Elle, Marie-Agnès Gillot, est l’étoile la plus inclassable de sa  génération. Ses lignes hiératiques et sa présence ont marqué le  répertoire du Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris. Lui, Andrés Marín, est l’un  des grands noms du flamenco contemporain. Ces deux personnalités  flamboyantes ont choisi de se rencontrer à travers une création unique, à  la croisée de leurs mondes. Ceux de Marie-Agnès Gillot vont de la danse  classique à Pina Bausch et aux Enfoirés, tandis qu’Andrés Marín s’est éloigné du flamenco traditionnel en collaborant, notamment,  avec la danse hip hop. Une troisième voix, celle de Christian Rizzo, viendra s’ajouter à ce duo : « Ils partagent une animalité très forte,  mais l’ombre de cette animalité doit être encore plus troublante »,  explique le chorégraphe.

Source : Maison de la Danse de Lyon

Christian Rizzo was born in 1965 in Cannes. His artistic career began in Toulouse, where he started a rock band and designed a line of clothing, after which he studied fine arts at the Villa d'Arson in Nice, then unexpectedly branched out into dance.

In the 90s he performed with a number of contemporary choreographers including mathilde monnier, herve robbe, mark tompkins and georges appaix, and sometimes created soundtracks and costumes for them as well.

He also worked with choreographers with a different artistic approach, such as vera mantero, catherine contour, emmanuelle huynh and rachid ouramdane.

In 1996 he founded l'association fragile and began presenting events, dancing objects, solos and group pieces, as well as various projects and commissioned work in fashion and the visual arts.

Since then, over thirty projects have borne fruit, not counting his pedagogical activities. Christian rizzo teaches on a regular basis in art schools in France and abroad, as well as in establishments devoted to contemporary dance.

On January 1st, 2015, Christian Rizzo takes the lead of the National Choreographic Center of Montpellier. Now called ICI (International Choreographic Institute), the CCN offers a transversal vision of creation, training, artistic education and openness to the public.

Source : Website of ICI, CCN of Montpellier

More information :

http://ici-ccn.com/

http://www.lassociationfragile.com/

Formée à l’École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs de Paris, Caty  Olive crée des œuvres et des scénographies lumineuses. Elle partage ses  activités entre installations plastiques, spectacles chorégraphiques et  musicaux, projets d’architecture ou de muséographie. Elle collabore aux  projets chorégraphiques de la scène contemporaine avec Marco Berrettini, Christophe Haleb, Martine Pisani, Myriam Gourfink, Emmanuelle Huynh, Claudia Triozzi Vera Mantero, Tiago Guedes, David Wampach, Blanca Li, Donata D’Urso, Cindy Van Acker, Joris Lacoste,... et poursuit une collaboration privilégiée avec Christian Rizzo.

Source : ICI-CCN

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