CONCEPTION AND CHOREOGRAPHYMATHILDE MONNIER & ALAN PAULS

EL BAILE

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LIFE STORIESThis is the story through time (40 years) of relationships based on desire and seduction strategies between men and women. This story is shown in a situation that crystallizes the essence of relationships and desire since it involves the body, dance, and thanks to the grace of theater and metonymy : this situation is an activity as well as it is a place : the ball. Actors express themselves without dialogues but with their bodies (acting and dancing) by establishing an intimate contact with the music that evokes the passage of time. The piece retraces a popular history of France from the Liberation up to the 85’s. The stage writing is based on “life stories” collected in a small town of Paris’ suburbs. Performers confront those stories with their own living memory, pictures and films and by doing so, they end up creating “characters”, some sort of archetypes that they make travel through time.It is presented more as a dance piece than as a play – by its specific style – and will strongly impact the 80’s.Besides, Ettore Scola shot a movie based on this project with the same theater company.

STATEMENT OF INTENT

ELBAILE

Conception and choreography Mathilde Monnier and Alan Pauls

Dramaturgy Véronique Timsit

Scenography and costume Annie Tolleter

Lighting designer Eric Wurtz

Sound creation Olivier Renouf

Musical advice Sergio Pujol

Voice coaching Barbara Togander

Choreography assitant Marie Bardet

Rehearsal assistant Corinne Garcia

Artistic advice Anne Fontanesi

International spread Julie Le Gall - Bureau Cokot

Production leader ans artistic advice Nicolas Roux

With (12 performers) : Martin Gil, Lucas Lagomarsino, Samanta Leder, Pablo Lugones, Ari Lutzker, Carmen Pereiro Numer, Valeria Lucia Polorena, Lucia Garcia Pulles, Celia Argüello Rena, Delfina Thiel, Florencia Vecino, Daniel Wendler.

With the benevolence of Jean-François Guéganno.We thank Jean-Claude Penchenat, Yann Lorvo, Hélène Kelmachter, Lucie Haguenauer, Diana Theocharidis, Evelyne Loew, Natalia Uccello, Cecilia Kuska.

Behind this project, there is Le Bal, a piece created in January 1981 in CTM of Antony, France (in co-production with the theater Firmin Gémier in Antony) by director Jean-Claude Penchenat and the company théâtre du Campagnol. This wordless show quickly becomes very popular and will tour all over Europe for several years.

A CONTEMPORARY VERSIONWe want to create a new show based on Le Bal and to continue the process launched 30 years ago.The main basic concepts which founded Le Bal remain  : unity of place, absence of spoken text, having to tell stories only through movement and dance, travel through a country’s history, going from an era to another.We aim to create a “contemporary” version and explore, not how “telling history”, but rather try to go further in order to express what history does to the body or make it do.Dance, body, movement, space must remain central in the show. It is about capturing the energy or the lack of energy of each era: tired bodies, bodies that resist common body, exploded body over-energized body, body-built, athletic body, damaged body, child body, aged body, body made of prosthesis, broken body, transformed body, it’s all DANCE, and manifestation of collective imagination.

VERY FREELY INSPIRED BY : LE BAL – A COLLECTIVE PIECE BY THÉÂTRE DU CAMPAGNOLSTAGED BY JEAN-CLAUDE PENCHENAT, ON AN IDEA OF JEAN-CLAUDE PENCHENAT

DANCE

PRODUCTION LE QUAI CDN ANGERS PAYS DE LA LOIRE

IN COPRODUCTION WITH

CHAILLOT - THÉÂTRE NATIONAL DE LA DANSE,

FESTIVAL MONTPELLIER DANSE 2017,

THÉÂTRE DE NAMUR,

CTBA - TEATRO SAN MARTIN - BUENOS AIRES,

THÉÂTRE-SÉNART SCÈNE NATIONALE,

LA BÂTIE - FESTIVAL DE GENÈVE

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EL BAILE IN ARGENTINA This new project will be invented and premiered in Argentina, more specifically in Buenos Aires, in a country where dance has a special meaning and a prominent place and evolves in a strong political and social context.Tango is the soul of Argentina. Tango is timeless, popular, still alive, it is both a practice and an art. It still evolves, from traditional tango of the milongas to contemporary tango, tango of international competition or queer tango, electro tango, rap tango. However it would be wrong to reduce dance in Argentina to tango, because it is also made of samba, techno, rock, and all the dances that are practiced today and make its diversity. The show will be built on all these different steps and popular rhythms but also from a repertoire of songs and music that has marked each era.

We want the show to explore a period from 1978 to today because : the football world cup, the political events of the militaries at the power, but also because Kontakthof (Pina Bausch) was premiered in 78 (the fact that Penchenat had seen it at the time has a link with the genesis of Le Bal). Finally, because it is the time of our childhood, when we wanted to say everything and still could. The years 1975-76 because of the football World Cup, the political events of the militaries coming to

THE HISTORY OF A COUNTRYWe distrust the solemn weight of history (how to represent it, to condense it, to miniaturize it), and we shall try to find it in singular versions, embodied by the performers’ body in order to evacuate mistrust and draw from history all that it can still offer.The idea is not to give a “positive” or a “negative” insight of a national history that would unfold in front of our eyes. Argentinian history also seems to repeat itself; events seem to occur again and again, giving the feeling of a frozen history. There seems to be an eternal return to the “same”, at least in the contemporary decades.

power, but also because Kontakthof Pina Bausch was premiered in 78 (Penchenat had seen it at the time and it has a link with the genesis of Le Bal) finally, because it is the time of our childhood, when we still could say anything we wanted.

The general creation process of the original piece seems to be immanent, things had to “come” from inside the group, each member facing his own memories and the others’ ones. The collection of life stories seems to be very important and the “peripheral” aspect of these stories too. It is in many ways an exploration of popular issues, without demagoguery.So first, we will work with the performer’s personal stories as a starting point and then build up narratives from those listened and shared stories and explore Argentinian mythologies, what remains of the lost generations and danced revolutions. Collect the social experience of dance in places of Buenos Aires such as in the Malecón, in the Costanera where every Sunday hundreds of people gather to dance: salsa, mainly, but – during the “breaks” – tango, rock’n’roll, cheap techno, etc. We will focus on these fanatical dancers, for which dance plays a very special role, very personal, not at all “developed” with a professional or artistic look on it.

A chronological evolution underlaid the dramaturgy of the original show written in 4 parts. It seems right today to free ourself from this narrative form and keep in mind however that the show is a journey through time.In this new show we will also feel free to deal with the country’s history, not by confronting only official history but rather by staging what official history does not remember or show, what is forgotten. We will not offer clichés or pictures from an era built on splits and breaks, but rather explore the slow and imperceptible changes, changes that make the world turn radically from an era to another.

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El pudor del pornógrafo Sudamericana (The Pornographer’s Shame), 1984

Wasabi Alfaguara,1994

El factor Borges. Nueve ensayos ilustrados con imágenes de Nicolás Helft, Fondo de Cultura Económica,1996.

El pasado, (The Past) 2003

La vida descalzo, 2006

Historia del llanto, 2007

Historia del pelo, 2010

Historia del dinero, 2013

Alan Pauls is an Argentinian writer born in Buenos Aires in 1959. He is the son of a German immigrant who fled the Nazis in 1936, he studied at the French school in Buenos Aires. Perfectly French-speaking, he is an expert of Stendhal, Proust and Barthes’ works which inspired him to write his own works. Professor of literature theory, translator, writer, film critic, he has published an essay on Borges, several short stories and novels, including The Past, receiving the Herralde Prize in 2003. He created the magazine “Lecturas críticas“ and worked as an editor for the daily “Página / 12“. He is now recognized as a major author in Argentina.

BIO

Mathilde Monnier is a role model in French and international contemporary dance’s landscape. From piece to piece she defies expectations by presenting a work in constant renewal . Her nomination at the head of the Choreographic Centre of Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon in 1994 marks the beginning of a series of collaborations with personalities from various artistic fields (Jean-Luc Nancy, Katerine, Christine Angot, La Ribot, Heiner Goebbels...). She created more than 40 choreographic works presented on the great stages of the Avignon festival, the biggest theaters of Paris, New York, Vienna, Berlin, London… and received several awards for her work : The French Ministry of Culture prize, the SACD Grand Prix.She was designated in 2014 to take the general direction of the National Dance Centre in Pantin.

BIOMATHILDEMONNIERCONCEPTION, DIRECTION AND CHOREOGRAPHY

CHOREOGRAPHIC WORKS AMONG HIS WORKS

1996 L’Atelier en pièces 1995 Nuit 1993 Pour Antigone 1992 Dimanche 1992 Ainsi de suite 1992 Un petit peu d’exercice 1991 Chinoiserie avec Louis Sclavis 1991 Face nord 1990 Duos 1990 Sur le champ 1989 À la renverse 1989 Cheval de quatre 1989 Récitatif 1988 Idée de mars 1988 Je ne vois pas la femme cachée dans la forêt 1987 Mort de rire 1986 Mama, Monday, Sunday or Always 1985 Cru 1985 Royal Stewart 1985 Extasis 1984 Pudique acide 1983 La

2012 Twin Paradox 2010 Soapéra avec Dominique Figarella 2010 Pavlova 3’23’’ 2009 ]Domaine Public[ 2008 Gustavia avec La Ribot 2007 Tempo 76 2006 2008 vallée avec Philippe Katerine 2005 Frère&sœur 2005 La Place du singe avec Christine Angot 2004 Publique 2004 Pièces 2003 Slide 2002 Déroutes avec Erikm 2002 À sa guise 2002 La Petite Renarde rusée 2002 À nos endroits 2002 8 mn 2002 Multi-materials 2002 Allitérations, avec Jean-Luc Nancy 2001 Signé, signés 2001 Natt & Rose 1999 Les Lieux de là 1999 Fantaisie 1997 Arrêtez, arrêtons, arrête 1997 Qui voyez vous ?

ALANPAULSCONCEPTION, DIRECTION AND WRITING

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VÉRONIQUE TIMSITDRAMATURGY

After a master in compared literature in 1990 she dedicated herself to theater. She is director assistant since 1991 for shows of Philippe Honoré, les Imparfaits from André Gide and Marcel Proust (1991) ; Luc Bondy, l’Heure où nous ne savions rien… from Peter Handke (at Schaubühne Berlin, 1993) ; Klaus-Michael Gruber, Splendid’s by Jean Genet also at the Schaubühne, (1994) ; Didier-Georges Gabily, Gibiers du temps I et II (1994-1995) ; Claudine Hunault, Trois nôs irlandais from William Butler Yeats ; Serge Tranvouez, Recouvrance (1995-1996) ; K.-M. Gruber, le Pôle de Vladimir Nabokov (1996-1997) ; Jean Bouchaud, Amants et vieux ménages from Octave Mirbeau (Comédie Française, 1999).She adapted and directed le Livre des bêtes from Raymond Lull (Lavoir Moderne, 1992) and Zoo from Viktor Shklovsky (Théâtre en Mai Festival, Dijon and Strasbourg Turbulence festival, 1996)...

Artistic collaborator of Jean-François Sivadier, she works on all his theater and opera staging since 1998 :Noli me tangere, la Folle journée ou le Mariage de Figaro, la Vie de Galilée, Italienne Scène et Orchestre (in which she also acts), la Mort de Danton  , le Roi Lear, la Dame de chez Maxim, Noli me Tangere, Le Misanthrope et, à l’opéra : Madame Butterfly de Puccini (2004), Wozzeck d’Alban Berg (2007), les Noces de Figaro de W. A. Mozart (2008), Carmen de Georges Bizet (2010), La Traviata de Verdi (festival d’Aix 2011), Le couronnement de Poppée de Monteverdi (2012), Le barbier de Séville (2013). She is also artistic collaborator of Nicolas Bouchaud on La Loi du marcheur (interview with Serge Daney) in 2010, Un métier idéal, from John Berger in 2013 and Le Méridien from Paul Celan in 2015.

SERGIO PUJOL MUSICAL ADVICE

Sergio Pujol was born in La Plata, Argentina in May 1959. Historian, teacher and essayist specialized in popular music, he teaches the history of the twentieth century at the School of Journalism of UNLP. He is also a researcher at CONICET on topics related to popular music and Argentinian culture in the twentieth century. He is co-author of the History of our time. The world between 1969 and 2000. He has published several articles in Argentina and foreign press, and presents a radio program on Radio Universidad de La Plata. In 2001 he received the title of “Creating Fellow in Writing “ at the University of Iowa, USA, in recognition of his bibliographic production and in 2007 the Konex Prize for his work in music journalism.

Among his books :

Las Canciones del Inmigrante - 1989.

Valentino en Buenos Aires : Los anos veinte y el espectaculo - 1994.

Discepolo: Una Biografia Argentina - 1997 (Une biographie Argentine).

Historia del baile: de la milonga al disco - 1999 (Histoire de la danse).

La Decada Rebelde - 2002 (La décennie rebelle)

Jazz Al Sur : la muscia negra en la Argentina - 2004 (Jazz du Sud - La musique noire en Argentine).

Rock y Dictadura: Cronica de Una Generacion, 1976-1983 - 2005 (Le rock et la dictature. Chronique d’une génération).

En nombre del folclore : Biografia Atahualpa Yupanqui - 2008 (Au nom du folklore. Biographie de Atahualpa Yupanqui).

Las ideas del rock: genealogía de la música rebelde - 2007.

Como la cigarra Biografía de Maria Elena Walsh – 2011 (Comme la cigale. Biographie de Maria Elena Walsh).

Cien Años de Musica Argentina - 2013 (Chansons argentines 1910-2010. Cent ans de musique en Argentine).

Oscar Alemán: la guitarra embrujad - 2015.

CELIA ARGÜELLO RENADANCER/PERFORMER

Born in Cordoba where she begins her theatre and dance studies, Celia then settles in Buenos Aires where she studies contemporary dance under the direction of Cristina Barnis. Meanwhile, she trains with private teachers such as Luis Baldasarre, Alejandro Cervera, Ana Garat, Lorelei Postolovsky.

Since 2010 she has been performing and choreographing several works :

Te lo dedico, Centro cultural Borges

Un traslado, Centro cultural Rojas y el CCEBA

Muestrario, Centro cultural Recoleta

De cómo estar con otros, Teatro Bombón

Sociedad, Teatro Argentino de la Plata

Diógenes al sol

In 2016 she participated in the creation Nosotros estamos aquí of the Mexican choreographer Olga Gutiérrez.

LUCÍA GARCÍA PULLÉS

DANCER/PERFOMER

Born in Buenos Aires, Lucía teaches yoga and dance, she is a choreographer and searcher in dance and performing arts. She studies at the National University of Buenos Aires and graduates in dance performing and choreographic composition. Since 2014 she codirects the group « La Montón ».

She joins the Ballet Joven directed by Oscar Araiz et the Ballet of the “Universidad Nacional de las Artes” directed by Roxana Grinstein.

She participated in the works of different independent choreographers :

Gustavo Lesgart

Fabiana Capriotti

Carlos Trunsky

Emanuel Ludueña

Martin Piliponsky

MARTÍN GIL

DANCER/PERFORMER

Born in Argentine in 1989, Martín starts his studies in contemporary dance in the « tecnicatura superior en métodos dancísticos » in Cordoba. In 2012 he settles in Buenos Aires and graduates in contemporary dance at the UNSAM where he creates Communitas.

Since 2013 he has been directing research projects in the group « Collectivo Incandescénico » :

Relato de Acción

Ponentes Ponentes

Recalculando

2x1 Danza

ADN

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VALERIA LUCIA POLORENADANCER/PERFORMER

Born in Buenos Aires, Valeria is performer, teacher and choreographer. She graduated in contemporary dance in the Teatro San Martin. Between 2009 and 2014, she collaborated in this theater and was managed by Norma Binaghi. She also assisted Paul Rotemberg in 2012 for the program of the contemporary Ballet of the Theatro San martin on « La casa del Diablo ».

In 2009 she founded « La Voraz », an independant company, and realized 3 pieces:

LivingLOOP ImperfectoEl duelo

SAMANTA LEDERDANCER/PERFORMER

Born in Buenos Aires, Samantha is a dancer and studied Choreographic composition specialized in dance and theatre at the UNA (Universidad National de las Artes). She trained independently in contemporary dance with Ana Garat, Rodolfo Prante, Daiana Ferreira, David Zambrano, Bruno Caverna. In 2014 she created the troupe « La Montón » where she produced and performed Finlandia. The same year she worked as Choreographer assistant with Leticia Mazur on La nueva autoridad of Mario Segade.

PABLO LUGONESDANCER/PERFORMER

Born in Argentina, Pablo trained in contemporary dance and choreographic composition with Diana Szeinblum, Carlos Casella, Rodolfo Prantte and Leticia Mazur. He is offered two grants, one from the « Instituto Nacional del Teatro » and the other from the « Fundacion Antorchas ». He played in a documentary of Santiago Losa, Rosa Patria and a movie of Sebastian Sario, Función.

Since 2009, Pablo has created and directed different projects :

Amanecer Moscovita

Los dobles

Campo Corrido

Sociedad

El Becerro de Oro

CARMEN PEREIRO NUMERDANCER/PERFORMER

Born in 1979, Carmen is a dancer, choreographer and teacher. In 2007 she gets a grant and graduates from the Contemporary Dance National Centre (CNDC) of Angers, directed by Emmanuelle Huynh and from the “Curso de Pesquisa e Composiçao Cireigrafuca de Forum Dança” in 2008 in Lisbon. She studies image and sound design at UBA and trains in contemporary dance at Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo and various European cities with Lisa Nelson, Loïc Touzé, Eugenia Estévez and Ana Garat.

She directed several projects :

Algo misteriose, algo común

En diálogo

Interio/ exterior

Un dia tranquilo

Úrsula

ARIEL LUTZKER

DANCER/PERFORMER

Born in Argentine, Ariel studies Psychology during 3 years meanwhile he follows a theatre course at the school « El brio » directed by Claudio Quinteros, Nayla Pose and Fabiana Mozota. Then he chooses to enrol at the « Escuela Metropolitana de Arte Dramático ». In 2013 he is the assistant director of Uriel Guastavino for « El dragón de oro » at the Becket Theatre. In 2014 he travels in Bolivia to participate in the workshop at the Los Andos Theatre where he is invited later to work on the collective creation Huellas de Mariposa.

He performed :

Under de Si, Centro de experimentaciones del Teatro La Plata

Supervivencia, of Aliane Ruiz Folini

Fagocitar

LUCAS LAGOMARSINODANCER/PERFORMER

Born in 1993 in Buenos Aires, Lucas works as a performer in dance and theatre. He trained under the direction of Leticia Mazur, Mariana Belloto and Florencia Vecino, among others. He has been playing theatre since he was 15 at the theatre « Excéntrico de la 18 » with Nora Moseinco and Silvina Sabater. He starts a university course in 2012 at the « Universidad National de las Artes ».

Since 2012, he has performed :

Ópera Beatrix CenciDirection : Alejandro Tantanian

Cruce entre las artes visuales y el teatroAlejandro Tantanian

Ensayo sobre el Eros Direction : Silvio Lang

Sensación Térmica Direction : Mariana Belloto y Grupo Performático Sur

Under The SiDirection : Luis Garay

58 Indicios sobre el CuerpoDirection : Emilio García Wehbl

El problema de la tres líneas Bienal-Arte Joven

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DANIEL WENDLERDANCER/PERFORMER

Born in 1990 in Santa Fé, Daniel is a dancer and a musician. In 2009 he entered the conservatory « Juan Manuel de Falla » in musical technique especialized in the guitar. Meanwhile, he took singing lessons with Maestra Silvia and then participated in several projects. He also graduated in contemporary dance at the Teatro San Martin of Buenos Aires in 2013.

Since 2012 he has been participating in several performances :Joyas de la Opereta, Teatro Maipo, Buenos Aires

Fausto Criollo, Espacio Cultural Urbano, Buenos Aires

Un concierto redondo Mendoza, Buenos Aires

El barbero de sevilla, Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires

Ballet 4 estaciones, directed by Carlos Trunsky

Beatrix Cenci, Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires

El Cardenal, Teatro Tailler del Ángel, Buenos Aires

Matria, Teatro Nacional Cervantes, Buenos Aires

FLORENCIA VECINODANCER/PERFORMER

Born in Argentine, Florencia is a dancer, choreographer and teacher. Between 1993 and 2002 she trained at the « Escuela Municipal de Danza Clasica de Tandil » and from 2004 to 2006 she participated in the workshop of contemporary dance del Teatro San Martin. In 2012 and 2013 she was offered a grant from the Artistic Research Centre. Meanwhile, she obtained in 2009 the prize of the best choreography and was nominated for the best dance performance with Maneries.

Mein Liebster, 2006

B.U.T., 2007

The Divine Comedy, 2007

Maneries, 2008

Ouroboro, 2009

Actividad Mental, 2011

EPCDI, 2012 (with Alejandro Ahmed)

Fisicología, 2013

Ciencia y Fricción, 2014

Under de si, 2014 (with Diego Bianchi)

Futuros Primitivos, 2015

DELFINA THIELDANCER/PERFORMER

Born in Santa Fé, Delfina started her dance training in 2002. Since 2007 she lives in Buenos Aires where she has been training in contemporary dance, improvisation and clown. She graduated from the UNA in “Choreographic composition in Theatre and Dance”. From 2011 to 2013 she was part of the company of « Danze Contemporanea de la misma institucion » directed by Roxana Grinstein.

With the company of the UNA she performs :

Savage of Pablo Rotemberg

A swaying nipple and a shower of gold of Elia Mark

Aliento & Invisible of Gustavo Lesgart

Catulli Carmina of Carlos Trunsky

Sobre el camino de los pájaros of Rakhal Herrero

Perro Suelto of Gustavo Lesgart

Francotiradores of Rakhal Herrero

SCHEDULE Nicolas Roux Production and diffusion

+33 (0) 6 24 62 71 24 / nicolas.roux@lequai-angers.eu

Julie Le Gall International distribution+33 (0)6 12 65 62 14 / julie@bureaucokot.com

ANGERS Le Quai Centre Dramatique National 13, 14 & 15 june17

MONTPELLIER Festival Montpellier Danse 25 & 26 june17

BORDEAUX Le Cuvier CDC Square Dom Bedos 29 & 30 june17

BERLIN Festival Tanz Im August 29 & 30 august17

GENÈVE Festival La Bâtie 2 & 3 september17

BUENOS AIRES Teatro San-Martin 13-30 september17

ARGENTINE tournée october/november17

BRUXELLES Théâtre National 14-16 november17

CHARLEROI Charleroi danses 18 november17

PARIS Chaillot Théâtre national de la danse 22-25 november17

NAMUR Le Théâtre de Namur 29 nov. - 1er décember17

LA LOUVIÈRE Centre Culturel régional du centre 3 décember17

VALENCE La Comédie de Valence Centre Dramatique National 9 & 10 january18

PERPIGNAN Théâtre de l’Archipel, Scène Nationale 13 & 14 january18

BÉZIERS Théâtre Sortie Ouest 16 & 17 january18

PORTO Théâtre Municipal Rivoli 20 january18

BOBIGNY MC 93 26-28 january18

SÉNART Théâtre-Sénart SN 2 & 3 february18

TOULOUSE TNT CDN / CDC / Théâtre Garonne 8-10 february18

NARBONNE Scène nationale Le Grand Narbonne 13 february18

TARBES Le Parvis – SN 15 february18

LISBONNE Culturgest 17 & 18 february18

MULHOUSE La Filature – SN 20 & 21 february18

AIX-EN-PROVENCE Grand Théâtre de Provence 24 february18

ANGERS Le Quai Centre Dramatique National 3 & 4 april18

LORIENT Théâtre de Lorient CDN 6 & 7 april18

ROUEN CDN de Normandie-Rouen 10 & 11 april18

NICE Théâtre national de Nice CDN 14 april18

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