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COMPAGNIE PHILIPPE SAIRE
Salle des fêtes
Creation 2021
Performance for 2 dancers
Concept and choreography: Philippe Saire
Dancers: Neal Maxwell, David Zagari
Lighting design: Philippe Saire, Vincent Scalbert
Sound: Philippe de Rham
Costumes: Isa Boucharlat
Technical manager: Louis Riondel
As symbols of power and fragility – seductive and sometimes disturbing – balloons are at the heart of this unusual spectacle, as subtle and delicate as air.
At the beginning, there is a desire to renew the scenic space with a strong scenographic proposal. Since 2011, this approach has given birth to four pieces in the original format: Black Out, Néons, Vacuum and Ether. Salle des Fêtes, structured in three acts, is the fifth part of these “Devices”. Seated in a circle on the set, the audience is invited to get as close as possible to the action. In the centre, a disc-shaped cover releases multicoloured balloons, inflated with helium, with which two white, masked clowns dance. Their strange appearance contrasts with a universe that irresistibly evokes the joy of childhood, popular entertainment and the fictional enchanted realms of Walt Disney. While the balloons, connected to their circular structure, pass successively from the ground to the rafters, before coming to land on the ground once more, one wonders: are these clones trying to distract us? Or is their role to embody, through catharsis, our inevitable human weight combined with our innate need for lightness and elevation … Leaving it up to the audience, Philippe Saire allows everyone to taste the consoling magic of a choreography tinged with nostalgia and tender humour. In memory of the delighted child, clutching the string of a balloon, that sleeps in each of us.
Philippe Saire
With a great passion for visual arts, theatre and cinema, choreographer Philippe Saire is one of the leading figures in the contemporary Swiss scene. With his company founded in 1986, he has created around thirty pieces with perfectly chiselled direction, including Vie et Moeurs du Chameleon Nocturne and Hocus Pocus. Based in Lausanne, he was awarded the 2004 “Swiss Dance and Choreography Award” by ProTanz, in Zurich, as well as the 2013 Special Dance Prize of the Federal Office of Culture for his place of work and creation, the Théâtre Sévelin 36.
Credits
Production: Philippe Saire company is supported by Ville de Lausanne, Canton de Vaud et Pro Helvetia, Fondation suisse pour la culture.
La Cie Philippe Saire is resident in Théâtre Sévelin 36, Lausanne.
Support: la Loterie Romande, la Fondation Philanthropique Famille Sandoz, Ernst Göhner Stiftung, la Fondation Françoise Champoud and Fondation Corymbo.
14h30 & 17h30 - 50 min
Tickets : 25€ – Young people under 26 years : 15€
For all audience (Limited access)
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COMPAGNIE AMALA DIANOR
DUB
Creation 2023
Piece for 11 performers and 1 live musician
Choregraphy : Amala Dianor
Visual artist: Grégoire Korganow
Live musician: Awir Leon
With Slate Hemedi Dindangila, Romain Franco, Jordan John Hope, Enock Kalubi Kadima, Mwendwa Marchand, Kgotsofalang Joseph Mavundla, Sangram Mukhopadhyay, Tatiana Gueria Nade, Yanis Ramet, Germain Zambi, Asia Zonta
Lighting and stage management: Nicolas Tallec
Technical director of sets: Véronique Charbit
Costumes: Minuit Deux, Fabrice Couturier
Sound engineer: Emmanuel Catty
Stage Manager: Martin Rahard, David Normand
Managing Director: Mélanie Roger
Technical director of set design: Véronique Charbit
Production Manager: Lucie Jeannenot
Set construction: Juan Cariou, Fabienne Desfleches, Paul Dufayet, Valentin Dumeige, Moïse Elkaout, Manon Garnier, Louise Gateaud, Gaëlle Le-stum, Valentin Thuillier, Fanchon Voisin
Graffiti artist: François Raveau
With young dancers influenced by global aesthetics, DUB summons up the musical and choreographic vitality of Generation Z in a joyful, free and contemporary utopia.
They call themselves whacking, dancehall, hell, jookin and pantsula. Streamed via social media, these urban dances 2.0 come from specific communities located in Korea, Europe, the United States or South and West Africa. Their performers, as connected as they are virtuosic, draw their rhythmic energy from DJ beats remixing traditional or popular music. While borrowing from the choreographic references of their elders of the hip-hop generation, they invent a free and hybrid movement which inspires Amala Dianor. The choreographer therefore chose to meet them physically in their various places of life, accompanied by photographer Grégoire Korganow. Following the process of appropriation of Dub music, which distorts acoustic reggae by mixing it with electronic sounds, he then invited them to move and extend their respective dance techniques around a common field of experimentation, an “ephemeral territory conceived as a space of encounter”. In the same spirit, the visual device of the room is inspired by the spaces seen on site, from the collective ballroom to the private apartment, while Awir Léon’s musical composition is nourished by influences specific to each practice. From reference to (re)creation, a living, creative, enjoyable picture of today’s dances.
AMALA DIANOR COMPANY
After a brilliant career as a performer, Amala Dianor created his Kaplan company in 2012. From his solo Man Rec in 2014, where he explored his African origins, to The Falling Stardust (2019) for nine contemporary and classic dancers or Emaphakathini (2022) for the Via Katlehong, he happily blends forms and styles between hip-hop, his artistic homeland, and the contemporary – he was trained at the Angers CNDC. In 2021, he also directed the CinéDance short films with Grégoire Korganow.
Credits
Production: Kaplan I Cie Amala Dianor, supported by the Ministère de la Culture -DRAC Pays de la Loire, the Région Pays de la Loire and the Ville d’Angers. The Cie Amala Dianor is regularly supported in its projects by the Institut Français and the ONDA. The company has been supported by the BNP Paribas Foundation since 2020. Amala Dianor is currently associated with Touka Danses CDCN Guyane (2021-2024), the Théâtre de Mâcon, scène nationale (2023-2025) and a member of the Grand Ensemble Les Quinconces & L’Espal, Scène nationale le Mans (2021-2024).
Coproduction: Festival de Danse Cannes – Côte d’Azur France; Théâtre de la Ville – Paris; Théâtre de Mâcon, Scène nationale; Touka Danses CDCN Guyane; Les Quinconces & L’Espal, Scène nationale du Mans; Le Volcan, Scène nationale du Havre; Équinoxe, Scène nationale de Châteauroux; Julidans – Netherlands; Maison de la Danse, Lyon; JuliDans, Netherlands; Le Grand R, Scène nationale la Roche-sur-Yon; Scène nationale d’Albi-Tarn; Cndc Angers.
Support for creation: Fondation BNP Paribas sheltered by the Fondation de France; City of Angers; Pays de la Loire Region.
Research residency: Villa Albertine, USA, 2023, in partnership with Théâtre de la Ville-Paris.
Set construction residency: Paris Le Moulin Fondu, Oposito – CNAREP, Garges-lès-Gonesse.
Workshop audition: Ménagerie de Verre, Paris.
with the support of :
World Premiere
World Premiere
20h30 - 1h
Tickets from 16€ to 40€
For all audience from 7 years old
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+ DOCUMENTARY FILM MONSTRE MAGIQUE by Grégoire Korganow
Sat. 9 Dec – 10.30 am
(free admission)
+ MASTER CLASS with a dancer from the Cie AMALA DIANOR
Thu. 7 Dec – 6.00 pm
Palais des Festivals (registration required : Julie Parisse – phone : 04 92 99 33 78 – )
CCN DE TOURS – THOMAS LEBRUN
Sous les fleurs
Creation 2023
Performance for 5 dancers
Choreography: Thomas Lebrun
Dancers: Antoine Arbeit, Raphaël Cottin, Arthur Gautier, Sébastien Ly, Nicolas Martel
Music : Trio Monte Alban, Maxime Fabre, Susana Harp, La Bruja de Texcoco (arrangement Seb Martel), Banda Regional Princesa Donashii, Rocio Durcal, Hector Berlioz, Eddy de Pretto, et la voix de Felina Santiago Valdivieso
Lighting design: Françoise Michel
Sound: Maxime Fabre
Costumes: Thomas Lebrun, Kite Vollard
Masks : Ruua Masks
Scenographic design : Xavier Carré, Thomas Lebrun
Technical manager: Xavier Carré
Technical Sound: Clément Hubert
Assistant: Anne-Emmanuelle Deroo
Anthropologist researcher: Raymundo Ruiz González
A woman’s dance or a man’s dance? Between two continents, Thomas Lebrun’s creation goes beyond appearances to question the feminine faces of masculinity.
In southern Mexico, in the Oaxaca region, they are known as Muxes. Born male and yet female, neither transgender nor transvestite, they are raised as girls and can dress as such. At local festivals, they wear the traditional Zapotec outfit, a long shimmering skirt woven with floral patterns and flowers poked through their hair. The choreographer Thomas Lebrun set off last year to meet this third gender, recognised but for which sexuality is strictly governed, and marriage unthinkable. In his exploration of masculine femininity, a notion so difficult to grasp that there is no precise term for it, he compares their society with those of most countries of the world. There is violence and discrimination against “feminine men”, even when they have won the right to marry each other. His choreographic documentary oscillates from realism to dreamlike, questioning the identity and representations of the body “under the flowers”. With the help of a Mexican anthropologist, five performers, including a singing actor, all aware of their inner femininity, embark on a quest of perpetual transformation. Meanwhile, the soundtrack combines local music with a delightfully non-gendered score: Berlioz’s Le Spectre de la rose.
Thomas Lebrun
After founding his company Illico in 2000, he first served as an artist associated with Vivat d’Armentières (2002-2004) and then with Danse à Lille/CDC (2005-2011), where he created Itinéraire d’un danseur grassouillet in 2009. Since his appointment in 2012 to the direction of the Tours National Choreographic Centre, he has choreographed around fifteen creations, with precise dance and unapologetic theatricality. In 2021, he celebrated his company’s 20th birthday with an anniversary piece, Mille et une danse (for 2021).
Credits
Production: Centre chorégraphique national de Tours
Coproducer: La Rampe-La Ponatière – Scène conventionnée-Échirolles, Équinoxe – Scène nationale de Châteauroux
Thanks : Felina Santiago Valdivieso, Benito Hernandez
South Region Premiere
South Region Premiere
15h00 - 1h10
Tickets from 11€ to 28€
Tout public à partir de 15 ans
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CLOUD GATE DANCE THEATRE OF TAIWAN
13 Tongues
Creation 2016
Performance for 13 dancers
Choreography: Cheng Tsung-lung
Set design: Ho Chia-hsing
Music: Lim Giong
Lighting design: Shen Po-hung
Video: Ethan Wang
Costumes: Lin Bing-hao
Coach voice: Tsai Pao-chang
Dancers : CHAN Pui-pui, CHEN Tsung-chiao, CHOU Chen-yeh, FAN Chia-hsuan, HSU Chih-hen, HUANG Lu-kai, HUANG Mei-ya, HUANG Po-kai, LEE Tzu-chun, SHAO Hsing-wen, WANG Chun-hung, WU Jui-ying, YEN Hsueh-hsin.
Immersed in the heart of Taiwanese imagination with the oldest Asian contemporary dance company, set in a vertiginous kaleidoscope of images and emotions.
Close your eyes … and reopen them in one of the bustling thoroughfares of Bangka/Wanhua, Taipei’s oldest district. Where the young Cheng Tsung-lung grew up, gently rocked to sleep by his mother’s tales of a local popular figure, the artist Thirteen Tongues. In the sixties, this legendary storyteller took to the streets, with his noble or trivial human activities, his sacred rites and his secular festivals, transforming the district’s inhabitants into the characters of his inventive narratives. Thirty years later, the choreographer draws from his memories to recreate the thrilling clamour and haunting legends that marked his childhood. From folk songs to Taoist singing, electronics and the immemorial sound of a one-handed ritual bell, the music immerses the viewer in a fusional space-time. The religious heritage of the ancient Bangka/Wanhua – that of the spirit realm – blends with the contemporary face of human passions. Experienced in all styles, the thirteen – of course! – dancers of the troupe evolve in an immersive setting, recomposed through dazzling projections of lights and images. In spiritual connection with the deities, a fantastic world arises, carrying the memory of an entire people.
Cheng Tsung-lung, Cloud Gate Dance Theater of Taiwan
Founded in 1973 by Lin Hwai-min, Cloud Gate has been recognised as “one of the best international companies”. Its creations, nourished by traditional techniques as well as classical and contemporary dance, have been represented all over the world. Since 2020, it has been directed by dancer and choreographer Cheng Tsung-lung, who first joined the troupe in 2002 as a dancer before heading up Cloud Gate 2 in 2014. His latest piece, Send In A Cloud (2022), presents the dancers’ life journeys in changing colours.
Credits
Command from National Theater & Concert Hall (Taipei)
With the support of Ministère de la Culture de Taïwan, R.O.C.
South Region Premiere
South Region Premiere
18h - 1h05
Tickets from 16€ to 50€
For all audience from 8 years old
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STUDIOTRADE PLATFORM
Project initiated and supported by Éric Oberdorff/the Humaine Company
Studiotrade is a network exploring the possibilities of non-institutional cooperation, initiating an innovative form of circulation for artists and their creations in Europe. This platform will host works in the form of showcases and illustrate the dynamism of international creation and cooperation.
Eman Hussein
(Egypt)
Recommended by Compagnie Humaine, a founding member of the Studiotrade network.
Smell of Cement (extract) Creation 2023
Choreography, dance: Eman Hussein
A solo in which the dance reflects the link between the movement impacted by the daily gestures of the workers, their environment and their working conditions. The aim is to reveal the memory of repeated movement, pain and its emotional impact. The project, which is currently being created, was produced during Eman’s residency at the Cité Internationale in Paris between January and March 2023.
Eman Hussein is an independent dancer, choreographer and dance film-maker based in Cairo. She studied dance (Cairo Contemporary Dance Centre MAAT), street art (Nahda Arts School NAS), theatre (Helwan University) and martial arts (MESHKAH – Cairo).
Marie Gourdain and Felix Baumann
(France / Germany / Czech Republic)
Recommended by the Euro-scene Festival Leipzig – Germany, partner of the Studiotrade network.
Seismic (extract)
Concept, choreography and direction: Marie Gourdain & Felix Baumann
Performers : Felix Baumann, Sean Henderson, Till Jenewein, Halka Třešňáková
A project combining contemporary dance, physical theatre and set design in which the mechanics of the set generate interdependent relationships between the movement of the performers and the instability of the floor, reflecting a world on the brink of the abyss.
Marie Gourdain is a choreographer, set designer and visual artist based between Lyon and Prague. Her work combines her training in the visual arts (ENSAD) with contemporary dance, employing the tools of graphic and sculptural composition as well as a detailed analysis of movement. For Seismic she has teamed up with director and performer Felix Baumann, who is based between Berlin and Prague. He has been working as an independent artist on the international scene since 2016.
Silke Z. / Resistdance
(Germany)
Founding member of the Studiotrade network
WITH US. Episode 1: Karel (65) meets David (25) (extract)
Artistic director: Silke Z- Performers: Karel Vaněk and David Winking
Beyond the playful encounter between an elderly man and a young man with Down’s syndrome, this duet questions our view of difference and disability.
The Silke Z. resistdance company defines itself as a constantly evolving space for transdisciplinary thought and action, centred on dance and performance. The company has been based in Cologne since 1999, under the artistic direction of Silke Z. It has led to the formation of an intercultural and intergenerational free dance and performance ensemble, DIE METABOLISTEN, whose members have an age range of up to 44 years. The ensemble is developing an interdisciplinary, research-oriented working method.
Sveinbjörg Thorahallsdóttir
(Iceland)
ROF (excerpt) – Creation 2021
Choreography: Sveinbjörg Thorahallsdóttir – Performer: Diljá Sveinsdóttir
What movement does she perceive? What narrative is the dancer embodying? What is her real movement? How can the movement of the mind reach its climax in relation to the notion or idea of time? The solo focuses on the dancer’s level of perception and awareness in relation to space and time.
Sveinbjörg Thorahallsdóttir holds a master’s degree in choreography from Fontys University in Holland. She has worked as a professional choreographer in Reykjavik theatres. After a period teaching at Iceland University of the Arts, she returned to the independent scene. Her solo ROF is the result of her IUA research and was premiered at the Reykjavik Dance Festival in 2021.
Kossivi Sénagbé Afiadegnigban
(Togo)
Between Heaven and Earth (extract) – Creation 2019
Choreography and performance: Kossivi Sénagbé Afiadegnigban
How do you put down roots while being uprooted? Kossivi Sénagbé Afiadegnigban’s choreography gives us the impression of moving forward without any real reference points, of being at a crossroads between the realities of today’s world and the roots drawn from his mother’s history and those of his ancestors.
Born into an animist family, Kossivi Sénagbé Afiadegnigban made his first contact with dance during vodou ceremonies and rituals. A 2016 graduate of Germaine Acogny’s École des Sables, he danced with choreographer Bintou Dembele in Ancestralité & afrofuturisme. Since 2019, Kossivi has been a companion of the CCN de Roubaix Haut de France, where he carries out creative residencies and works with students at the École Supérieure de Musique et de danse de Roubaix. At the same time, he is artistic director of the SOL’ŒIL d’AFRIK association.
from 15:00 to 17:00
Free admission, subject to available seats.
Ticket required, from https://urlz.fr/nvvs
For all audience
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+ MASTER CLASS KOSSIVI SÉNAGBÉ AFIADEGNIGBAN
Sat. 2 Dec at 11.00 – Palais des Festivals (registration required, Julie Parisse : 04 92 99 33 78 – parisse@palaisdesfestivals.com
etay axelroad
LED (The SOLO) – FIRST GARDEN SUIVI DE ITALIAN CONCERTO
Performance présentée avant le spectacle de la CIE AMALA DIANOR – DUB – Théâtre Debussy – Palais des Festivals – 19h45
Découvrez l’art subtil d’Etay Axelroad, danseur virtuose de la Batsheva Dance Company, avec ses étonnantes performances, dans les halls des théâtres tout au long de la manifestation tel un feuilleton chorégraphique !
ETAY AXELROAD
Né en Roumanie en 1995, Etay est chorégraphe, danseur et depuis 2015 il enseigne la danse GAGA. Etay a été interprète de prestigieuses compagnies comme la Batsheva Dance Company, GöteborgsOperans Danskompani, KOR’SIA et L-E-V (Sharon Eyal & Gai Behar).
Depuis 2016, il crée ses propres pièces et les présente dans le monde entier.
19h45
Durée : environ 10 min
Entrée libre sur présentation du billet spectacle du soir
Tout public
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etay axelroad
LED (The SOLO) – FIRST GARDEN SUIVI DE Italian Concerto
Performance présentée avant le spectacle de KELEMENIS&CIE – MAGNIFIQUES, UNE ÉPHÉMÈRE ÉTERNITÉ – Scène 55 (Mougins) – 17h30
Découvrez l’art subtil d’Etay Axelroad, danseur virtuose de la Batsheva Dance Company, avec ses étonnantes performances, dans les halls des théâtres tout au long de la manifestation tel un feuilleton chorégraphique !
ETAY AXELROAD
Né en Roumanie en 1995, Etay est chorégraphe, danseur et depuis 2015 il enseigne la danse GAGA. Etay a été interprète de prestigieuses compagnies comme la Batsheva Dance Company, GöteborgsOperans Danskompani, KOR’SIA et L-E-V (Sharon Eyal & Gai Behar).
Depuis 2016, il crée ses propres pièces et les présente dans le monde entier.
16h30
Durée : environ 10 min
Entrée libre sur présentation du billet spectacle du soir
Tout public
Partager
etay axelroad
LED (The SOLO) – ALICE & nam
Performance présentée avant le spectacle de la Cie KOR’SIA – MONT VENTOUX
Théâtre Debussy – Palais des Festivals (Cannes) – 20h30
Découvrez l’art subtil d’Etay Axelroad, danseur virtuose de la Batsheva Dance Company, avec ses étonnantes performances, dans les halls des théâtres tout au long de la manifestation tel un feuilleton chorégraphique !
ETAY AXELROAD
Né en Roumanie en 1995, Etay est chorégraphe, danseur et depuis 2015 il enseigne la danse GAGA. Etay a été interprète de prestigieuses compagnies comme la Batsheva Dance Company, GöteborgsOperans Danskompani, KOR’SIA et L-E-V (Sharon Eyal & Gai Behar).
Depuis 2016, il crée ses propres pièces et les présente dans le monde entier.
19h45
Durée : environ 10 min
Entrée libre sur présentation du billet spectacle du soir
Tout public
Partager
etay axelroad
LED (The SOLO) – BIOSPHÈRE
Performance presented before the show B.DANCE – ALICE –
Théâtres en Dracénie – Draguignan – 8.30pm
Discover the subtle art of Etay Axelroad, virtuoso dancer with the Batsheva Dance Company, with his astonishing performances, in the halls of the theatres throughout the event like a choreographic soap opera!
ETAY AXELROAD
Born in Romania in 1995, Etay is a choreographer, dancer and since 2015 he has been teaching GAGA dance. Etay has performed with prestigious companies such as Batsheva Dance Company, GöteborgsOperans Danskompani, KOR’SIA and L-E-V (Sharon Eyal & Gai Behar).
Since 2016, he has been creating his own pieces and presenting them around the world.
19h30 - 10 min
Free admission on presentation of evening show ticket
General Public
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etay axelroad
LED (The SOLO) – BIOSPHÈRE
Performance présentée avant le spectacle CARTE BLANCHE – CIE NATIONALE DE DANSE CONTEMPORAINE DE NORVÈGE – Palais des Festivals – Théâtre Debussy – 18h
Découvrez l’art subtil d’Etay Axelroad, danseur virtuose de la Batsheva Dance Company, avec ses étonnantes performances, dans les halls des théâtres tout au long de la manifestation tel un feuilleton chorégraphique !
ETAY AXELROAD
Né en Roumanie en 1995, Etay est chorégraphe, danseur et depuis 2015 il enseigne la danse GAGA. Etay a été interprète de prestigieuses compagnies comme la Batsheva Dance Company, GöteborgsOperans Danskompani, KOR’SIA et L-E-V (Sharon Eyal & Gai Behar).
Depuis 2016, il crée ses propres pièces et les présente dans le monde entier.
