•••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ••••••••••••• … /…(b) christian rizzo / bruno chevillon (improvisation) (2003) •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ••••••••••••• …/…(b) christian rizzo / bruno chevillon improvisation (2003) actions : christian rizzo live music : bruno chevillon Length : about 1 hour In a question / answer form in dance/music, …/…(b) attempts to use space as a material to be wrung, re-read, understood in successive layers. …/…(b) continues an approach that could be qualified as instinctive and that claims that acting is a thinking. The project was born in a Beaux-Arts courtyard in Toulouse where Christian Rizzo laid out his lab for a while. He invited Gérôme Nox, Bruno Chevillon and Caty Olive to explore two stage set-ups that would allow for two dance / music relations to emerge. One of the …/…(b) set-ups is an improvisation duo piece with Bruno Chevillon, an instrumentalist (a double-bass player), that combines electro and acoustic features in a very physical performing. production l’association fragile. co-production École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Toulouse. with the support of Montpellier-Languedoc Roussillon CCN within the framework of the Hors-Séries programme. special thanks to : David Bernadas, Blandine Minot, Olivier Stora, Emmanuelle Huynh, Vincent Baudriller et Anita Mathieu l’association fragile received the support of DRAC Ile de France, Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication and from Cultures France for its overseas tours. Since 2007, l’association fragile / Christian Rizzo has been in residence at the Opéra de Lille. press clips Wake ‘‘Through their choreographic, scenographic, musical and acoustic experiments, Christian Rizzo and Bruno Chevillon give you a lot to reflect on about the animal side in human beings, as well as their spiritual trials and errors. With candles and gold glitter scattered around the stage by Christian Rizzo, the performance hints increasingly at the beyond or a wake (evoking ghosts – as a tribute to those who have passed away?) without necessarily triggering any uneasiness or feelings of disgust. The two artists raise questions for themselves and the audience about delicate, and unfortunately taboo, subjects. Their approach is reminiscent of certain aspirations held by the Dadaist and Surrealist movements. (…). By expressing feelings of angst, they produce a true experience of catharsis that frees the audience from its own shadow areas. In that respect (among others), this piece by Christian Rizzo and Bruno Chevillon can be considered an unqualified success.’’ Valérie Boos, Les Affiches Moniteur, 3 December 2004 biography of bruno chevillon He was born in 1959, studied at the Beaux-Arts School in Avignon, where in 1983 he was awarded the National Diploma of Plastic Expression. While he was studying there he also entered the Conservatoire de Musique, studying classical double bass with Joseph Fabre . In 1983 he began playing jazz and improvising in a special class at the Conservatory. He also met Louis Sclavis with whom he has collaborated ever since. They performed in many concerts in France and all over the world, while also participating in the recording of many different kinds of music for theatre, dance and film. In 1994, he created a solo based on the poet, writer and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini, a work in which he was instrumentalist, composer and speaker, P. P. P. ou la rage sublime (P.P.P or the sublime rage). He has continued to work in theatre, in dance with Christian Rizzo, contemporary music both written and improvised with Samuel Sighicelli and Benjamin de la Fuente as part of the group Caravaggio, as a soloist, on the project “Soffio di Scelsi” around the music of Giacinto Scelsi, with Jean-Marc Foltz and Stephan Oliva, and in improv with Jean- Marc Foltz, Hasse Poulsen, Guillaume Roy, Franck Vigroux, Sophie Agnel and Pascal Contet. Currently he works regularly with Marc Ducret, Michel Portal, Franck Vigroux, Stephan Oliva, Guillaume Roy, Christophe Marguet and Régis Huby, and he has played or continues to play with Sophie Agnel, the Quatuor Arditti, Joey Baron, Tim Berne, François Corneloup, Dave Douglas, Barry Guy, Jean-Pierre Drouet, Joèlle Léandre, Paul Motian, Dominique Pifarely, Hasse Poulsen, Barre Phillips and Frances-Marie Uitti ... he has also recorded over thirty albums. schedule 2007 july 21 Semper Depot / ImPulsTanz, Vienna International Dance Festival – Vienne – Austria may 2 – 5 Centre National de la danse – Pantin – France 2006 october 29 Theater I-camp / festival international de Danse – Munich – Germany may 30 Le Théâtre d’Auxerre, scène conventionnée – Auxerre – France april 28 Le Cuvier de Feydeau – Artigues – France april 14 Centre culturel André Malraux, scène nationale – Vandoeuvre-lès- Nancy – France march 28 Le Vivat / Festival Vivat la Danse ! – Armentières – France 2005 may 26 Festival Rencontres chorégraphiques internationales de Seine-Saint- Denis – Noisy-le-Grand – France may 14 Friche La Belle de Mai, la Seita, Centre National de Création Musicale – Marseille – France february 18 & 19 Institute for Choreography and Dance – Cork – Ireland february 3 CDC de Toulouse / Festival C’est de la Danse Contemporaine – Toulouse – France january 23 La Filature – Mulhouse – France 2004 november 23 Pôle sud – Strasbourg – France july 23 & 24 Salle Benoît XII / festival d’Avignon – Avignon – France july 2 Festival Istambul Danse – Istambul – Turkey january 31 Festival Les Improbables rendez-vous chorégraphiques – Avon – France 2003 december 18 CCN de Montpellier – Montpellier – France ••••••••••••• Contact catherine meneret l’association fragile / christian rizzo 9, rue de la pierre levée 75 011 Paris tel : +33 (0)1 48 00 83 59 [email protected] www.lassociationfragile.com ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• .