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October 12, 2006
October 10, 2006
Jermoe Bel
72-13 ICAA presents Pichet Klunchun and Myself
A commission by Tang Fu Kuen for the Bangkok Fringe Festival
Concept: Jerome Bel//by and with Pichet Klunchun and Jerome Bel
20 & 21 Oct 2006_8pm (105 min with no intermission)
72-13 Free Admission. (Please call (65) 67377213 to reserve a seat)
Renowned French contemporary dancer / choreographer, Jerome Bel, teams
up with Pichet Klunchun, classical performer of Thai traditional ‘Khon’ dance
in the explosive piece Pichet Klunchun and Myself. The hottest contemporary
dance duet in Europe this year, Bel and Klunchun will perform their conversation which explodes all notions of contemporary dance. Theperformance has played in 22 cities since its premiere in Bangkok, Thailand in December 2004...
On stage, the two dancers reconstruct a theatrical report of their experience of
working together. Throughout the piece they alternate between asking
questions of one another and offering each other and the audience short
dance demonstrations. . The success of this most original dance documentary
performance is that it brings together two artists who, although worlds apart in
so many ways, share humour, sensibility and a great open-mindedness.
Jérôme Bel is a French choreographer well known as a provocateur of the
contemporary form. He lives in Paris and works throughout Europe. Pichet
Klunchun is a Thai classical dance artist and one of the best known Khon
(Thai classical male dance) masters in Thailand.
“We happened to produce a kind of theatrical and choreographic documentary
on our real situation. The piece puts two artists face to face who know nothing
about each other, who have very different aesthetical practices and who both
try to know more about the other, and above all about their respective artistic
practices, despite the abyssal cultural gap dividing them.”
Jerome Bel
Pichet Klunchun and Myself is part of the 72-13 ICAA series of performances.
ICAA is a platform for Asia's expressions and its relationship to the rest of the
world. It recognises cultural diversity of Asia. ICAA in particular is about
collaborations, research, networking, dialogues across cultures and
disciplines.