Le rituel dans les spectacles contemporains : Interview Anne Décoret-Ahiha
2012 - Director : Picq, Charles
Present in collection(s): Numeridanse
Video producer : Maison de la Danse
Le rituel dans les spectacles contemporains : Interview Anne Décoret-Ahiha
2012 - Director : Picq, Charles
Present in collection(s): Numeridanse
Video producer : Maison de la Danse
Le rituel dans les spectacles contemporains : Interview Anne Décoret
Interview with Anne Décoret-Ahiha, dance anthropologist on ritual in contemporary shows.
Décoret-Ahiha, Anne
ANNE DECORET-AHIHA
Anne Décoret-Ahiha is a dance anthropologist and holds a PhD from Paris 8 University.
As a lecturer, trainer and consultant, she develops proposals that focus on dance as a pedagogical resource and creates participative processes that concentrate on corporality. She runs the “Echauffements du spectateur” (Spectator warm-up sessions) at the Maison de la Danse.
Selective bibliography
- Les Danses exotiques en France : 1880 – 1940, Editions du Centre National de la Danse, 2004)
Grand prix de la critique 2004/2005 Palmarès danse, Outstanding Publication 2006 Award, décerné par The Congress on Research in Dance, New York.
- "Appréhender l'oeuvre chorégraphique autrement : les "Echauffements du spectateur" ", in Denis Cerclet & Michel Kneubühler (dir), Ré-inventer la politique culturelle ? Genouilleux, Editions La Passe du vent, 2012, pp. 325-335.
- "Danses du monde", livret du DVD Kit Chorale 21, outil pédagogique et artistique pour comprendre le développement durable, Tin-Tal production, 2008.
- « Le Tour du monde en 80 danses », livret du DVD réalisé par la Maison de la danse (Charles Picq) en partenariat avec le Centre régional de Documentation Pédagogique (CRDP), 2007
- « L'Exotique, l'ethnique et l'authentique : regards et discours sur les danses d'ailleurs », in Civilisations, vol. III, n° 1-2, Bruxelles : Université Libre de Belgique, 2006, p. 149-168.
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Updating : January 2013
Picq, Charles
Author, filmmaker and video artist Charles Picq (1952-2012) entered working life in the 70s through theatre and photography. A- fter resuming his studies (Maîtrise de Linguistique - Lyon ii, Maîtrise des sciences et Techniques de la Communication - grenoble iii), he then focused on video, first in the field of fine arts at the espace Lyonnais d'art Contemporain (ELAC) and with the group « Frigo », and then in dance.
On creation of the Maison de la Danse in Lyon in 1980, he was asked to undertake a video documentation project that he has continued ever since. During the ‘80s, a decade marked in France by the explosion of contemporary dance and the development of video, he met numerous artists such as andy Degroat, Dominique Bagouet, Carolyn Carlson, régine Chopinot, susanne Linke, Joëlle Bouvier and regis Obadia, Michel Kelemenis. He worked in the creative field with installations and on-stage video, as well as in television with recorded shows, entertainment and documentaries.
His work with Dominique Bagouet (80-90) was a unique encounter. He documents his creativity, assisting with Le Crawl de Lucien and co-directing with his films Tant Mieux, Tant Mieux and 10 anges. in the 90s he became director of video development for the Maison de la Danse and worked, with the support of guy Darmet and his team, in the growing space of theatre video through several initiatives:
- He founded a video library of dance films with free public access. This was a first for France. Continuing the video documentation of theatre performances, he organised their management and storage.
- He promoted the creation of a video-bar and projection room, both dedicated to welcoming school pupils.
- He started «présentations de saisons» in pictures.
- He oversaw the DVD publication of Le tour du monde en 80 danses, a pocket video library produced by the Maison de la Danse for the educational sector.
- He launched the series “scènes d'écran” for television and online. He undertook the video library's digital conversion and created Numeridanse.
His main documentaries are: enchaînement, Planète Bagouet, Montpellier le saut de l'ange, Carolyn Carlson, a woman of many faces, grand ecart, Mama africa, C'est pas facile, Lyon, le pas de deux d'une ville, Le Défilé, Un rêve de cirque.
He has also produced theatre films: Song, Vu d'ici (Carolyn Carlson), Tant Mieux, Tant Mieux, 10 anges, Necesito and So schnell, (Dominique Bagouet), Im bade wannen, Flut and Wandelung (Susanne Linke), Le Cabaret Latin (Karine Saporta), La danse du temps (Régine Chopinot), Nuit Blanche (Abou Lagraa), Le Témoin (Claude Brumachon), Corps est graphique (Käfig), Seule et WMD (Françoise et Dominique Dupuy), La Veillée des abysses (James Thiérrée), Agwa (Mourad Merzouki), Fuenteovejuna (Antonio Gades), Blue Lady revistied (Carolyn Carlson).
Source: Maison de la Danse de Lyon
Le rituel dans les spectacles contemporains : Interview Anne Décoret
Artistic direction / Conception : Charles Picq
Production / Coproduction of the video work : Numeridanse
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