L'Ange
2009
Choreographer(s) : Raballand, Yan (France)
Present in collection(s): Maison de la Danse de Lyon , Saisons 2000 > 2009
Video producer : Maison de la Danse
Integral video available at Maison de la danse de Lyon
L'Ange
2009
Choreographer(s) : Raballand, Yan (France)
Present in collection(s): Maison de la Danse de Lyon , Saisons 2000 > 2009
Video producer : Maison de la Danse
Integral video available at Maison de la danse de Lyon
Ange (L')
“In our collective imagination, angels are pure and good. This idea both attracts and annoys me. Like sticky paper. Like some fixed idea. […]
It's not a matter of portraying different angels or creating characters with a particular personality, but bringing all these aspects together into one being. All these things are part of us, whether we either see them vaguely or pay them a lot of attention. I wanted to get away from these conventions of representing angels and suggest others. How do you give a spiritual being a body, and what kind of body at that?
I chose two “eye witness accounts”…That of St Thomas Aquinas, for whom angels cannot be represented in human form or they will become corruptible…And that of St Teresa of Avila who, during her ecstasy, describes for us her vision of an angel in a way that could not be more carnal…”
Yan Raballand
Credits
Chorégraphe, interprète Yan Raballand assistante chorégraphique Evguénia Chtchelkova lumières Laurent Matignon costumes Dominique Fabrègue assistée d'Annabelle Locks scénographie Emily Cauwet son Francine Ferrer
Production, diffusion Valérie Claisse coproduction CCN Ballet de Lorraine (accueil studio), Maison de la Danse résidence de créationà l'atheneum de Dijon avec le soutiend'Art Danse CDC Dijon Bourgogne et en collaboration avecArts Vivants 21, résidence à l'hostellerie de Pontempeyrat
Remerciements au CND de Lyon, à la compagnie Beau geste
La Cie Contrepoint bénéficie du soutien du Ministère de la culture - Drac Auvergne, du Conseil Régional d'Auvergne, et du Conseil Général du Puy de Dôme
Réalisation vidéo Charles Picq date du document vidéo 2009 production Maison de la Danse
Durée de l'œuvre 45 min
Raballand, Yan
Following his training at the La-Roche-sur-Yon Conservatoire, then at the Conservatoire National Supérieur Musique et Danse, Lyon, Yan Raballand followed parallel career paths as an eclectic performer and as a choreographer. He has worked alongside choreographers such as Stéphanie Aubin, Dominique Boivin, Odile Duboc, Bernadette Gaillard and Pascale Houbin. He was also invited to choreograph for the Ballet du Rhin and Jeune Ballet of CNSMD, Lyon. In 2002 he moved the base of his company Contrepoint to Clermont-Ferrand, and with it produced various works including “Ici et Là” in collaboration with Sylvie Giron (2006), “Grün”(garden première in 2006, stage première in 2008) and “L'Ange”, a solo for himself (2008). He has also collaborated with many directors, including Stéphane Auvray- Noroy, Éric Massé, Charly Marty, Johanny Bert, with whom he created “Krafff” (2007), a duet for a dancer and a marionette and Laurent Brethome with whom created "Bérénice" in 2011. In 2010, he created "Viola" during a rehearsal residence in Dijon (France), then "Bics et Plumes". His work is based on musicality, choreographic composition and how one relates to others.
Source: Maison de la Danse show program ; Cie Contrepoint 's website
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