels between its interpreter, presenting himself for who he is, and the fictional character; how certain qualities of the dance allows the discourse to be embodied, opening spectator’s senses to raise his awareness towards the message of the show; how the action of speaking becomes part of the dance by gradually shifting out of the storytelling, words going from being enunciated, to sung, repeated and even danced. Finally, we will look at how contemporary music is being used as a link between theater, storytelling and dance, adding a forth branch to the discourse. To sum up, we will examine the extent of the emotional impact that this discourse interbreed can have on the reception of a political message

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