With Jumelles, Anne Juren and Frédéric Gies develop a choreographic dispositif grounded in mutual observation, translation, and embodiment. The work premiered in July 2023 at ImPulsTanz in Vienna. The title unfolds a double meaning, referring both to twins and to an optical instrument of seeing, and this interplay of proximity and distance structures the piece at its core.

Juren and Gies create portraits of one another by performing each other's choreography. What emerges are two embodied images that function simultaneously as reflection and displacement. The work is rooted in a long standing artistic relationship shaped by shared contexts, ongoing dialogue, and a continuous engagement with somatic practices. Both artists are connected through an interest in embodiment, perception, and the sensorial dimensions of movement, as well as through feminist and queer perspectives within contemporary choreography.

In Jumelles, this shared history is not narrated but enacted. The stage becomes a site of precise mutual inscription, where appropriation, projection, and intimacy unfold in a productive tension. The choreographic portraits reveal differences while generating moments of unexpected alignment. The piece operates as a dialogue in motion that foregrounds the act of seeing itself, opening a dense perceptual field between self image and image of the other, between identification and displacement, and inviting the audience into an active process of attention.