How can you tell two identical things apart? This is the challenge posed by Algerian-French dancer and choreographer Rachid Ouramdane, the director of the Théâtre national de la Danse de Chaillot in Paris and a protagonist of French and international dance. His Variation(s), performed by Ruben Sanchez and Annie Hanauer, is an “extreme musical piece, bordering trance. Two phenomenal solos that show our daily, normal state of wake as hypnotized, and elevated to an experience of deep alteration” (Dance Biennale director Wayne McGregor). The dance piece was composed after Ouramdane met composer Fernand Schirren, who invited Ouramdane to look for a difference in what is identical.

19 July h. 9pm
20 July h. 6pm
Tese dei Soppalchi, Arsenale