L.O.U.P.
2002 - Director : Picq, Charles
Choreographer(s) : Plassard, Denis (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.O.U.P.
2002 - Director : Picq, Charles
Choreographer(s) : Plassard, Denis (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.O.U.P
“I want to plunge my dance into Turak’s universe, soak the dancers in this bath. The commission I give Michel is as follows: imagine universes, objects, characters, puppets who must be opportunities for play for the choreography.
L.O.U.P is not an object theatre show. There is no question of me transforming the dancers into actors or manipulators. All the devices imagined by Michel will be supports for the choreography. Turak’s poetic universe is not a constraint, but, on the contrary, will open up doors for the dancers. I leave the words that have followed me for the past ten years to approach, with Michel, a poetic and sensitive choreographic writing around the wolf. I say around and not on as we shall avoid touching the wolf too much (it’s not a good idea).
We shall turn around it, watch out for its tracks in us and around us. For this, we shall sound the memories of bodies and objects, and question them before placing them into movement.
For this encounter, Michel Laubu and myself wished to use a theme that is meaningful in both our languages. I didn’t want a narration (too restrictive for choreography). The wolf is not a work theme but rather a starting image. We shall work on this image, its memory and its various forms. We shall start from the wolf, functioning by association of ideas or images (and not in an encyclopaedic manner). From Little Red Riding Hood to the young, ambitious executive, not to forget the hunt and angels, we shall let the wolf fantasy impregnate objects and bodies.
The aim is not to represent the wolf as an animal (Canis Lupus) but to track down in each object and in each human body, the dream wolf.”
Plassard, Denis
Denis Plassard started to dance on a misunderstanding : wrapped up in crepe paper for the "End of the Year Show" in primary school, he was convinced that the steps meant something and that putting them together was just like writing sentences to tell a story... Since then, a question (a bit odd for a dancer/choreographer) haunts him: what does the movement mean? What do we say when we move?
He then decided to study dance and entered the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse in Lyon. After he graduated, he danced for 2 seasons with Josette Baïz's company in Aix-en-Provence.
In 1991, at the age of 23, he set up his own company named after his first solo, “Propos”, which was created the year before. Very early in his choreographic career, he tried to create dynamic links between speech and movement and his work focused on the connection between "Dance and Text". His choreographic writing is precise, sharp and very theatrical, and his style is quirky and full of humour and derision. Prolific choreographer and eager dancer, he enjoys being confronted with new universes and is continually looking for artistic meetings and crossroads between different aesthetics.
From Kafka to Mermet, from Bizet to Labiche, from the stage to the circus ring, he keeps having new ideas that mix hip-hop, circus, music, theatre and dance.
Source : The company Propos 's website
More information : compagnie-propos.com
Picq, Charles
Author, filmmaker and video artist Charles Picq (1952-2012) entered working life in the 70s through theatre and photography. A- fter resuming his studies (Maîtrise de Linguistique - Lyon ii, Maîtrise des sciences et Techniques de la Communication - grenoble iii), he then focused on video, first in the field of fine arts at the espace Lyonnais d'art Contemporain (ELAC) and with the group « Frigo », and then in dance.
On creation of the Maison de la Danse in Lyon in 1980, he was asked to undertake a video documentation project that he has continued ever since. During the ‘80s, a decade marked in France by the explosion of contemporary dance and the development of video, he met numerous artists such as andy Degroat, Dominique Bagouet, Carolyn Carlson, régine Chopinot, susanne Linke, Joëlle Bouvier and regis Obadia, Michel Kelemenis. He worked in the creative field with installations and on-stage video, as well as in television with recorded shows, entertainment and documentaries.
His work with Dominique Bagouet (80-90) was a unique encounter. He documents his creativity, assisting with Le Crawl de Lucien and co-directing with his films Tant Mieux, Tant Mieux and 10 anges. in the 90s he became director of video development for the Maison de la Danse and worked, with the support of guy Darmet and his team, in the growing space of theatre video through several initiatives:
- He founded a video library of dance films with free public access. This was a first for France. Continuing the video documentation of theatre performances, he organised their management and storage.
- He promoted the creation of a video-bar and projection room, both dedicated to welcoming school pupils.
- He started «présentations de saisons» in pictures.
- He oversaw the DVD publication of Le tour du monde en 80 danses, a pocket video library produced by the Maison de la Danse for the educational sector.
- He launched the series “scènes d'écran” for television and online. He undertook the video library's digital conversion and created Numeridanse.
His main documentaries are: enchaînement, Planète Bagouet, Montpellier le saut de l'ange, Carolyn Carlson, a woman of many faces, grand ecart, Mama africa, C'est pas facile, Lyon, le pas de deux d'une ville, Le Défilé, Un rêve de cirque.
He has also produced theatre films: Song, Vu d'ici (Carolyn Carlson), Tant Mieux, Tant Mieux, 10 anges, Necesito and So schnell, (Dominique Bagouet), Im bade wannen, Flut and Wandelung (Susanne Linke), Le Cabaret Latin (Karine Saporta), La danse du temps (Régine Chopinot), Nuit Blanche (Abou Lagraa), Le Témoin (Claude Brumachon), Corps est graphique (Käfig), Seule et WMD (Françoise et Dominique Dupuy), La Veillée des abysses (James Thiérrée), Agwa (Mourad Merzouki), Fuenteovejuna (Antonio Gades), Blue Lady revistied (Carolyn Carlson).
Source: Maison de la Danse de Lyon
L.O.U.P.
Artistic direction / Conception : Denis Plassard, Michel Laubu
Choreography : Denis Plassard
Interpretation : Elena Borghese, Anne-Sophie Fayolle, Géraldine Mainguet, Pauline Maluski, Corinne Pontana, Manoëlle Vienne, Frédéric Cellé, Sébastien Cormier, Didier Gilabert, Samuel Mathieu
Set design : Michel Laubu assisté de Yves Perey
Lights : Jean Tartaroli / Noël Demoux (régie)
Costumes : Michel Laubu, Béatrice Vermande / Cara Benassayag, Armelle Ewande, Marie-Frédérique Fillon, Charlotte Pareja, Marianne Vally, Béatrice Vermande (réalisation)
Settings : Géraldine Bonneton, Latifa Le Forestier, Cyrile Meilheurat, Yves Perey, Karin Schmitt (Objet et marionnettes)
Other collaborations : Bruno Izard, Latifa Le Forestier (Régie plateau) / Françoise Benet (répétitrice)
Production / Coproduction of the video work : Maison de la Danse - 2002
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