A Carmen who doesn't touch the ground, a toreador who breaks, flying sneackers and a bit of rebel love... When a contemporary choreographer meets the hip-hop universe and puts it together with Bizet's Opera, the shock creates a wonderful choreographic piece full of humour, with delightful and choreographic deliriums. This Carmen left its mark!

Source : Cie Propos

After training in classical and contemporary dance at the CNSMD in Lyon and a brief career as a performer (Josette Baïz), Denis Plassard created his first solo Propos in 1990, which gave its name to the company he founded the following year. He was awarded the D.E. as a teacher of contemporary dance in 1991. He has been choreographer and dancer with Cie Propos for over 30 years.

Over the years with the company, he has built up a vast repertoire of non-mainstream shows that combine acting, text and humour. Alongside these stage adventures, Denis Plassard has developed original artistic projects involving photography (Hors Sol, photo novels), sound design (audioguides, audio-guided warm-ups, indoor radio guidance, etc.) and acting (La clinique du docteur D).

Since the beginning of the Cie Propos adventure, he has nurtured a passion for transmission and the invention of processes for working with audiences, with the idea of sharing a dance that is accessible to all.

He is regularly invited by other theatres (CDN de Valence, Théâtre Craie, Turak, Raskine & Cie), circus companies (Virevolt, CNAC, Rasposo), music companies (Ensemble Boréades) and dance companies (Käfig, Panthera Ballet Kazan Russia).

Source : The company Propos 's website

More information : compagnie-propos.com

Born in 1973, he lives and works in Pantin.

Visual artist, Mathieu Bouvier is a plastician, a videast, a photographer, a scenograph and an independant researcher.. Diplomed from the Saint Etienne art school and the Lyon art school, from the Le Fresnoy studio and the Tourocing SNAC. Some of his works have been shown in public art centers ans others in private space for an individual audience. As a videast, scenographist and dramatist he is close from contemporary danse. He is leading practical theoretical researches through workshops conducted with choreographers on the notion of « figures » or how to convert signs between body, image and language.

Source: Mathieu Bouvier 's website

More information : mathieu.mathieu.free.fr

Artistic direction: Denis Plassard

Creation: 1991

Denis Plassard created the Compagnie Propos in 1991. Today, it gathers dancers and artists from different horizons (contemporary dance, hip-hop, circus, musicians) around the choreographer's work and universe in works that are very different in the form. The creation of new choreographies (about 40 in 25 years!) and the touring of its repertoire are at the heart of the company's activities. For the 2015-16 season, 7 different shows are on tour and, globally, 8 shows are available (the oldest was created in 2001 and was already performed more than 150 times). Whether it is in our studio or on tour, for young or grown-up people, for those who are flexible or not, the company also organises master-classes, workshops for children and their parents, choreographed balls, creation with amateur dancers... So that everybody can start dancing in a simple and amusing way! In spring 2004, the Compagnie Propos established its own premises: the Studio Lucien is a place to dance, to rehearse and to create; it is also a place for computers and for technical and scenery materials. This dance-dedicated space is not only a development tool for the company but is also open to other artists and companies.

Source: Cie Propos 's website

More information

compagnie-propos.com