LAST TOUCH

PIERRE PONTVIANNE
COMPAGNIE PARC
• Danse

Propos

In LAST TOUCH, Laura Frigato masterfully embodies a vast array of utterly stunning figures—whether masculine, feminine, animal, abstract, poetic, political, critical, visceral… superficial… ambiguous.
LAST TOUCH is also, in a way, the inventory we take to close a chapter. Everything one must go through to move on to something else.
Bordering on a certain madness, this solo performance choreographed by Pierre Pontvianne shows us just how far we are from having exhausted all the strangeness of our unique bodies.

In residence: Sept. 14–18, 2026

The body is the face of dance: it is through the entire body that all expressions and movements flow—from the most lyrical to the most clownish, from the most classical to the most grotesque.
The paradox of the solo LAST TOUCH is that the performer multiplies. In this survival strategy, the body becomes both a passageway and a passenger in order to save itself. It merges with otherness, with images other than itself. Through mimicry and the repetition of postures, it embraces different beings—rapid, contrasting figures.
LAST TOUCH is not only the final touch added to a painting, but also the idea of a departure, as one leaves behind a universe, a landscape of relationships, and a gallery of characters.
The long-standing collaboration between the two artists—choreographer Pierre Pontvianne and performer Laura Frigato—serves this concept in a surprising, extremely vivid, and embodied way.

Casting

Chorégraphy : Pierre Pontvianne

Interpreter : Laura Frigato

Assistant, accomplice : Jazz Barbé

Sound design, costumes : Pierre Pontvianne

Set design, props : Pierre Treille

Light : Mandin Victor

Production : Émilie Tournaire

Duration : 50mn

Audience : Ages 16+

Coproducers

Production: Compagnie PARC
Co-production: Le Dôme Théâtre d’Albertville, ViaDanse, - Direction Fattoumi/Lamoureux, CCN of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in Belfort as part of the 2026 studio residency program—a initiative of the Ministry of Culture and Communication and the DRAC Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, CCN of the Ballet du Rhin—2027 studio residency.
Residency and production support: Le Dôme Théâtre d’Albertville, MAD in Lyon, with support from the CCN de Grenoble—studio loan, LA COOPÉRATIVE CHORÉGRAPHIQUE - Sépulcre, Caen, Leggere Strutture (Bologna, Italy), ViaDanse, - Directed by Fattoumi/Lamoureux, CCN of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Lieu NEUFNEUF in Toulouse

The PARC company is funded by the City of Saint-Étienne, with support from the DRAC Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in 2026–2027–2028; The company has a contract with the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region for 2025–2026–2027. Pierre Pontvianne is an associate artist at the Dôme Théâtre in Albertville from 2025 to 2027.