Where were we when we were not there?
In music, it’s a rhythm “out of time”. We are talking about syncopated music.
In medical terms, it is a stoppage or slowing of the heart. 5 to 10 seconds of loss of consciousness during which the brain can just imagine, invent or review without limit.
Memories or imagination?
Memory or creation?
– Gil Roman, December 2010
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Choreography: Gil Roman
Music: Citypercussion – Thierry Hochstätter & jB Meier, Frederic Chopin
Costumes design: Henri Davila
Lighting design: Dominique Roman
Sets: Atelier du Teatre-Auditori – Sant Cugat, Spain
Premiere: Théâtre de Beaulieu, Lausanne – December 18, 2010
Recorded at Beaulieu Theatre – Lausanne, Switzerland on June 21 and 22, 2018.
Directed by Arantxa Aguirre
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