NEWS
Body Sculpture by Jordan Wolfson
08-12-2023 | Renowned sculpture and visual artist Jordan Wolfson premiered his most recent work in the National Gallery of Art in Canberra, Australia.
Imre and Marne had to pleasure to assist and consult him in the movement direction of his new animatronic piece.
“The intention is that the movement of Body Sculpture elicits the viewer to become activated in their bodies and therefore present,” Wolfson said in a statement provided by the museum. “It’s about seeing ourselves through three‑dimensional objects, which is what I believe sculpture as doing.”
Nomination Der faust
22 – 09-2023 | With great pleasure we announce “I’m afraid to forget your smile’ created for the Hessisches Staatsballett received a nomination for DER FAUST by the Deutsches Buhnenverein.
Congratulations to everyone involved in making this work. The winner will be announced on the 25th of November in Hamburg.
Read more about DER FAUST here…
More about I’m afraid to forget your smile’…
Premiere the point being
20 – 09-2023 | The new work ‘The Point Being’ created in collaboration with DRIFT will be premiering with Netherlands Dance Theatre in the program ‘In/with/in’ on the 21st of September and will be touring through the Netherlands, Canada and the United States.
The work explores the idea of synchronicity and is created starting from a multidisciplinary approach, in which choreography, scenography and music generate both friction and harmony.
NEderlandse Dans Dagen
01-08-2023 | The Nederlandse Dans Dagen festival will be presenting an exclusive performance highlighting two works by Imre & Marne. Namely, ‘The little man’ by National Theater Mannheim and ‘I’m afraid to forget your smile’ by Hessisches Staatsballett.
The performance will be held in Maastricht on the 1st of October in the program, Nederlandse Dans Internationaal #1.
Heart drive premiere with TSc
31-05-2023 | Heart Drive will be enjoying its European premiere with Tero Saarinen Company on the 9th of June in Helsinki, Finland in the program: Van Opstal/Karttunen. The work is specially adapted for a selected group of dancers.
This marks an unique co-production with Ballet BC based in Vancouver, Canada where it premiered November 2022.
Premiere To Kingdom come
28-03-2023 | The new creation for the GoteborgOperans Danskompani, will be premiering in the program “Touched’ in Sweden.
Using a landscape as a metaphor for both the internal world and external triggers that lie beyond. To Kingdom Come explores how a singular event can take hold in different ways, where ripples of trauma show their reach, and our masks are laid to rest. When everything has burned to the ground, how do we choose to rebuild ourselves?
Dior campaign
18- 02-2023 | Dior released the latest commercial for their Spring/Summer 23 collection. Working alongside director Tan Muino, featuring choreography and movement direction by Imre & Marne, they made a baroque dream come to life.
Performed by a special selected group of dancers who were also part of the SS23 fashion show.
'The little man' is back
02-02-2023 | National Theater Mannheim is reviving ‘The little man’ for the program Young Lovers, which will be performed at the Altes Kino Franklin, a special location in Mannheim, Germany. The premiere will be on Saturday the 15th of March, 2023.
‘The little man’ was created for three dancers, exploring how limitations can make way for emotions in a confined space…
Premiere Mommy,look!
28-01-2023 | ‘Mommy, Look!’ – the new creation for Ballett Theater Basel will be premiering in the program ‘Imballanced Parallels’ in Basel.
Following the journey of five men as they break out of the mould of the masculine stereotype. Seen through the lens of the modern era, where the cry for attention and overstimulation is so present.
Baby dont hurt me at dublin dance festival
17- 11-2022 | ‘Baby don’t hurt me’ created for Nederlands Dans Theater 1 can be viewed online for free as part of the Dublin Dance Festival Digital 2022 from November 17th until the 20th.
After booking a ticket you can view this work once using your unique access link. Please note, once you exit the screening after hitting play, you will not be able to access the film again.
Premiere Heart Drive
03-11-2022 | ‘Heart Drive’ the new creation for Ballet BC is premiering in Vancouver, Canada in the program OVERTURE/S. Exploring themes of love and pleasure, the work invites you to reflect, unburden and accept our instincts and impulses.
This is an unique co-production with the Tero Saarinen Dance Company based in Helsinki, Finland. It will be restaged and performed by a selected group of dancers in spring 2023.
Contrasts on Nowness
18-10-2022 | An artistic collaboration with luxury Italian shoe brand Marsell was released today on Nowness. They gave Imre & Marne carte blanche contemplating the theme of ‘contrast’ resulting in a film and a series of photos by Andras Ladocsi.
In a context in which the loss of reference points puts minds into a state of suspension, bodies governed by gravity and tension move without orientation or direction in search of a new stability.
Lykke Li MVA nomination
29-09-2022 | The Lykke Li EYEYE film project got nominated for a Music Video Award under the category ‘best special visual project’. Imre & Marne collaborated closely with Lykke Li and director Theo Lindquist on the track ‘Carousel’.
Dior Spring/Summer 23
28-09-2022 | Imre & Marne choreographed the fashion show for the new spring/summer 23 ready-to-wear collection designed by Maria Grazia Chiuri during Paris fashion week. They created a special choreography on a selected group of dancers supported by the unique set design by Eva Jospin and the music by Bjork and Ioanna Gika among others.
The show was a collective collaboration born of the meeting of different projects and languages, they have imagined a performance reminiscent of the Renaissance, evoking a classical language but imbued with a resolutely contemporary impetus.
screening Baby dont hurt me
24-09-2022 | The ‘Nederlandse Dans Dagen’ will be screening the livestream of ‘Baby don’t hurt me’ created for Nederlands Dans Theater 1, alongside Damien Jalet’s ‘Mist’ on October 5th at Lumière in Maastricht.
Premiere I'm afraid to forget your smile
17 – 09- 2022 | The new work ‘Im afraid to forget your smile’ will be premiering with the Hessian State Ballet tonight at the Staatstheatre in Darmstadt. In collaboration with a sixteen head choir under the guidance of Ines Kaun. The work is part of the program “V/ertigo’ and will be performed at the Staatstheater in Darmstadt and Wiesbaden.