compagnie linga 

communication elements 

no.thing 

Idea and choreography : Katarzyna Gdaniec et Marco Cantalupo with the 
participation of the dancers 

Premiere: Théâtre de l’Octogone de Pully – Octobre 2009 
A production: Compagnie Linga 
Dancers : Gérald Durand, Ai Koyama, David Gernez, Hyekyoung Kim, Philippe Lebhar, 

Marie Urvoy 
Lights: Bert De Raeymaecker 
Music: Hildur Gudnadottir, Without sinking 
Duration: 70 minutes 

Linga receives the support of the city of Pully, the canton of Vaud, Pro Helvetia - Swiss Foundation for culture. 
With the support of the Loterie Romande, the city of Lausanne, the Sandoz Foundation, the Artephila Foundation. 

Linga is in residence in the Théâtre de l’Octogone de Pully. 

For this new piece we started with a questioning: can the authenticity of a 
gesture still provoke an emotion at the era of superficial physical performances and 
multiplication of ostentatious images? We wanted to portray a gesture as something 
unique: a moment when time stands still and our entire attention is held captive – 
sensorial ec-stasis through movement. This is what we aimed to capture. What is in 
movement, what happens when a gesture feels right and resonates deeply? 
No.thing proposes a physical dance, tender and powerful, inherent to the style of the 
company. We were looking for pure writings, this is why we chose a score of Hildur 
Gudnadottir (without sinking), and we worked on a very simple concept for stage set 
and lights. The dancers followed us throughout this quest, this desire for nothing – a 
place of attentiveness, sharing, echoes, where nothing may, in fact, be everything. 

Katarzyna Gdaniec and Marco Cantalupo