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.
 



© Maison de la Danse de Lyon

Philippe Lafeuille is a dancer, choreographer and director. After discovering dance through a Maurice Béjart show, he decided to enrol in a programme at the Académie Solange Golovine, and was soon dancing for a variety of choreographers such as Joseph RUSSILLO and later Peter GOSS, for whom he would perform the main plays. During his career, Philippe Philippe Lafeuille also danced with Madonna and even Rudolf NUREYEV. A multifaceted artist, each of his creations is a playing field where all genres are mixed: dance, theatre, humour, visual arts… Anything is possible!

He began his choreography career by founding CHICOS MAMBO, for whom he was the principal performer. With this first company, he did what he enjoyed the most – turning dance into comedy! Philippe Lafeuille enjoys surrounding himself with artists in his creations, not just for the lighting and sound, but also for the visual universe (sets, costumes). Among other things, for several years he has been working with the illuminator Dominique Mabileau, and the visual artist Corinne Petitpierre, who participated in the creation of "Tutu".    

A generous artist, cultural activity has played an important part in his career. With the desire to make the repertoire and choreographic culture accessible, he is an Associated Artist at the Scène Nationale de Cergy-Pontoise on projects such as dance workshops in schools, amateur dance groups, etc.

Source: Val production / Tutu

More information

philippelafeuille.com

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

Artistic direction: Philippe Lafeuille

Creation: 1994

The Compagnie Chicos Mambo saw the light of day 20 years ago, in 1994 in Barcelona, following the meeting between the current director, Philippe Lafeuille, and two dancers: one Catalan and one Venezuelan. Their dance experience and sense of mockery gave rise to the prickly spirit of the company’s shows. The Chicos Mambo have achieved rapid success in Spain and France, following their first creation in 1994. Their shows are hailed by critics and the public and the troupe was been awarded the prize for "Compagnie – Révélation" in numerous competitions (Terradicim, Butaca, Sebastia Gasch). This astounding ascension has led them to appear on Spain’s TV3, for which they have performed over 200 original sketches.     

But it was their show "Méli-Mélo", created in 1998, which took them even further, to the international stage. First on tour in Spain, then in France and Italy, Méli-Mélo was then exported to Japan for a two-month tour.   
The adventure continued with "Méli-Mélo II", presented for the first time at the Festival d’Avignon OFF in 2006. The second instalment was awarded the prize for “Best International Show" at the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh and then regularly toured Europe and North America until 2013. Today, the company "Chicos Mambo" is recognised around the world: from Paris to Japan, including Canada, Luxembourg, Scotland, The Netherlands and Italy.

Source: Val productions / TUTU

More information

tutu.valprod.fr