What is the difference between being blinded by bright light and expose onself to total darkness ? In both cases you don’t see anything. But between these extremes there’s a wide range of endless possibility. In his newest creation Soleils Pierre Droulers focuses on light : light that carries a lot of meanings and can take many different shapes. Two poems made his inspiration bud : Do not go gentle into that good night by Dylan Thomas and There’s a certain slant of light by Emily Dickinson. From there the choreographer went in search of the dazzling energy of rituals and carnivalesque parades. The pleasure they produce can only be experienced in a group. That’s why Droulers creates a group too - 9 dancers – who feature in a subtle dance piece. “Soleils begins slowly, (...) quasi immobile, ending in a crazy dance of 9 young dancers who brim over with effort, talent and vitality.” (Guy Duplat in La Libre). With this performance, the choreographer passes beyond the grimace of history and rekindles the fire of life.

The French-Belgian Pierre Droulers (1951) is a key figure in Belgian dance. He trained at Mudra – the school of Maurice Béjart in Brussels - with the Polish theatre innovator Jerzy Grotowski and the American director Robert Wilson. He belongs to Charleroi Dances.