OASIS BODIES
2024 – 2026
OASIS BODIES is a dance film project that explore interactions between our bodies and our environment. Based on encounters with residents from different backgrounds, choreographer Massimo Fusco and director Thibaut Ras create choreographic portraits that offers a crossed vision of the city and bodies in movement.
Oasis Bodies – Alive !
A group of isolated women discover the impact of dance on their bodies, gradually releasing their words and revealing their inner strength. Their movements become metaphors, gestures expressing long-held feelings. Their bodies in motion tell stories of strength, resilience and acceptance. This film is a powerful testament to the power of dance to heal emotional wounds and strengthen human bonds.
Duration : 10 min
Credits :
Choreographer : Massimo Fusco
Director : Thibaut Ras
With the complicity of the participants
Production : Anémone Production / Margot Guillerm and Adèle Tourte
Producer : Corps Magnetiques.
Film produced as part of ‘Créatives’ a project by Danse à tous les étages – CDCN itinérant en Bretagne.
Special thanks to : Le Triangle, Cité de la danse à Rennes • Au bout du plongeoir • APASE • ASFAD • CIDFF35 • CPC La Thébaudais • France Travail • L’ADAPT • Maison des femmes de Rennes.
Oasis Bodies – Bring down the walls
In this film, a group of people from different backgrounds tell us about significants stories that took place in a city district. How does this place still resonate in their bodies ? Following in their footsteps, Massimo Fusco and Thibaut Ras draw a series of choreographic portraits based on their testimonies.
Duration : 48 min
Credits :
Choreographer : Massimo Fusco
Director : Thibaut Ras
With the complicity of the participants
Composer : King Q4
Photographer : Thomas Bohl
Production : Anémone Production / Margot Guillerm and Adèle Tourte
Producer : Corps Magnetiques.
Co-producers : Les Hivernales – CDCN d’Avignon • Festival C’est pas du Luxe ! avec le soutien de la Fondation pour le logement • La Garance – Scène nationale de Cavaillon • Association Le Village • Onda – Office national de diffusion artistique dans le cadre du soutien pour les productions numériques complémentaires aux œuvres du spectacle vivant.
Special thanks to : Cités Caritas • Habitat et Humanisme • Yolande L’Helgoualc’h.
Oasis Bodies – The Origins of the ball
Accompanied by their children or grandchildren, a group of local women pay tribute to couple dances. An attempt to return to the origins of the ball to observe how dance is passed down through the generations.
Duration : 13 min
Credits :
Choreographer : Massimo Fusco
Director : Thibaut Ras
With the complicity of the participants
Composer : Garance Bréhaudat original compositions inspired by ‘Valse à Paolo’ by Paolo Napoli
Production : Anémone Production / Margot Guillerm and Adèle Tourte
Producer : Corps Magnetiques.
Film produced in partnership with the Théâtre Louis Aragon, scène conventionnée d’intérêt national art et création – Danse de Tremblay-en-France with the support of Département de la Seine-Saint-Denis as part of the ‘Territoire(s) de la danse’ 2025 programme.
Special thanks to : Rosa Fusco
