Monster
2014 - Director : Matos, Jean-Marc
Choreographer(s) : Matos, Jean-Marc (France)
Video producer : K. Danse
Monster
2014 - Director : Matos, Jean-Marc
Choreographer(s) : Matos, Jean-Marc (France)
Video producer : K. Danse
Descritif du spectacle
A performance combining contemporary dance and interactive digital media based on a contemporary rewriting of The House of Asterion by Jorge Luis Borges (inspired by the myth of the Minotaur).
The performance can be seen from inside or outside.
Matos, Jean-Marc
Dancer, choreographer and artistic director. Trained at the Cunningham Studio in New-York, he has performed with David Gordon (Judson Church). He is interested in the impact of digital technology on society, in order to develop a meaningful relationship between dance and new media. He has choreographed more than 45 pieces which have been presented extensively in France (Avignon Festival, the Pompidou Center, etc.) and in many countries (Europe, Central and South America, USA, Canada, North Africa, India, Pakistan). He is involved in several cross-cultural and multidisciplinary projects, including the EU supported projects Metabody and Wholodance, for which he is one of the co-organizing partners.
Matos, Jean-Marc
Jean-Marc Matos; video editor
K. Danse
Contemporary dance Company involved in many production, mediation and research projects integrating dance and digital arts.
The choreographic approach of the K. Danse Company develops a contemporary movement language by the dialectic confrontation between the physical body (lived, experienced) and the visual body (seen, virtual). www.k-danse.net/en
Since 1983, K. Danse has been present in major festivals and cultural events in France and abroad: Festivals of Aix en Provence, Avignon In, la Rochelle, Châteauvallon, Métafort d’Aubervilliers, American Center of Paris, Georges Pompidou Center, Grande Halle de la Villette, Maison des Arts de Créteil, Maison de la Danse de Lyon, Centre National Art et Technologie de Reims, Centre National de la Danse, ISEA 2000 à Paris, Monaco Dance Forum, Espace Odyssud de Blagnac, Cité de l’Espace de Toulouse, Electrochoc Festival, Digital Art Center Le Cube of Issy Les Moulineaux, Arts Center of Enghien les Bains, the Ardenome Gallery in Avignon, the CENTQUATRE in Paris, Le Louvre Pyramid in Paris (with the BodyFail project, laureate of the 2017 Open Art Pulsar Prize), CURIOSITas Festival, Paris-Saclay (2019)…
The company has toured in Central America, Senegal, India, Vietnam, Morocco, Spain, Mexico, Venezuela, Italy, Great Britain, Germany, Pakistan, Belgium, Hungary, Canada and USA and has presented performances at the Soros Center of Budapest, Video Fest and Podewill Centrum, Berlin, Hamburg International Festival, Foundation Polar in Caracas, Festival Medi@rte in Monterrey, Festival VAD Girona and IDN Barcelona (Catalonia), The international Video Art Festival of Casablanca (Morocco), The National Theatre of Guatemala, NIAS of Bangalore (India), Festival Llunes d’esBaluard of Palma de Mallorca (Balearic Islands), ScenoFest Festival Quadrennial of Prague (Czech Republic), International Forum of Dance and Theater of Huesca, Spain (Price for the most innovative performance, 2012, with the Tactile Sensations project), Casa Paganini (Genoa, Italy), Romaeuropa Festival (Rome), La Sorbonne Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates, 2018), International Festival of Video Art (Casablanca, Morocco, 2019)…
Recipient of a grant “projet Phare 2017” from la Diagonale Paris Saclay for the RCO project (with scientist and artist Sarah Fdili Alaoui), recipient of the Fellowship Residency program from the Bogliasco Foundation 2017 (Genoa Italy, New-York).
Monster, l'équipe
Artistic direction / Conception : Matos, Jean-Marc
Artistic direction assistance / Conception : Holst, Anne
Choreography : Matos, Jean-Marc
Interpretation : Masson Marianne et Mario Garcia Sáez
Artistic consultancy / Dramaturgy : Holst, Anne
Stage direction : Matos, Jean-Marc
Set design : Matos, Jean-Marc
Additionnal music : Mika Vaiano
Video conception : Artistes numériques : Aurélie Dumaret & Emilie Villemagne
Lights : Stuber, Yarol
Costumes : K. Danse
Settings : K. Danse
Technical direction : Stuber, Yarol
Sound : Design sonore : Matos, Jean-Marc
Other collaborations : Courcelle, Arnaud : aide à la régie numérique
Production / Coproduction of the choreographic work : Soutiens et aides publiques : la compagnie K. Danse est soutenue, pour ses projets de création, par la ville de Toulouse, la ville de Villeneuve-Tolosane, le Conseil Régional Midi-Pyrénées, le Conseil Départemental de la Haute-Garonne et par l’Institut Français pour ses tournées à l’étranger. Partenariat : La compagnie K. Danse est partenaire co organisateur du projet européen pluri annuel (2013-2018) Metabody www.metabody.eu
Production / Coproduction of the video work : K. Danse et 1mn69
Duration : 1 h
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