Bérengère Fournier and Samuel Faccioli, the choreographers-performers of La Vouivre, evoke with poetry and humour, in the “[oups + opus]” diptych,the excitements and the small pleasures of a couple. Restricted in their clothes, their movements and their desires, they are at first surprised by the troublesome emotion of their accidental encounter in “[oups]”. Delicious naivety turning into encouraged caresses, their dance inspired by everyday gestures creates a sign language a touch unusual. Later, in the second part “[opus]” we discover them during the narrative of a day between tenderness and weariness, full of habits and futile memories. The soundtrack is created live and direct by a talented musician-improviser-fiddler, taking his lead from the dancers, their respiration, their voices, their steps. The duo fools around with the contrasts. Whether it be light-hearted, playful or solemn and incarnate, its mechanics of derision is, in itself, irrefutable.

Bérengère Fournier was born in 1977. In 2001, after four years of training at the conservatory in La Rochelle and with the Compagnie Coline in Istres, different companies crossed her path and left their traces: Kompani B.Valiente in Oslo, Norway, physical theatre, site-specific performances. Sylvain Groud, La Valise (street arts), Cie Contrepoint (Yan Raballand), Cie Beau Geste (Dominique Boivin), ARCAL (lyrical arts company).
In 2010, Bérengère continued performing for the Cie Beau Geste and the Cie Contrepoint. Today all of these artistic and human encounters continue to inspire her both as a performer and as co-choreographer at the company La Vouivre, founded with Samuel Faccioli in 2007.

Sources : Dynamique des arts en Massif central ; La Vouivre 's website

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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

Artistic direction: Bérengère Fournier, Samuel Faccioli

Creation: 2007

In 2007, Fournier and Faccioli established their own company, La Vouivre, based in Auvergne in the Central Massif of France. Together they have developed a language, something between dance and theatre, to deliver a precise and musical script. Enriched by their differences, they create their own world, one that is poetic and mischievous.

Source: The company La Vouivre 's website

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