Skip to main content
Back to search
  • Add to playlist

DéBaTailles

Maison de la Danse de Lyon 2008

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

en fr

DéBaTailles

Maison de la Danse de Lyon 2008

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

en fr

Débatailles

As cruel as a political debate, as savage as a school playground, as strict as a wrestling bout, as animated as a trading floor, the arena of “DéBaTailles” is a new area of confrontation. The performance unfolds like a competition. Two teams (the fair-haired against the dark!) square up to each other in dance challenges. The performers can move from one camp to the other by changing wigs. Like in a debate, the candidates oppose one another with elegance and courtesy but blows below the belt are allowed. They launch mercilessly into battle: their weapons are fantasy, ingenuity, derision, humour and a hint of meanness.

 

“I have always been fascinated by ‘social dances': from traditional dances to hip-hop battles. In these traditional choreographies there is a basic rapport with dance that places the person at the heart of a group. The choreography is organised according to an internal logic, a culture, a history. It is not turned towards the exterior (an abstract audience) but towards the group as a whole. It is fascinating to play with these codes and to invent new traditions. This provides an inexhaustible mine of games. I like to construct the bases of a new folklore and dance them as if they were ancestral. The challenge (imposing oneself on the group) is a natural component of group dances. It obviously has its place in our battles.”


Denis Plassard

Credits

Choreography Denis Plassard
Dance performance Compagnie Propos
Conception, direction Denis Plassard
With the complicity of the interpreters Xavier Gresse, Sylvain Julien, Jim Krummenacker, Vincent Martinez, Denis Plassard
Musicians (interpretation, composition) Nicolas Allemand or Quentin Allemand (percussions), Jean-Paul Hervé (guitar), Norbert Pignol (accordion)
Lightening lumières Nicolas Boudier
scenography Nicolas Boudier, Denis Plassard
Costumes Béatrice Vermande, Julie Lascoumes, Natacha Costechareire
Wig José De Pedro
Rehearsal coach Géraldine Mainguet
General set Sébastien Revel régie lumières Nicolas Boudier ou Dominique Legland
Sound Éric Dutrievoz ou Emmanuel Sauledubois
Coproduction Maison de la Danse/Lyon, Château-Rouge/Annemasse, Le Théâtre/Le Puy-en-Velay, Théâtre Durance/Château-Arnoux-St-Auban, Compagnie Propos
Project supported by the Rhône-Alpes Region within the framework of the APSV "Réseau des villes"
Compagnie Propos is subsidized by the Ministry of Culture (DRAC Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes), the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region and by the City of Lyon.

Video production Charles Picq date of the video document 2008 production Maison de la Danse

Duration of the work 1h20

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

Our videos suggestions
03:42

Seeds (retour à la terre)

Carlson, Carolyn (France)

  • Add to playlist
02:48

Questcequetudeviens ?

Bory, Aurélien (France)

  • Add to playlist
02:42

Têtes à têtes

Villa-Lobos, Maria Clara (Belgium)

  • Add to playlist
03:05

Panorama

Decouflé, Philippe (France)

  • Add to playlist
03:13

Rose - variation

Monnier, Mathilde (France)

  • Add to playlist
08:54

Répète

Chaillé, Fanny de (France)

  • Add to playlist
07:42

Coupé décalé [1ère partie] - Robyn Orlin

Orlin, Robyn (France)

  • Add to playlist
05:08

Flaque

Longequel, Éric (France)

  • Add to playlist
09:22

Insensiblement

Gourfink, Myriam (France)

  • Add to playlist
02:38

Vue sur les marches - Marc Lainé

  • Add to playlist
01:09:29

LEX

Fontaine, Geisha (France)

  • Add to playlist
01:58

The Spectator's Moment (2014): Maria Clara Villa-Lobos

Villa-Lobos, Maria Clara (France)

  • Add to playlist
04:19

The chance

Touzé, Loïc (France)

  • Add to playlist
01:57

Echoa

Rocailleux, Camille (France)

  • Add to playlist
03:27

Mirage

Kunes, Vaclav (Czech Republic)

  • Add to playlist
04:00

Plan B

Bory, Aurélien (France)

  • Add to playlist
07:23

l'Espace d'un Instant

Dubois, Kitsou (France)

  • Add to playlist
04:39

Hans was Heiri

Zimmermann, Martin (Switzerland)

  • Add to playlist
02:39

Méli-Mélo

Lafeuille, Philippe (Spain)

  • Add to playlist
01:03:46

Lourdes-Las Vegas (version sous-titrée)

Platel, Alain (Belgium)

  • Add to playlist
Our themas suggestions

Bagouet Collection

Exposition virtuelle

fr/en/

The committed artist

In all the arts and here especially in dance, the artist sometimes creates to defend a cause, to denounce a fact, to disturb, to shock. Here is a panorama of some "committed" choreographic creations.

Parcours

fr/en/pl/

Indian dances

Discover Indian dance through choreographic creations which unveil it, evoke it, revisit it or transform it!

Parcours

fr/en/

les ballets C de la B and the aesthetic of reality

Exposition virtuelle

fr/en/

Black Dance

James Carlès, dancer and choreographer and specialist of Afro-American dance, evokes the origin of current-day urban dances. From Africa to the United States via Europe, he emphasizes their hybrid style and puts their social and political dimension into perspective. A myriad of videos, photos, illustrations and additional resources complement this interview.

Webdoc

fr/en/

Why do I dance ?

Social dances, anti-establishment, protest dances, rhythms or identities, rituals or pleasures... There are a myriad of reasons for dancing and a myriad of points of view. A webdoc to discover, enhanced with extracts from performances and accounts from amateurs... all the right reasons for dancing!

Webdoc

fr/en/

Artistic Collaborations

Panorama of different artistic collaborations, from « couples » of choreographers to creations involving musicians or plasticians

Parcours

fr/en/

Meeting with literature

Collaboration between a choreographer and a writer can lead to the emergence of a large number of combinations. If sometimes the choreographer creates his dance around the work of an author, the writer can also choose dance as the subject of his text.

Parcours

fr/en/

Dance and performance

 Here is a sample of extracts illustrating burlesque figures in Performances.

Parcours

fr/en/

The Dance Biennale

Exposition virtuelle

fr/en/

Exposition virtuelle

fr/en/

Female / male

A walk between different conceptions and receptions of genres in different styles and eras of dance.

Parcours

fr/en/es/de/pl/pt-pt/

Hand dances

This parcours presents different video extracts in which hands are the center of the mouvement.

Parcours

fr/en/

Contemporary Italian Dance : the 2000s

Panorama of contemporary dance practices in Italy during the 2000s.

Parcours

fr/en/

Hip hop / Influences

This Course introduce to what seems to be Hip Hop’s roots.

Parcours

fr/en/es/de/pl/pt-pt/

VAISON DANSES

Exposition virtuelle

fr/en/

40 years of dance and music

Exposition virtuelle

fr/en/

The “Nouvelle Danse Française” of the 1980s

In France, at the beginning of the 1980s, a generation of young people took possession of the dancing body to sketch out  their unique take on the world. 

Parcours

fr/en/

Roots of Diversity in Contemporary Dance

Exposition virtuelle

fr/en/

Käfig, portrait of a company

Webdoc

fr/en/
By accessing the website, you acknowledge and accept the use of cookies to assist you in your browsing.
You can block these cookies by modifying the security parameters of your browser or by clicking onthis link.
I accept Learn more