Un trait d'union
2018 - Director : Plasson, Fabien
Choreographer(s) : Preljocaj, Angelin (France)
Present in collection(s): Biennale de la danse , Biennale de la danse - 2018
Un trait d'union
2018 - Director : Plasson, Fabien
Choreographer(s) : Preljocaj, Angelin (France)
Present in collection(s): Biennale de la danse , Biennale de la danse - 2018
Un trait d'union
A bill of early and a recent Preljocaj pieces. In 2017, channelling the vanitas, he made dance a disturbing mirror of life-death porosity: framed by burning candles, six performers alternate still poses and sequences of intricate, fluid or jerky moves. Against the passing of time, one weapon: bodies’ emotional force and the creative wellspring. The striking Un Trait d’Union (1989) – an armchair, a chair, and the second movement of Bach’s Concerto No.5 for piano – examines the full spectrum of human relations.
Source: Dance Biennial 2018
Preljocaj, Angelin
Angelin Preljocaj was born in the Paris region, in France, and began studying classical ballet before turning to contemporary dance, which he studied with Karin Waehner.
In 1980, he went to New York to work with Zena Rommett and Merce Cunningham, after which he resumed his studies in France, there his teachers included the American choreographer Viola Farber and the French one Quentin Rouillier. He then joined Dominique Bagouet before founding his own company in December 1984.
His productions are now part of the repertoire of many companies, many of which also commission original production from him, notably La Scala of Milan, the New York City Ballet and the Paris Opera Ballet. He has made short films ("Le postier", "Idées noires" in 1991) and several full-length films, notably "Un trait d’union" and "Annonciation" (1992 and 2003). In 2009, he directed "Snow White", featuring his own piece, and in 2011 he signed, for Air France, the commercial "L’Envol", based on the choreography of "Le Parc".
Since then he has collaborated on several films of his own choreographic work: « Les Raboteurs » with Cyril Collard (based on the painting by Gustave Caillebotte) in 1988, « Pavillon Noir » with Pierre Coulibeuf in 2006 and « Eldorado/ Preljocaj » with Olivier Assayas in 2007.
Since October 2006, the Ballet Preljocaj and its 24 permanent dancers have resided at the Pavillon Noir in Aix-en-Provence, a building entirely dedicated to dance, with Angelin Preljocaj as its artistic director. Made with Valérie Müller, the first full-length feature film by Angelin Preljocaj, « Polina », danser sa vie, adapted from the graphic novel by Bastien Vivès, came out in cinemas on November 2016.
Source: Ballet Preljocaj 's website
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Plasson, Fabien
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
Un trait d'union
Choreography : Angelin Preljocaj
Additionnal music : Jean-Sébastien Bach
Lights : Jacques Chatelet
Costumes : Nathalie Fontenoy
Sound : Marc Khanne
Production / Coproduction of the video work : Maison de la Danse, Biennale de la danse 2018
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