The Spectator's Moment or how to discover an artist, a piece of work or a company in just two minutes. It is a collection of programmes produced by the Maison de la Danse in Lyon and presented by Dominique Hervieu. Each episode is devoted to an artist or a company that is programmed at the Maison de la Danse and offers the public keys or artistic benchmarks for better understanding and appreciating the choreographic art.
 



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Born in 1977, Fabien Plasson is a video director specialized in the field of performing arts (dance , music, etc).

During his studies at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts de Lyon (joined in 1995) Fabien discovered video art. He was trained by various video artists (Joel Bartoloméo Pascal Nottoli , Eric Duyckaerts , etc).
He first experimented with the creation of installations and cinematic objects.

From 2001 to 2011, he was in charge of Ginger & Fred video Bar’s programming at La Maison de la Danse in Lyon. He discovered the choreographic field and the importance of this medium in the dissemination, mediation and pedagogical approach to dance alongside Charles Picq, who was a brilliant video director and the director of the video department at that time.

Today, Fabien Plasson is the video director at La Maison de la Danse and in charge of the video section of Numeridanse.tv, an online international  video library, and continues his creative activities, making videos of concerts, performances and also creating video sets for live performances.

Sources: Maison de la Danse ; Fabien Plasson website

More information: fabione.fr

Collective members: Isabelle Chassé, Shana Carroll, Patrick Léonard, Faon Shane, Gypsy Snider, Sébastien Soldevila et Samuel Tétreault

Creation: 2002

The name of the company is a play on words that illustrates the unity of its members: Isabelle Chassé, Shana Carroll, Patrick Léonard, Faon Shane, Gypsy Snider, Sébastien Soldevila and Samuel Tétreault founded Les 7 doigts de la main (The 7 fingers of the hand) where they combine their distinct talents and experiences and work towards common artistic goals.

When first formed in 2002, each of the founding members had nearly 15 years of performance experience under their belts. Drawing from their decades on the world’s most prestigious stages and circus rings, these friends and colleagues now shared a desire to break the mould, to offer a brand new form of circus performance: a sort of “circus at human scale”, seeped in intimacy and familiarity, that brought the empowerment of the extraordinary through the proximity of the ordinary, with very real human beings who breathed and danced and spoke from the heart.

From this, the urge to redefine the circus medium has continued to drive each of their creations to newer, more hybrid and collaborative territories. Perpetually blurring the lines between contemporary dance and acrobatics, between theatre and athleticism, between interactive multi-media and immersive experience, they strive towards the undefinable, uncategorizable, visceral, breathtaking and touchingly human.

Source:  Les 7 doigts de la main 's website

More information : 7doigts.com