Katia Légeret-Manochhaya
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Katia Légeret-Manochhaya Overview 1. Academic and artistic career 2. Publications 3. Lectures 4. Bharata-natyam: original artistic work and teaching 5. MA and PhD supervising 1. Academic and artistic career Katia Légeret is currently Professor of Performing Arts and Aesthetics in the Department of Theatre at University Paris 8, where she directs the research laboratory EA 1573, part of the doctoral school EDESTA: Aesthetics, Sciences and Technologies of the Arts. She has been co-director at Paris 8 of the Master in International Artistic Cooperation, and of the European Erasmus Mundus Master in Performing Arts Studies, led by ULB Brussels and involving several European universities. She is currently leading the international research projects ‘’Performing Arts at the Museum’’ (at Paris with Rodin Museum, RMN Grand Palais, MNAAG-Guimet Museum), and “Transculturality/Transculturalities: Performing Arts and Literature of Contemporary India” in the Laboratory of Excellence in Arts and Human Mediations Labex Arts-H2H. http://www.labex-arts- h2h.fr/transculturalites-73.html; http://www.labex-arts-h2h.fr/transcultu-ralites.html ; http://www.labex-arts-h2h.fr/la-performance-theatrale-au-musee-1299.html ; Since her adolescence, and in parallel with her studies, Katia Légeret aka Manochhaya has pursued professional training in Bharata-natyam (dance/theatre of South India). Her training began in France with Amala Devi (a disciple of Ram Gopal) in the Dance Studies courses of the University Sorbonne from 1979-1981. This was followed by several years in Chennai, India, with K. Swarnnamukhi (Tamil Nadu’s State Dancer). In 1985, she began to study with Venkatalakshamma in Mysore (Karnataka), and since 1986, she has performed the work of K. Muralidhar Rao (Pandanallur style)i. As a dancer, artist, and musician, Manochhaya has created an international career in the Bharata- natyam form. Born in Tours (France, 37), following her graduation from the Balzac secondary school in this city, she passed a baccalaureate in literature. Then, she began preparatory courses (Henry IV, Paris) for the higher education establishment ENS that she joined in philosophy in 1981. She served as manager of Indian Projects for the minister of culture, and then worked as an ENS teaching fellow at Université Paris X – Nanterre, where she taught philosophy for several years. She continued her education with a master’s degree in philosophy (Paris-Sorbonne University), a specialist’s degree in the history of religions (Paris-Sorbonne University), a doctorate and then graduated HDR to direct PhD in aesthetics and sciences of art (Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne University, 1998). In her research and teaching at Université Paris 8, via courses, workshops and seminars, Katia Légeret’s work is concerned with the modes of transmission and of production of dance, theatre, music, and poetry in non-European dance-theatres, particularly those of India. At the intersection of geopolitical and geoartistic borders, her research studies these dance-theatres between tradition and modernity, according to their on-stage transpositions of initially ritual forms, and their influences on primarily European directors and contemporary dancers and their theatrical and choreographic mises- en-scène in France, Europe, and India. In particular, her work has cited Peter Brook, Ariane Mnouchkine, Bob Wilson, Bartabas, Pina Bausch, Luc Petton, Carolyn Carlson, Akram Khan, Phillip Zarrilli and the Mappa Theatro company. Katia Légeret is the MA and PhD supervisor of many projects concerning the theatres and dances of India (Bharata-natyam, Odissi, Kutiyattam, Kathakali, Kathak, Teyyam, and Sattriya) with students who are simultaneously pursuing formal artistic training in India, supported by scholarships for study and exchange, often from the Ile de France Regional Council. These masters and doctoral projects are directed toward questions of interartistic transpositions on the contemporary stage, and of “traditional” arts and formal training for actor-dancers, in relation to the cultural policies of certain countries. In addition to India, recent supervised projects have dealt with Sweden, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Egypt, Lebanon, Iran, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Togo, Mali, Burkina Faso, Brazil, Mexico, and Bolivia. Katia Légeret is also a member of research groups on “Research on Aesthetic Plurality” (EA 1575), and “Theatre of Antiquity: Texts, History, and Reception” (GDR 3279 at the National Center for Scientific Research). At Paris 8, during the 2008-2012 quadrennial, she was a permanent member of the university Council on Scholarship and Student Life (CEVU), of the President’s Council and of the Council for International Relations (CoRI). She has been coordinator of agreements between the Department of Theatre and the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art, and between Paris 8 and JNU University in New Delhi, India. She has also been a jury member for Franco-Indian scholarships, and for “World Scholarships” (2003-2007) awarded by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Department of Scientific and University Cooperation and Research. Professional overview: Prof. Katia Légeret Department of Theatre, Université Paris 8, 2, rue de la liberté, 93529 Saint-Denis Cedex 02 [email protected] EDUCATION 1998 HDR: Director of Research in Aesthetics and Sciences of Art, Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne University 1996 PhD: Aesthetics and Sciences of Art, Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne University 1984 DEA: History of Religion, Paris-Sorbonne University 1983 MS: Philosophy, Paris-Sorbonne University 1981 ENS: École Normale Supérieure in Philosophy, Paris 1981 BA: French Literature and Philosophy, Paris-Sorbonne University FACULTY POSITIONS 2011 Professor, Department of Theatre, Université Paris 8 2006 Assistant Professor, Department of Theatre, Université Paris 8 2005-2006, Associate Professor, Department of Theatre, Université Paris 8 1998-2005, Lecturer, Department of Theatre, Université Paris 8 ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS Central Administration at Université Paris 8: 2009-2011 Permanent member of The Council on Scholarship and Student Life (CEVU) 2009-2011 Permanent member of The President’s Council 2008-2012 Principal member of Research Laboratory EA 1573/CICEP in Doctoral School EDESTA (Aesthetics, Sciences and Technology of Arts) 2008-2012 Associate member of Research Laboratory EA 1575: “Aesthetic Plurality” 2008-2012 Associate member of Research Group GDR/CNRS 3279: “Theatre of Antiquity” Department of Theatre (2008-2012): International Relations liaison Paris 8 liaison to the first European Erasmus Mundus program in Performing Arts Studies Co-Director of the Master in International Artistic Cooperation TEACHING New Aesthetics in Performing Arts at the Crossroads of East and West, particularly Europe/India The Concept of Poetical Space in Performing Arts Comparative Aesthetics of Time in Stage Productions between Asia and Europe The Mahâbhârata: Text, Context and Performance in Bharatanatyam, Odissi, Kathakali and Kutiyattam Aesthetics of The Actor-Dancer: Foreign Languages and Poetical Languages of the Body Transcultural Poetics on The Contemporary Stage RESEARCH AREAS Comparative Aesthetics Transmissions of Oral Literature through Dance and Theatre Rewriting, Adapting and Staging Productions of Myths from India in European Theatres The Influence of Indian Non-verbal Languages (hasta/mudrâ) from Indian Theatres in Western Stage Direction Transcultural/Minority Theatre and Dance Constructing Identity The Influence of Indian Dances and Theatres on French Writers and Staging Producers in France and Reciprocal Influences between French and Indian Actor-Dancers Performing The Museum Direction of International Conferences 2016-2017 L’entrée dans l’espace muséal : créer les conditions sensibles d’approche de l’œuvre et y inviter le public, Musée national des arts asiatiques-Guimet, Paris, 2016 L’émotion à l’œuvre : Médiations artistiques entre les publics et les collections muséales Inde/Cambodge/Chine/Japon du MNAAG-Musée National des Arts Asiatiques-Guimet, MNAAG- Musée National des Arts Asiatiques-Guimet, 2016 L'expérience esthétique du RASA dans les arts traditionnels et contemporains de l'Inde, conférences-performances, Co-organisé entre le MNAAG-Musée National des Arts Asiatiques-Guimet et Paris 8 (labex Arts-H2H), dans le cadre du projet labex Arts-H-H « La performance théâtrale au musée », 29 et 30 novembre 2016 La performance théâtrale au musée : une nouvelle médiation transculturelle Co-organisé entre le MNAAG-Musée National des Arts Asiatiques-Guimet, le RMN-Grand Palais et le labex Arts-H2H Université Paris 8, 22-23 mai 2017 2. Selected Publications Books (sole author) Le mythe de la création (The Myth of Creation), Paris: Trithème, 1995, 94 p. Les 108 pas du dieu Siva (The 108 steps of Shiva), Paris: Shastri, 1997, 352 p. Manuel traditionnel du Bharata-nâtyam (Traditional Manual of Bharata-natyam), Paris: Geuthner, 1999, 228 p. Esthétique de la danse sacrée (Aesthetics of Sacred Dance), Paris: Geuthner, 2001, 226 p. La gestuelle des mains dans le théâtre dansé indien (Hand Gestures in the Indian Dance Theatre), Paris: Geuthner, 2005, 142 p. Danse contemporaine indienne et théâtre indien: un nouvel art ? Autour de Pina Bausch, Ariane Mnouchkine, Padmini Chettur, Carolyn Carlson, Hassan Massoudy, Bartabas, Sreenivasan Edappurath, Padmini Chettur, Chandralekha, Lise Noël (Contemporary Indian Dance and Indian Theatre: A New Art ? On Bausch, et al) Presses Universitaires de Vincennes, 2010, 205 pii. Dance Theatre of