Corps émouvants
2019 - Directors : Faye, Anthony - Alexandre, Anna
Choreographer(s) : Languet, Éric (Reunion)
Present in collection(s): Ministère de la Culture , Films de danse soutenus par le ministère de la Culture - Direction générale de la création artistique
Corps émouvants
2019 - Directors : Faye, Anthony - Alexandre, Anna
Choreographer(s) : Languet, Éric (Reunion)
Present in collection(s): Ministère de la Culture , Films de danse soutenus par le ministère de la Culture - Direction générale de la création artistique
Corps émouvant
Young people from the antipodes will live a unique adventure of inclusive dance, discovering themselves beyond their differences, beyond their disabilities. Between intimate struggles and collective construction, a team of passionate professionals will accompany them in this singular journey, helping them grow and show that together, everything becomes accessible.
The film is available on VOD in full in a French version with English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing on Citerne.live.
Languet, Éric
Although he knows how to accept its codes and conventions, Eric Languet admits to having never known how to integrate into a group. And it is undoubtedly this feeling of illegitimacy which has nourished his career as a dancer and choreographer for thirty years, questioning the margins, the a-normality, inviting to the ball those whom life did not intend to dance. He has nevertheless joined some groups, and not the least. After discovering dance on the island of Reunion, where he grew up, he studied at the CNR in Rueil-Malmaison and embarked on a career as a classical dancer. A career that took him to the Paris Opera, then to the Royal New Zealand Ballet where he was named principal dancer and then resident choreographer. Although he respects the hierarchy of merit, he is less keen on the label that his status as a star dancer would suggest he adopt. The encounter with the work of Jiri Kylian, William Forsyte and Douglas Wright will then influence his aesthetics and his choreographic intention. A dancer for the Meryl Tankard Australian Dance Theatre, he experiments with instant composition work with Mark Tompkins and the approach to physical theater with Zero Theater. The path of Danses en l'R, a company he created in 1998 in Reunion Island, is then traced: that of a dance of the human in society, showcasing the individual and his difficulties in what he They have the simplest gesture.
His conception of beauty and his working techniques will further evolve thanks to two essential meetings, those with Lloyd Newson, under whose direction he worked within the DV8 Physical Theater for the creation of The cost of living from 2000 to 2003, then that of David Toole, a formidable dancer born without a leg, with whom he toured Europe in 2003 for the revival of this creation. Beauty, for Eric Languet, no longer has any connection with the aesthetics of the body. It is located elsewhere, in the faults, the cracks, the subtlety and the ambiguity of relationships with others.« En tant qu’artiste, ce qui m’intéresse depuis toujours, c’est de voir et de rendre compte ; comment chaque individu se détermine au quotidien ; comment il se situe par rapport à l’autre, aux autres, à la norme ou l’anormalité. Que signifie pour lui le rejet ou l’intégration à un groupe ? Dans ma démarche créative, j’aime mélanger des gens avec leurs différents bagages techniques, culturels, biographiques ou physiques et voir quelle(s) histoire(s) se raconte (nt) pendant le temps de cette rencontre. Cette démarche que j’utilise pour mes créations chorégraphiques, s’étend aussi à notre réflexion et à notre relation avec le public et le spectacle. » Eric Languet
S’il sait en accepter les codes et conventions, Eric Languet avoue n’avoir jamais su s’intégrer à un groupe. Et c’est sans doute ce sentiment d’illégitimité qui nourrit depuis trente ans son parcours de danseur et chorégraphe, questionnant la marge, l’a-normalité, invitant au bal ceux que la vie ne destinaient pas à danser.
Des groupes, il en a pourtant intégré quelques-uns, et non des moindres. Après avoir découvert la danse à l’île de La Réunion, où il a grandi, il étudie au CNR de Rueil-Malmaison et embrasse la carrière de danseur classique. Une carrière qui le mènera à l’Opéra de Paris, puis au Royal New-Zeland Ballet où il sera nommé danseur étoile puis chorégraphe résident. S’il y respecte la hiérarchie de mérite, il goûte en revanche moins l’étiquette que son statut de danseur étoile lui suggèrerait d’adopter.
La rencontre du travail de Jiri Kylian, William Forsyte et Douglas Wright influenceront alors son esthétique et son propos chorégraphique. Danseur pour le Meryl Tankard Australian Dance Theatre, il expérimente le travail de composition instantanée avec Mark Tompkins et l’approche du théâtre physique avec le Zéro théâtre.
La voie de Danses en l’R, compagnie qu’il crée en 1998 à La Réunion, est alors tracée : celle d’une danse de l’humain dans la société, mettant en scène l’individu et ses difficultés dans ce qu’ils ont de plus simple, le geste.
Sa conception du beau et ses techniques de travail évolueront encore grâce à deux rencontres essentielles, celles avec Lloyd Newson, sous la direction duquel il travaille au sein du DV8 Physical Theatre pour la création de The cost of living de 2000 à 2003, puis celle de David Toole, formidable danseur né sans jambe, avec qui il tourne en Europe en 2003 pour la reprise de cette création. La beauté, chez Eric Languet, n’a désormais plus de rapport avec l’esthétique des corps. Elle se situe ailleurs, dans les failles, les fêlures, la subtilité et l’ambigüité des rapports à l’autre.
Formé à la danse intégrée par Adam Benjamin, co-fondateur de la compagnie Candoco, Eric Languet mène depuis 2004 un programme d’ateliers en lien avec les institutions et les hôpitaux de La Réunion, ELEC (Espace libre et change), mêlant danseurs valides et handicapés. Il a intégré à sa compagnie Wilson Payet, danseur en fauteuil formé dans le cadre de ces ateliers, interprète de deux de ses créations, Attention fragile (2012) et Fragments d’un discours lumineux (2014), création dans laquelle Eric Languet danse.
Car le chorégraphe n’a jamais cessé de danser et nourrit aussi ses créations de ses expériences d’interprète. Celle avec Robyn Orlin en 2013, sur In a world full of butterflies, it takes balls to be a caterpillar, some thought of falling… a d’ailleurs certainement conforté sa vision chorégraphique, entre théâtre physique, performance et pouvoir de subjuguer de la danse.
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Lefièvre, Adeline
Involved in the STÉLA association since 2010, Adeline Lefièvre has been working alongside Anna Alexandre to develop various Dance & Cinema projects, including workshops combining bodies and images aimed at schoolchildren and all able-bodied or disabled members of the public. She holds a State Diploma as a dance teacher, certified level B1 in French Sign Language (CECRL) In 2018, Adeline will take part in the launch of the new DAN.CIN.LAB platform developed by Stéla, bringing together all the activities developed by the structure around the body in movement and image in France and internationally.
Faye, Anthony
Anthony Faye is gradually building a poetic, fantastic style, with an offbeat side. These first films win several awards in short film festivals in Monistrol, Paris, Grasse and Sydney. In 2019, Anthony co-writes with Anna Alexandre Moving Bodies his second creative documentary about young amateur dancers with disabilities engaged in an inclusive creation of Ravel's Boléro in the Loire and Reunion Island. The film had its world premiere in January 2020 at the Athens Video Dance Project Festival. Moving Bodies is then selected for the FIFA Montreal 2020 and the Master of Arts Festival 2021.
Alexandre, Anna
After a double curriculum in dance and management that took her from Nice to Montreal, Anna Alexandre began in 1996 her career in administration and artistic production within several international dance companies.
In 2009, she creates Stéla, a non-profit organization aiming for the development of strong artistic projects in France and abroad around dance and image. Anna creates in 2010 the DesArts//DesCinés Festival, exploring the great contemporary issues through the crossed prisms of live dance performances and cinema screenings. Anna launches in 2015 the Festival’s International Short Dance Film Competition, whose winners are invited in France to write and shoot their next dance films.
At the same time, she participates in the foundation of the Studiotrade network for the sharing of residency spaces in Europe, and in 2018, in the Mediterranean Screendance Network to further encourage the circulation of artists, works and ideas.
In 2019, Anna launches DAN.CIN.LAB platform, with a brand new international festival dedicated to Societal Dance Film, associated with expertise and projects focusing on the genre. Since then, she is also leading mAPs - migrating Artists Project supported by Creative Europe, a ground-breaking process conceived with 4 amazing partners of the field - Coorpi, Tanzrauschen, Malakta and MØZ -, associating international mentoring, community activities, research and worldwide dissemination to the creation of a dance films collection about Power, composed with 4 shorts and 1 creative documentary.
She co-signed with the French filmmaker Anthony Faye “Moving Bodies”, her first creative documentary about young dancers with disabilities engaged in an inclusive creation of Ravel’s Boléro between Mainland France and the Reunion Island.
She has co-produced and promoted no less than 10 dance films so far, including 4 creative documentaries and 6 shorts.
Dan.Cin.Lab
DAN.CIN.LAB is an artistic platform created by STÉLA non-profit organization, engaged in the creation, production, commissioning and distribution of projects combining dance and image around societal issues. DAN.CIN.LAB now gathers 4 activities developed around strong skills: DAN.CIN.FEST (formerly DESARTS//DESCINES Festival), DAN.CIN.FILMS, DAN.CIN.PASS, DAN.CIN.PROD. DAN.CIN.LAB is also co-founder of Studiotrade and the Mediterranean Screendance Network. In 2019, DAN.CIN.LAB launches mAPs – migrating Artists Project with 4 European partners [ Coorpi – Italy, Tanzrauschen e.V. – Germany, Malakta Films – Finland and MØZ – Greece ] for the development of an innovative creation process aiming for a collection of 5 dance films about Power, with the support of the Creative Europe programme.
More information: Dan.Cin.Lab
Corps émouvants
Artistic direction / Conception : Un film de Anna Alexandre et Anthony Faye
Choreography : Eric Languet
Choreography assistance : Adeline Lefièvre
Original music : Jean-Christophe Désert
Other collaborations : Partenariats : Danses en l'R - Compagnie Eric Languet de La Réunion, l'IEM Les Combes de la Grange du Chambon-Feugerolles, l'IMPRO Marie Caze de la Réunion et le Lycée François Mauriac d'Andrézieux- Bouthéon
Production / Coproduction of the video work : Stéla - DAN.CIN.LAB, Nomade productions, TL7 - Télévision Loire 7, YN Productions - La cuisine aux images avec le soutien du CNC - Centre National du Cinéma et de l'image animée et du Ministère de la Culture - Délégation Générale à la Création Artistique en collaboration avec Danses en l'R - Compagnie Eric Languet de La Réunion, l'IEM Les Combes de la Grange du Chambon-Feugerolles, l'IMPRO Marie Caze de la Réunion et le Lycée François Mauriac d'Andrézieux-Bouthéon
Duration : 52 minutes