Soirée d'études

Soirée d’études was born out of Cassiel Gaube’s passion for the vocabulary of house dance, of which he explores the potential intersections with the compositional approaches of contemporary dance. 

Conceived as a series of short, interconnected pieces, this choreographic soirée (evening) is a pas de deux for three, with the dancers passing the floor to each other to compose different duos.

Underpinned by a process of analysing and mapping out the kinaesthetic possibilities of this practice, Soirée d’études deconstructs the lexicon of house dance to better play with it. From its characteristic groove to the various forms of footwork, the different aspects of this style are successively examined, brought into light and honored.

An étude, in the musical sense of the word, is a composition designed as an occasion to explore the possibilities of a particular technique and to experiment with them. Here, Cassiel Gaube, inspired in particular by the works of Bruno Beltrão and William Forsythe, explores the bodily and musical logics of his most beloved dance style.