A proposal for group choreographic creation.
A work crafted from – through – the remnants of a dance that is personal, intimate, subservient, yet humble and ambitious at the same time.
We take the movement patterns that have been useful to each of us for years in our compositions, which now bother us, tire us out, bore us and hurt us.
A meeting of three mature women, dancers, creators, choreographers, mothers, residents, resilient individuals, who during the composition process flowed, became emotional, and debated about conceiving, gestating, producing, sustaining, nurturing, dancing, supporting and “raising dance” in our territory.
From these meetings, this piece is born.
Aurore Gracient began her studies in Classical Dance, Jazz and Music at the École Municipale de Musique, d'Art et de Danse in 1976. In 1990, she joined the Conservatoire Jacques Juteau, where she received training in Classical Dance, Russian and Ukrainian Folklore and Contemporary Dance. In 1994, she received the prize from the Fédération Nationale des Écoles et Conservatoires de Musique, de Danse et d'Art Dramatique and the Diploma in Elementary and Advanced Grades from the Royal Academy of London.
Throughout her career, Gracient trained under various masters both nationally and internationally, including F. Finaert, Nicole Guitton, Redha, James Carlos, Emmanuel Accard, Gigi Calciuleaunu, Victor Rodrigo, Ester Sabaté, Olga Cobos, Peter Milka, Anna Sanchez, Silvia Padovan, Enric Castan and Joe Alegado.
In 1994, she established her residence in Ciutadella de Menorca. In 1996, she founded the Municipal School of Dance in Ciutadella, a pedagogical project dedicated to training in Classical and Contemporary Dance. From 1996 to 2006, she was the director and a teacher at the Municipal School of Music and Dance in Ciutadella. In 2004, she founded the Cultural Association Art en Moviment, dedicated to promoting dance and performing arts in Menorca. She organized and coordinated workshops, courses and performances, as well as the celebration of International Dance Day on the island.
Gracient has participated in various educational programs and social projects, including initiatives such as Obrint Portes, Illa Escola, Dance and Music in Family, Sortim al Carrer, Dance Marathon and Eduquem amb l'esport. In 2009, she started a Dance Therapy project for people with disabilities at the S'Auba center and promoted dance in schools from early childhood education to high school. In 2010, she founded the cultural association ASDEDANS.ME (Cultural Association of Dance Schools of Menorca) in collaboration with all dance schools on the island. In 2010, she created the Youth Dance Company of ART EN MOVIMENT, offering and developing a physical language to bring to the stage.
