Gargouille & Chimères Dance Event - Catherine Habasque

Choreographer, producer and dancer Catherine Habasque is the founder of Dancers For The World. This humanitarian organisation uses dance and performing arts in the field in camps, hospitals, and prisons to empower vulnerable people worldwide through dance. Dancers For The World also produces immersive and multidisciplinary productions. Their next production is called "Gargouille & Chimères" - "Gargouilles" are the gargoyles that spew rainwater from the roofs of the cathedrals (think Notre-Dame de Paris); and "Chimères" (chimeras) are mirages, illusions, imaginary worlds that can haunt us in dreams.

The production includes dance, opera, video and text to give you a 360 degree spectacle, with music from Miles Davis, Vivaldi, Saint-Saens und Georg Friedrich Händel. The unique atmosphere of the OffeneKirche Elisabethen provides the ideal setting for this immersive piece. The performance is on 22 October 2021 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are CHF 100.-, which includes wine; and 50.- for students. Catherine Habasque joined us in the studio to talk about the production. Listen to the interview here.

Our music theme was all about songs with long titles. We played:

Johnny Boy - You Are the Generation That Bought More Shoes and You Get What You Deserve

Arctic Monkeys - You Probably Couldn't See for the Lights but You Were Staring Straight at Me

R.E.M. - It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

Paramore - For A Pessimist, I'm Pretty Optimistic

Aretha Franklin - Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)

Cobra Starship - Send My Love to the Dance Floor I'll See You in Hell (Hey Mister DJ)

Sufjan Stevens - Decatur or Round of Applause for Your Step-Mother

My Chemical Romance - Honey This Mirror Isn't Big Enough for the Two of Us

Sleeping With Sirens - If I'm James Dean You're Audrey Hepburn