LOVETRAIN2020
A choreographic ode to the sound and vibe of the 80s, as embodied in the music of Tears For Fears, with its utopic drive and epic groove. LOVETRAIN2020 was awarded best dance performance of the season 20-21 by the French professional syndicate of theatre, music and dance criticism.
Run time 75 minutes
Genre Dance
Language Language no problem
Dutch opening night Mon March 10
LOVETRAIN2020
After working with scores by Pierre Boulez, Rebecca Saunders and Gat himself for Story Water, his last production for Festival d’Avignon 2018, Emanuel Gat pursues his long time exploration of the meeting points between the choreographic and the musical, the visual and the auditory, and the potentials they hold for observation, study and storytelling.
LOVETRAIN2020 unfolds within this charged space of references, counterpoints and endless possibilities, where movement and sound interact to once again, and from a different angle, reveal the obvious yet almost transparent layers in which people come together, drift apart, push and pull, question, resolute and move forward.
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A contemporary “Musical”, LOVETRAIN2020 will call upon the wonderful music of the 80s British duo Tears for Fears (Mad world, Shout, Everybody Wants to Rule The World, Change, Sowing The Seeds Of Love and many other incredible hits from that glorious decade). A choreographic ode to the sound and vibe of the 80s, as embodied in the music of Tears For Fears, with its utopic drive and epic groove.
REVIEWS
The New York Times
“LOVETRAIN2020 is marvelous, a rambunctious yet rigorously staged piece for 14 dancers, set to tracks by the British pop group Tears for Fears (big in the ’80s), outlandishly costumed by Thomas Bradley: ruffles, peculiar shapes, huge skirts, missing parts of clothes, plaid mixed with satin.”
France Inter
“LOVETRAIN2020 is a subtle blend, a touch of baroque for the costumes, influences from Egyptian civilizations and India, all on pop music from the 1980s, Emanuel Gat achieves a stunning choreographic mix.”
Arte Journal
“With its baroque costumes, its 80s soundtrack and a company happy to be back on stage, LOVETRAIN2020 celebrates the pleasure of being connected through dance.”
Credits
music Tears for Fears
choreography and lights Emanuel Gat
costume design Thomas Bradley
costume construction Thomas Bradley and Wim Muyllaert
created with and performed by the dancers of the company
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production Emanuel Gat Dance. Marjorie Carré and Mélanie Bichot
co-production Festival Montpellier Danse 2020, Chaillot - Théâtre national de la Danse, Arsenal Cité musicale - Metz, Theater Freiburg, with the support of Romaeuropa Festival.
Emanuel Gat Dance acknowledges the support of the French Ministry of Culture and Communication, and DRAC Provence Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Région Sud - Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur and Conseil Départemental des Bouches-duRhône
LOVETRAIN2020 receives the support of Institut Français for its international tours in 2022. Created at Agora - cité internationale de la danse in Montpellier.
