Toujours de 3⁄4 face!

Loraine Dambermont

BELGIUM

MONDAY 4.12

10:00

Roes Theatre

DURATION: 20′

AGES: 12+

According to Johnny Cadillac, a former Belgian karateka, “3/4 face” is the ultimate defensive position: a posture so precise that inevitably betrays a will for perfectionism and a deep desire for control. Loraine Dambermont makes this principle her own and, through a live tutorial, reveals her best self-defense secret skills. Toujours de 3⁄4 face! is a 20-minute hyperenergetic solo performed as a survival guide with hints of humor. Dambermont also tackles the complex Belgian identity through movements that are all directed towards the paroxysm of self-mockery. This performance challenges the physical and mental virtuosity of the performer by pushing the limits of a constrained body between a marathon of superfast movements and the extreme precision of its own musicality.

“The project like the result achieved are matters for Surrealism
– Belgian Surrealism, of course”
—Nicolas Villodre

CHOREOGRAPHER, COMPOSER, PERFORMER: LORAINE DAMBERMONT
SOUND MIXING ADVISOR: VICTOR PETIT
LIGHTING DESIGN: REMY URBAIN
GENERAL DIRECTOR: GASPAR SCHELCK
STAGE MANAGER (ALTERNATING): CHAMSEDINE MADEC / GASPAR SCHELCK
OUTSIDE EYE: MONICA GOMES
PRODUCTION & DISTRIBUTION: BLOOM PROJECT
PARTNER: LE THEATRE DE LA BALSAMINE
SUPPORTED BY: ILES/SUITCASE BRUXELLES, LE THEATRE MARNI, GARAGE29, STUDIO 28 – ROUBAIX (FR), L’ARMANDE – LIEGE, LE CENTRE CULTUREL BRUEGEL – PERPETUUM MOBILE FESTIVAL, LA ROSERAIE, THEATER AAN DE RIJN – DANCE FLAVOURS, ARNHEM (NI), LE THEATRE DE LA BALSAMINE.
SPECIAL THANKS TO JOHNNY CADILLAC

THE WORK HAS BEEN SELECTED BY AEROWAVES
AEROWAVES #TWENTY23

Loraine Dambermont

Loraine Dambermont is a Belgian dancer and choreographer. Born in Liège in 1988, she has been based in Brussels for 10 years. After graduating from Codarts and The Theaterschool – Academy of Theatre and Dance in Rotterdam and Amsterdam, she focused on developing her own body language. By mixing several dance techniques, from hip-hop to contemporary dance, focusing mainly on popping and floor work, she works towards creating an explosive energy. In 2013, she won a choreographic prize with the duet Buy My City at Amsterdam’s 16 MINUTES OF FAME festival, and since then she started a deeper artistic collaboration with her partner and friend Noora Hannula. She has worked with The Nordic Beasts/Noora Hannula (Dk), Mute Comp. Physical theater (Dk), Michèle Anne De Mey (Be), Itamar Serussi (IL), Beppie Blankert (Nl), Etienne Rochefort (Fr) and, recently, Leslie Mannes (Be). She is currently touring internationally with her latest solo production “Toujours de 3/4 face!” (Selection Aerowaves Spring Forward Twenty23), as well as working on her new work, its creation starting in the fall of 2023.