conversations in ten questions 2 : Karine Ponties - Every Direction is North (Ballet Moscow)
In this series of interviews we try to get to know the directors/choreographers who will be the international guests at the 23rd Istanbul Theatre Festival in November 2019. Our second guest is Karine Ponties. Ayse Draz & Mehmet Kerem Ozel Art Unlimited Performing Arts Editor & Writer [The Turkish translation of this interview is published and can be accessed on art.unlimited ] What is the spirit of dance in your opinion? How do you define contemporary dance today? I strongly believe that the body can't lie! So, for me, to dance requires a complete commitment and a constant questioning of how we translate the world. I have the feeling that choreographic writing always comes from the body, hence the necessity to forge ties and work with individuals, each of whom contains their ‘writing’. Individual animal-like scoring processes which try to translate, and thus rewrite existing languages: sounds, words, gestures, colors and the excesses of the world that ...