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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Dave St-Pierre danced with, among others, Brouhaha Danse, Jean-Pierre Perrault and Daniel Léveillé (1994 -2004). In 2004, he founded the Dave St-Pierre Company. The pieces "La pornographie des âmes" (2004), "Un peu de tendresse bordel de merde" (2006) et Foudres (2012) are presented in several prestigious theaters and festivals such as the Festival D'Avignon, Le Théâtre de la Ville de Paris and the Sadler's Wells Theatre in London. Dave has been invited to create pieces on several occasions, including one solo, "Versuchperson 2.0" (2013) for the Austrian dancer Silke Grabinger presented ImPuls Tanz in Vienna, and the direction of "Macbeth / Bastard" (2015), a show inspired by Shakespeare's Macbeth for the Schauspiel Frankfurt. He collaborated with Brigitte Poupart on several projects, including the show "What's Next" (2011) and the film "Over my dead body" (2012). Dave participates as a mentor and choreographer in the show "Détruire, nous allons" (2013) of the young director Philippe Boutin. Since 2013, he began with his sidekick and artist Alex Huot to conceive and direct short videos, bonding choreography, collage and digital image animation, under the pseudonym DEARDEERyoudie.

Source : Dave St-Pierre 's website

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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

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