THE MANNHEIM PIECES Cre Ation 2021/2022
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THE MANNHEIM PIECES Cre ation 2021/2022 DIDIER THERON COMPANY THE MANNHEIM PIECES August Sander – Menschen des 20.Jahrhunderts This choreographic piece for four performers will undergo several steps of creation from 2020 to 2021 between Montpellier, Mannheim and Warsaw. Artistic direction : Didier THERON Artistic council : Michèle MURRAY Music : Joël ALLOUCHE Performance : French, German and Polish interpreters to be auditioned - ongoing Light design : Luc SOUCHE & Didier THERON Costumes : Laurence ALQUIER Supports : Ein Tanz Haus MANNHEIM Institut Français Deutschland / Bureau du Théâtre et de la Danse BERLIN Mouvements Sur La Ville #13 MONTPELLIER Residences of création : Ein Tanz Haus - MANNHEIM Pôle de Développement Chorégraphique Mosson / Montpellier - MONTPELLIER Creation schedule 2021: - 22 to 26 February : First "stage to stage" residency at EinTanzHaus in MANNHEIM / Pôle de Développement Chorégraphique MONTPELLIER - production of the video film by Julia Schleisiek - videographer - on this experience of remote creation - 6 to 19 September - Residency at the Pôle de développement Chorégraphique MONTPELLIER - 8 to 21 October - Residency at EinTanzHaus in MANNHEIM - November : One week of performances at the Pôle de Développement Chorégraphique / Espace Bernard Glandier in MONTPELLIER, France - 1 to 8 December : Creation EinTanzHaus in MANNHEIM DIDIER THERON COMPANY THE MANNHEIM PIECES The project : The desire that drives me for this upcoming creation is the association of three artistic "sources": the work of German photographer August Sander (1876 -1964), whose photo series "Faces of an era" transcribed the image of early 20th century Germany, the rhythmic compositions of the percussionist Joel Allouche, and the Ode to Joy - fourth movement of the Symphony No. 9 by Beethoven. The interest shown by Daria Holme, director of the EINTANZHAUS in Mannheim since December 2020 - following the cancellations of the November performances – in continuing our collaboration enabled finding a way to work together on the concrete project. The international workshop from February 22 to 27, 2021 which took place in the form of a video- conference between the stage of the Eintanzhaus and that of the Pôle de Développement Chorégraphique was a concrete step in beginning this creation, bringing together online the live forces of the company dancers in Montpellier, as well as the Mannheim and Warsaw dancers, whom we had become acquainted with during our former projects. August Sander – Menschen des 20.Jahrhunderts The choreographic research will deal with dances strongly linked to rhythm, and detached from any aestheticism but with the aim of developing energy. This will be done together, beginning with the performers’ individual explorations. I also wish to share the work of August Sander with the dancers and with Laurence Alquier, costume designer, in particular on Sander’s way of seizing the uniqueness of each person in these portraits through pose and clothing. By choosing to tackle the scores by Joel Allouche as well as Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy”, after having choreographed Ravel’s BOLERO or AC/DC's music for EARTH, I wish once again to approach dynamics and choreographic choices, which were already present in important pieces of our repertoire, such as "Les Locataires" or "Harakiri" for example, but this time in a different relationship to the music. Montpellier the 16 th February 2021 Didier THERON DIDIER THERON COMPANY THE MANNHEIM PIECES MICHELE MURRAY is choreographer and artistic director of the structure PLAY / Michèle Murray. Of French-American nationality, she at first trained in Düsseldorf in classical dance, then in New York with Merce Cunningham and Movement Research, then as an autodidact with many choreographers and teachers in Paris. She then took part in various choreographic projects as a performer, notably with "l'art not least" in Berlin, Didier Théron in Montpellier and Bernardo Montet at the Centre Chorégraphique National de Tours. Since 2008, she has been collaborating as an artistic advisor with Didier Théron. From 2000, she develops a personal work within the Cie Michèle Murray, which will become Murray / Brosch Productions in 2008, in artistic ©JULIEN REYES ©© collaboration with Maya Brosch. She presents many pieces in Europe, notably in the context of: Festival Montpellier Danse, Le Vivat d'Armentières, Live Art Festival Glasgow, Festival Automne en Normandie, ImPuls Tanz Vienna, Zagreb Dance Festival, Dock 11 Berlin, Schrittmacher Festival Aachen, CND Paris, Festival Faits d'Hiver Paris, CCN Tours. In 2012, she creates the choreographic structure PLAY / Michèle Murray, of which she is artistic director and choreographer, while working in close collaboration with the artists she surrounds herself with. Her latest project ATLAS / ÉTUDES, a "choreographic atlas" of ten short pieces, was presented for the first time in its entirety as part of the Festival Montpellier Danse 2018. In 2019, she begins the new project WILDER SHORES. In parallel to her activity as a choreographer, she teaches in Europe, mainly in France and Germany. Her teaching is closely related to her choreographic practice. Joël ALLOUCHE is musician, jazz drummer and composer, born in Kabylia, his drumming is always open to the influence of world percussion. Musician since his teenage years (70s), he practices musical companionship by working with leading artists and very diverse styles. Many beautiful years of sharing and musical connivance with : Marc Ducret, Paolo Fresu, François Jeanneau, Nguyên Lê, Michel Portal, Ricardo Del Fra, Pierre Favre, Kenny Wheeler, Henri Texier, Louis Winsberg. In full possession of his talent, he decided in the 2000s to ©S UNCE DACHA pass on what he had received and matured from his art. In 2013, he pays homage to Tony Williams who gave him the trigger and then nourished him musically throughout these years. He does this in particular by creating his own quintet presented in many places: Jazz à Junas, Jazz à Sète, Radio France, Jazz sur son 31. Many concerts and festivals in Italy, Sardinia, Sicily with : Trumpet - Enrico Rava, Paolo Fresu, Marco Tamburini Double Bass - Furio Di Castri, Paolo Damiani, Paollino Della Porta Piano - Franco D'Andrea, Rita Marcotulli, Antonello Salis, Danilo Rea Voice - Cinzia Spata, Maria Pia di Vito, Elena Ledda Sax - Maurizio Gianmarco, Gianluigi Trovesi Trombone - Gianluca Petrela. Concerts in New York and Canada with the pianist Don Friedman. Current formations: Joël Allouche Quintet TRIBUTE to Tony Williams: Airelle Besson (trumpet,) Pierre-Olivier Govin (sax), Rémi Ploton (piano) and Gabrielle Koelhoeffer (double bass) / Trio UNITY : Jorge Rossy (piano, vibraphone), Furio Di Castri (double bass) / Trio CLOSE MEETING : Eric Barret (sax), Serge Lazarévitch (guitar) / Duo and trio with Nuen Lê (guitar) and Jean-Luc Lehr (bass) / Trio EXCHANGING : Doudou Gouirand (sax), Rémi Ploton (piano) / Trio DREAM : Louis Winsberg (guitar) and Jean-luc Lehr (bass) / Trio ASK : Vitorio Silvestri (guitar) and Gabrielle Koelhoeffer / Trio TIMELESS : Gérard Pansanel (guitar) and Rémi Ploton / Trio JAK : François Jeanneau (sax) and Gabrielle Koelhoeffer or Jean-Luc Lehr / Trio or quartet of Jean-Pierre Mas (piano). DIDIER THERON COMPANY THE MANNHEIM PIECES DIDIER THERON Born in Beziers, studied dance in France with Myriam Berns, Dominique Bagouet, Solange Golovine, Morton Potash. Scholarship from the Ministry of Culture after a first award-winning work - 1st prize Hivernales d'Avignon 1988, he trained at the Cunningham Studio in New York - Merce Cunningham - He completed this approach to dance and choreography with the meeting of Trisha Brown. In Japan, he receives the teaching of Zen master Harada Tangen at the Bukkokuji Temple in Obama Shi. Meetings 1991/ meets Tadashi Suzuki artistic director, Tokyo 1992 / meets Thomas Guggi artist and Berlin producer 1995-96 / Laureate Villa Kujoyama, Kyoto - meets and collaborates with Daniel Buren 2013 / meets Fram Kitagawa directeur of Art Front, Tokyo Didier Théron anchors his project in Montpellier. Under the benevolence of Dominique Bagouet - and on the offer of the municipality and its mayor Georges Frêche, he is invited to occupy with his team municipal premises in the popular district of Mosson. "Dance, art of the link" will be at the center of the thought of an action of territory developed in the project "ALLONS 'Z ENFANTS Projet Pour La Danse et l'Art - en direction de la jeunesse et pour la mixité sociale" (ALLONS'Z ENFANTS Project for Dance and Art - in the direction of youth and for social mixing). This dimension will lead the company to equip itself with a working tool for dance and art: L'ESPACE BERNARD GLANDIER - 2004 official inauguration of a new dance venue in Montpellier with the support of all the local authorities and the Ministry of Culture. It is a new place for experimentation and research, located in the center of the popular district of La Paillade - 25000 inhabitants. This space for dance and art allows the reception of artists at work, presentations of works, conferences, screenings, courses and workshops, thus constituting a place for exchange and sharing of multiple experiences. This project is supported by the DRAC OCCITANIE - The City of Montpellier. Since its creation, the company presents its creations in France and abroad with a recognition of international press articles. The Times (England) - The Frankfurter Allgemeine (Germany) - Asahi Shinbun (Japan) - Le Monde (France) - Libération (France) - Le Soir (Belgium) - Diario