Madame Plaza
2009 - Director : Urréa, Valérie
Choreographer(s) : Ouizguen, Bouchra (Morocco)
Present in collection(s): Montpellier Danse
Video producer : Compagnie Anania
Madame Plaza
2009 - Director : Urréa, Valérie
Choreographer(s) : Ouizguen, Bouchra (Morocco)
Present in collection(s): Montpellier Danse
Video producer : Compagnie Anania
Madame Plaza
Choreography : Bouchra Ouizguen
Premiered at the Festival Montpellier Danse 2009
Filmed by Valérie Urréa at the Studio Bagouet / Agora, international city of dance
"Madame Plaza" is Morrocan choreographer and dancer Bouchra Ouizguen's new creation intended to pay tribute to and inspired from the music of the “Aïta”, those traditional morrocan singers whose performances rendering include songs, wailing and incantations. They are usually hide to provide entertainment at celebrations and special occasions (weddings, feasts, dances, etc...) and some night clubs.
Prejudice against female artists has cast the figure of the “Aïta” in a paradoxical position, for they are at once the object of admiration, fantasizing and contemptuous rejection. Furthermore the “Aïta” artistry is too easily cast as folklore, in spite of its enchanting contemporaneity and powerful immediacy. Bouchra Ouizguen find deep kinship in these women's quest for freedom.
Madame Plaza is a fascinating encounter of bodies merging with songs. Agnès Izrine
Générique
Compagnie Anania
Choreography : Bouchra Ouizguen
With and music by : Fatima El Hanna, Fatima Aït Ben Hmad, Naïma Sahmoud, Bouchra Ouizguen
Musics : “Ahat ” chanté et composé par Youssef El Mejjad, « Akegarasu » de Shin-Nai
Lighting design : Yves Godin
Costumes design : Nouredine Amir
light control : Thalie Lurault
Production : Michel Laurent
Filmed by Valérie Urréa
Production : Compagnie Anania
Coproduction : Festival Montpellier Danse 2009, Fabbrica Europa (Firenze, Italie)
With the support of : Service de Coopération et d'Action Culturelle de l'Ambassade de France à Rabat, Département Afrique et Caraïbes de Culturesfrance – Ministère des affaires étrangères
Logistic support : Ecole Supérieur des Arts Visuels de Marrakech, Institut français de Marrakech
Duration : 40 minutes
Ouizguen, Bouchra
Bouchra Ouizguen was born in 1980, in Morocco. After pursuing her studies in France, she became a soloist in oriental dance from 1995 to 2000. In 2002, she created the Anania contemporary dance
company.
In 2004, she took the ex.e.r.ce. course created by Mathilde Monnier and moved straight on to the Bocal / Etudes project with Boris Charmatz.
Since then, she has been co-organising the Marrakech Choreographic Encounters and regularly participates in numerous projects between Morocco and France.
Urréa, Valérie
Back in 1987, after having completed her studies at the Ecole nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière, Valérie Urréa began asserting her passion for visual and performing arts. Documentaries, live recordings, fictions, from 'Bruit Blanc' to 'L’Homme qui Danse', all of Valerie Urréa’s films, which are principally coproduced by ARTE, explore highly-sensitive themes such as autism, masculinity and issues concerning race, through artistic visions. Her multiple award-winning films are regularly presented in international festivals. She was guest-artist twice for the Commission Image Mouvement de la Délégation des Arts Plastiques (Image/Movement Commission of the French Visual Arts Delegation). At the same time, she was a teacher for several years at the École Supérieure des Arts Visuels (ESAV - Higher Institute for Visual Arts) in Marrakech, specializing in the relationships between images and performing arts.
Source : Valérie Urréa
Madame Plaza
Choreography : Bouchra Ouizguen
Interpretation : Interprètes et chants : Fatima El Hanna, Fatima Aït Ben Hmad, Naïma Sahmoud, Bouchra Ouizguen
Additionnal music : "Ahat " chanté et composé par Youssef El Mejjad, " Akegarasu " de Shin-Nai
Video conception : Captation réalisée par Valérie Urréa
Lights : Création lumière : Yves Godin - Régie lumière : Thalie Lurault
Costumes : Nouredine Amir
Other collaborations : Consultant production : Michel Laurent
Production / Coproduction of the choreographic work : Production : Compagnie Anania Coproduction : Festival Montpellier Danse 2009, Fabbrica Europa (Firenze, Italie) - Soutiens à la production : Service de Coopération et d'Action Culturelle de l'Ambassade de France à Rabat, Département Afrique et Caraïbes de Culturesfrance - Ministère des affaires étrangères - Soutiens logistiques : Ecole Supérieur des Arts Visuels de Marrakech, Institut français de Marrakech
Duration : 40 minutes
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