Didier Théron Company
France
La Grande Phrase / The Big Phrase
Interacting with their surroundings and the audience, the dancers in La Grande Phrase (The Big Phrase) wear colourful inflated suits that challenge our expectations of how dancers’ bodies look and turn our gazes onto our own bodies. Any space shared with the audience becomes a performance space, where the dancers create all kinds of preposterous scenarios and hilarious poses. Compagnie Didier Théron is based in Montpellier and, since 1988, has presented its work on many international stages. The company is led by Didier Théron, who studied with masters such as Merce Cunningham, Dominique Bagouet, Trisha Brown and Harada Tangen.