When on January 14, 2015, Nadia Vadori-Gauthier decided to post "
One minute of dancing a day
", we saw little more than one of these epiphenomena that feed social networks.
And yet, 2311 days and as many videos later, this “
minute
” has become a separate object in the French choreographic landscape: an act that is both artistic and political.
For that, it was necessary that the choreographer, also university, is obstinate.
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Every day, in a public place, filming herself with a small camera placed on a tripod, Nadia Vadori-Gauthier danced, without makeup or particular costume.
Sick or not, rain or shine.
She put the result online the same day it was produced, without editing.
It was because she wanted dance to follow the thread of the events that shook our country and our society.
In the aftermath of the
Charlie Hebdo
attacks
,
Nadia Vadori Gauthier, feeling a page in our history turn, was seized with the desire to instill a little poetry and sensitivity in a world that is so lacking in it.
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"
I wanted to take Nietzsche's sentence literally: '
and that we consider lost any day when we have not danced at least once" ", she says, with the certainty that "a
small and repeated action can end up having a great effect
". This doctor, whose research focuses both on the consciousness of the body in movement and on the relationship between personal space and public space, thus proves that we can move from theory to practice.
Some "
minutes
" have thus become viral like that of December 1, 2018, accomplished in the middle of a demonstration of yellow vests, or number 809 of April 1, 2017, on a metro platform, so funny.
His forays into everyday life do not go unnoticed but are generally well received.
Except that day when she invited herself to a bar in a business district in the 17th arrondissement of Paris ... from where she was downright turned away.
The irruption of art in a civilized world!
Here are some examples of the most successful dances
In Varengeville-sur-mer, Normandy.
Petit Ailly beach is at low tide on December 25, 2020
At the Modern Art Museum of the City of Paris on December 2, 2020
Fontaine Molière on July 14, 2015
His 2000th dance in Chaillot
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