Ex/Stase Narcisses-1
2011
Choreographer(s) : Lamaison, Coraline (France)
Present in collection(s): Maison de la Danse de Lyon , Saisons 2010 > 2019
Video producer : Maison de la Danse
Integral video available at Maison de la danse de Lyon
Ex/Stase Narcisses-1
2011
Choreographer(s) : Lamaison, Coraline (France)
Present in collection(s): Maison de la Danse de Lyon , Saisons 2010 > 2019
Video producer : Maison de la Danse
Integral video available at Maison de la danse de Lyon
Ex/stase Narcisses-1
EX/STASE NARCISSES-1 / first performed 2010
Conception Coraline Lamaison
Dance performance Annabelle Chambon
Ecstasy is a state in which the individual no longer has any perception of the self, completely absorbed in an otherness. The manifest violence in the way Western society functions reveals more fault-lines in the system day by day. We know that some enjoy an unlimited surplus while others do not even have their basic needs met. We are fed ever-more alarmist news, which still mainly turns around human behaviour. And what do our social habits, behaviour and their origins have to do with it? In the 1950s, a change began, influenced by new doctrines such as ego or self psychology, which led to a separation from others and a breakdown in social cohesion. The “middle class society” gradually installed the Ego and Well-being at the centre of its preoccupations, thus becoming increasingly individualistic and consumerist. Today we find ourselves grappling with this ideology, reliant on its way of representing, both to itself and to us, relationships between mankind and the world, sucked in by the normalised ways it engenders. In this context, we search for magic solutions to the anxieties we feel: otherness, gender difference, aging and death are experienced as narcissism's scandalous failures. We struggle to maintain our psychological balance, that is to say, homeostasis: we are caught between displeasure and pleasure, pain and well-being, stasis and ecstasy. Stasis is a kind of suspension of time. A halt. With "Narcisses-1 Ex/Stase", I wanted on the one hand to explore the different meanings the myth of Narcissus has for today, in the many forms it takes, to interpret the signs of narcissism through its contemporary codes and symbols, and to work on the concepts which overstep the lines of convention and which are the motives of the myth. On the other hand, I wanted to reveal the compulsive origin of narcissistic behaviour – the “natural” history of narcissism – and the dark areas, rooted in our bodies, our gestures, which guide our actions. All the action played out on the world's stage comes through the body. This episode is first and foremost choreographic, a “dance” of the archetypal ideal woman, as we see her, as she shows herself. It takes the form of an interpretation of the narcissistic fantasies and impulses which lead to deformation of the body, to extreme practices, to the point of physical transformation. Pierre Jodlowski's musical composition lies at the heart of Fred Cassan's lengthy process using video animation.
Coraline Lamaison
Source: Maison de la Danse programming
Credits
Conception Coraline Lamaison chorégraphie Coraline Lamaison, Annabelle Chambon interprète Annabelle Chambon création musicale Pierre Jodlowski création vidéo Fred Cassan décor Jérôme souillot lumières Harry Cole régie sébastien Bétous
Video direction : Charles Picq
Production : Maison de la Danse
Updating : April 2011
Lamaison, Coraline
Trained at the Conservatoire d'Art Dramatique then at the Théâtre National, Toulouse, Coraline Lamaison started out as an actress. In 2002 she choreographed her first piece, “Étude pour un homme seul”, then directed and performed in “4.48 Psychose” by Sarah Kane. In 2004, she trained with Jan Fabre, whom she assisted in the staging of “L'Empereur de la perte” and “Le Roi du plagiat” performed for in “The Crying Body” and “L'Histoire des larmes”. At the same time, she collaborated with Guy Cassiers alongside the actor Dirk Roofthooft for “Rouge décanté”. Currently based in Toulouse, she continues her collaboration with Troubleyn/Jan Fabre. She has created a triptych which explores the myth of Narcissus, “Narcisses-0”, for Kate Strong in 2009, “Ex-Stase Narcisses-1” in 2010, and “Narcisses-2.0” for Els Deceukelier and Annabelle Chambon in 2012. In 2013, she began to work on a project entitled "La Mort des sentiments" (“The Death of feelings”), of which “Vulnérables” (“Vulnerables”) is the first movement.
Source: Maison de la Danse show program
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Chambon, Annabelle
Annabelle Chambon began dancing in Libourne, Aquitaine. She graduated with a diploma in Higher Choreographic Studies from the CNSMD, Lyon. In 2001, she performed for Jan Fabre in “Je suis sang”. She worked with Jan Fabre again in “Parrots and Guinea Pigs” in 2003, “Tannhäuser”, “The Crying Body” in 2004, “L'Histoire des larmes”, the solo “Preparatio Mortis” in 2005 and “L'orgie de la tolerance” in 2009... In 2002, she founded Label Cedana with Cédric Charron, the company with which she has presented various shows as well as numerous installations.
Source: Maison de la Danse programming
Updating: April 2011
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