Inspired by choral forms drawn from folklore, ballet and ancient comedy, choreographer Rafaële Giovanola revisits the choir as a collective architecture, imagining a unison permeated by listening, carried by song and the uniqueness of each voice.
Choreia takes its name from ancient Greek, where the word refers precisely to this joint practice of movement, voice and speech, a collective form that does not replace individuality. Between balance and disorder, choreographer Rafaële Giovanola imagines a way of creating community on stage where singing becomes a link between voices, bodies and movement. In this creation, the choir becomes a sound space, a place where breath, gestures and presences circulate, a polyphonic horde where each individual contributes to a common force without ever fading into the background. In a context where forms of connection need to be reinvented, the choir here becomes a powerful space for transformation, listening and shared resonances.
With Choreia, the CocoonDance Company offers a performance in which eight dancers reconnect with the roots of theatre, bringing to life the very essence of the chorus in Greek comedy, made up of dance, song and action, abolishing the conventional boundary between dance and voice, choral singing and stage action, redefining the interaction between artists and audience.