Le Corps Sombre, sextuor – 2006

International creation Théâtre municipal de Cholet France-Quebec

A production association c.r.c. / yvann alexandre in co-production with the CCN of nantes c. Brumachon - b. Lamarche / nantes in partnership with the municipal theater / cholet, the space saint-louis / ENMDAD du choletais / cholet, the association corps et arts / fenouillet - toulouse, dance on the roads of quebec (québec / canada), the Grand Théâtre de Quebec (Quebec / Canada), the Rotonde Center Chorégraphique Contemporaine de Quebec (Quebec / Canada), the SAT (Society of Technological Arts) Montreal (Quebec / Canada), the LANTISS Laboratory / Laval University (Quebec / Canada), the pauline julien / ste geneviève room (québec / canada), the city theater / longueil (québec / canada), the city of sorel-tracy, azimut diffusion (québec / canada), MRC du bas-richelieu (québec / canada ) the company receives the support of the city of cholet, the agglomeration community of choletais, the region of the pays de la loire, the ministry of culture and communication / DRAC of the loire countries, the general council de maine-et-loire, the consulate general of france in québec and the OFQJ France.

Le Corps Sombre – 2006

Le corps sombre marks a breakthrough in Yvann Alexandre's repertoire. produced between France and Quebec, this piece is based on avant-garde musical techniques. Baroque and contemporary music alternate to make sound one of the major players on the scene. When the dance of bodies becomes breath. Stripped decor. Immobility of the interpreters. Harmonious evolution of bodies. Combat. Music coming from everywhere, invading the space, creating a bubble that envelops the audience and the stage. The dark body invites us to a calligraphy of the intimate. Precise. demanding. That of a face to face with oneself where the clear outline of gestures becomes a sign. The sign, speech, music. in search of an impossible unity, of an inaccessible purity, the universe of Yvann Alexandre has always been dual. By choosing the angel as the theme of his creation, the choreographer does not escape his demons. The dark body invites the presence of the invisible on stage, summons the forces of light and shadow, incites flight and describes the fall. Véronique Bonnet

... all along the way, the bodies rise towards their graves to better understand the skies ...

"Black moment with the real scent of sleep filled with shadows, lands with worn landscapes and heavy, artificial skies ... then unite the venoms and decimate the unique. behind the elegance, this superb arrogance, these divine lines ... in the pit of the stomach, feel the beauty of evil, of the dirty. poor castaway angel of the common movement. when the mass drowns the one, the angel is extinguished. in the barking pack, the body is crushed. the weight of others becomes yours. fear the breath on you self, feel the sweet poison of the mornings. not being able to cross the collapsing frame, being a soul curl. your dark body… you were the accident, the poison tear, that weird boxed escape piece of boredom. ashes and dust, you were there before depositing body and weapons. the pack… already… an angel died this morning. talking about it is useless. retrace the path, look at his hands… part of the pack, simple witness with a dark or clever body. the body now rises in silence, weaves the threads of another birth, from elsewhere ... there is no elsewhere. and the obscure ones will sail. black moment. ”

[extracts from the writing books there. alexandre / May 03]

Born in La Roche-Sur-Yon in 1976, Yvann Alexandre began dancing at the Amicale Laïque du Bourg and at the Conservatory of his hometown, then in La Rochelle with Colette Milner, Christine Girard and Brigitte Asselineau. He continued his training in Montpellier with Epsedanse directed by Anne-Marie Porras and, at the same time, also trained at Montpellier CCN (National Choreographic Centre) then under the direction of Mathilde Monnier. During this period, his encounter with Christian Bourigault and other foundational teachings led him to forge the bases of his creative work and his pedagogy. At just sixteen years old, he composed his first works and went on to establish his company in Montpellier in 1993. He produced his first creations for the Hivernales in Avignon and for Montpellier Danse festival.

In addition to his creations, performed on numerous prestigious stages and festivals in France and abroad, he was also the guest of the CNSMDPs (Higher National Conservatories of Music and Dance) of Paris and Lyon, of Quebec and Montreal, as well as the National Choreographic Centre in Nancy and the Nordwest Tanzcompagnie in Germany.

He gained a reputation over these 25 seasons of creation as the representative of abstract, highly-premeditated dance, far removed from the performances and improvisations of others of his generation, and had a particular interest for movement writing.

Even today, his work addresses reflection which focuses on the very substance of dance, where the notion of plasticity gives way to the movement’s own energy, all the while remaining faithful to the idea of line, an element which has existed for him from the very beginning. His creations place movement and scenography on the same footing, like two subjects on equal terms: the plastic matter totally interacting with the body-matter.

His extremely precise body language is full of details and is structured like rather intimate calligraphy.

Source: Cie Yvann Alexandre

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“Videographer”, a curious word, a Métis word which has been translated for more than 20 years in Philippe Devilliers by images in which video is the medium which allows him to express his sensitivity to art and its actors: the artists. Through his teasers and making offs, his clothing for creations, he shows bodies and participates in stories. Witness and stakeholder of these imaginary realities, he has notably collaborated with cie charabia, cie non nova, gerardo jerez lecam, production Dekalage, choreographer n. béasse ... the story begins with y. alexandre and his dancers with the creation Le Corps Sombre in 06 then continued with Silences duos and Passages in 07, then Venenum Amoris in 09. He also contributed to the video creation of the project l'Autre et moi en 10, Cloud en 14 , Les Soli Noirs in 15, Les Fragments Mobiles in 2017.

Source: Cie Yvann Alexandre

Créée en 1993, la Compagnie Yvann Alexandre est une compagnie professionnelle de danse contemporaine phare de la région des Pays de la Loire. Attachée depuis ses débuts aux allers-retours entre professionnels, amateurs et tout public, tout en proposant ses créations, la compagnie tisse une politique d’échanges, de rencontres et de formation. Au-delà de la simple diffusion, la compagnie mène un projet audacieux, exigeant et rayonnant à la croisée de la création, de la transmission et des territoires.

La compagnie développe ses créations, sur scène ou in situ, autant sur le territoire local qu’à l’international et les créations récentes pour la scène nationale de Sceaux, le Panama, la Tunisie ou le Centre des Monuments nationaux par exemple, témoignent de ces territoires investis. Un projet qui s’écrit ente fidélité assumée après 27 saisons chorégraphiques et nouvel élan avec des partenaires renouvelés.

Elle construit depuis 2004 un lien étroit avec le Québec, sous la forme de résidences de création, de diffusion et de développement de public et qui prendra un nouvel élan prochainement avec le lancement d’ARCHIPEL : un ensemble de partenaires culturels solidaires aux écosystèmes diversifiés et mutualisés pour un nouveau modèle de coopération culturelle.

Particulièrement attentive à l’ouverture sur l’art chorégraphique dès le plus jeune âge, la compagnie développe et construit à partir des créations des parcours multiples à destination du monde scolaire dans un projet novateur et reconnu. Des parcours conjugués, croisés et transversaux dont la Petite Université de la Danse en est le coeur.

Yvann Alexandre est un chorégraphe de lieux. Depuis ces débuts. En 2019, la compagnie prend la direction artistique du Théâtre Francine Vasse à Nantes avec un projet innovant qui démarre par la transmission pour arriver à l’oeuvre : Les Laboratoires Vivants. Un lieu pour les autres, un lieu ensemble. Pour faire oeuvre ensemble.

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