RESIDENCIESFOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

A creative adventure at the library

IFLA World Library and Information CongressLyon

19 August 2014

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A library oriented towards the performing arts

• The Public Library of Vaise in Lyon• A resource centre • A place of creation and meeting around the

performing arts

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« A residence »…what are we talking about?

“We call residence the invitation to artists

in a place that offers them the means

and tools to achieve an artistic creation.”

Residencies in our way

• Stakeholders: artist(s); librarians; public; partner(s)• Spirit of collaboration• Artistic and cultural project• Precisely defined duration• A space and time for creation: an 85-seat auditorium for several weeks• Means for the artistic work: technical and logistic backup; financial support• Various public sessions (meetings, workshops, open rehearsals, performances, lectures, exhibitions…)

A residence : what for ?

• To support emerging artists• To raise the awareness of the general public to

the creative process of a performance• To link creation to the library’s resources

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A residence in a few figures

• 4 to 7 months of artistic presence at the library

• 60 rehearsal days

• 13 public sessions

• 500 participants

Sharing with the public

Making puppets for the show in the middle of an

exhibition roomSoulier Rouge Company, 2011

A 3-steps discovery sequence for primary

schools’ classesLa Perruque Company, 2013

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Sharing with the public

A meeting-and-screening with the resident dancers

Showing dance films from our collections

Aux Pieds Levés Company, 2014

Open rehearsals&

Final show !

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An ephemeral adventure :Making it visible, keeping a trace

Teaser Interface

Site AADN

Our intuitions and questions… what do YOU think about it ?

By ranking as a creation place, the library becomes a

place of risk, of « disorder »,

experimentation, sensibility… A place that

sets the body as well as the intelligence in motion.

Is supporting artistic creation

the role of a library ?

As a librarian, one doesn’t always feel in

one’s own right handling artistic

creation.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION, …now let’s share ideas !

IFLA World Library and Information CongressLyon

19 August 2014

Fanette PERRET

Manager of the Performing Arts Section / Lyon Public Library

fperret@bm-lyon.fr