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“Jeu” (Game)* : “A pastime governed by a set of agreed rules, featuring one or more winner(s) and loser(s), and in which physical and/or  intellectual skill and/or dexterity and/or chance play a part; physical or intellectual activity with no utilitarian goal in which one takes part to entertain oneself; the action(s) or attitude(s) of someone who acts foolishly, who lets whim or fancy dictate his or her conduct; (…) ; the way in which someone uses something, especially his or her own physical strength, to accomplish something;
– The normal functioning of a mechanism or organ (…).”

These translated definitions of the French word “jeu” (game) all also seem to apply to what happens when two people meet. Clément Dazin and Chinatsu Kosakatani explore the different “jeux” or games that may play a part in the relationship between a man and a woman. Three phases emerge and are expressed through the dancers’ bodies, eyes, and rhythm.