Photo © Albane Laure

The dysfunctional nature of modern societies, human deformities and weaknesses, their obsession for conservation, reproduction and the occultation of their own deaths: all these are central motifs for the choreography of Yoko Higashino. Most of the stage is plunged in darkness, with sober, hi-tech lighting that makes the dangers leap of the void. Carefully disarticulating everyday gestures, Baby-Q denounces the pendular movements that enslave the body, whereas dance humanizes the puppets.

Founded in 2000 by dancer and choreographer Yoko Higashino, Baby-Q is a troupe of dancers, video-makers and robotic engineers. Baby-Q was awarded the Toyota prize for Choreography in 2004, the Wings Towards the Future Prize and the Yokohama Dance Collection Festival in 2005 and the Scientific Arts prize at the Kyoto Arts Centre in the same year.

Text © 2007 Sonore