18/06/2010
AICC 2010 was just wonderful. After two rounds on Thursday and Friday, 4 choreographers continued on to the finals: Lars Dahl Pedersen (DK), Aoi Nakamura (JP), Luana Gramegna (IT), and Virginie Brunelle (CA). And the winners were 1. Aoi Nakamura for her work Ototoxic, and 2. Virginie Brunelle for her work Gender Complex. The best dancer, voted by the audience, was Claudine Hébert, who danced in Brunelle's piece. Thank you to all the choreographers for bringing their art and dancers to the Aarhus audience.
Aoi Nakamura (JP) stood stone-still while the 150 spectators applauded at the end of the choreographic biennale at Archauz. It took almost a minute for the message to sink in that she had won.Her work ...