"No solo had ever been written for Catherine Legrand, a dancer who was a key figure in Dominique Bagouet's work for 10 years. No solo and I was surprised and impatient. We began the work by reading Francesca Woodman's photos, then we moved away from them, followed other paths, while keeping the memory of the poetic theatricality contained in these photos. Between the staging of the appearance - that is to say, the disappearance and persistence of images, trails, echoes, imprints - and the imaginary nature - stones, river, flower, blade of grass, tree - Catherine Legrand has become a landscape. The interpreter weighs with all her weight on the stage, she stands there, between this heaviness and this grace. She is there, that’s enough. It should be enough. But we ask for more, so we add: Fwoodmasca is a piece that asks to let go, to let yourself go, it doesn't come looking for you, it opens the space where you can fall. Fwoodmasca is a piece conceived for the spectator on the side, who looks at it from the side, the one who arrives late, who has not booked but reserves himself. And then there is the voice of Catherine Legrand, a woman of rare words. The voice, just, she has it. The words, she has them, in reserve. The texts are hers. She says them, she sings them, she breathes them.

Alain Michard

Alain Michard is a choreographer and visual artist. Starting with dance as his ‘roots’, his work today involves leading a wide range of different artistic projects, using a variety of artistic media (music, film, photography, writing).
 Alain Michard collaborates regularly with other artists. He also invites local people and non-professionals to participate in the work he creates.
 

A common thread in his work is the theme of wandering and journeys, and the search for a community: "BING", based on texts by Beckett, "Parkinson" (2007-2013). Some pieces are designed for public spaces, and explore perception, and the imaginary essence of towns and landscapes: "Promenades blanches" (2006-2016), "Se fondre" (2012), "Caravane", ...
 Another important focus of his work is research on the notion of a collective history of art, based on living memory and documents: "École ouverte", "J’ai tout donné", "Mon Histoire avec la danse", "La carpe et le lapin",…
 

Alain Michard supports and produces other artists (Theo Kooijman, Laurent Pichaud, Mickaël Phelippeau, Alice Gautier ...), in his role as artistic director of different festivals, residencies and events, such as À domicile in Guissény (2007-2009).
 His role as producer allows him to support young artists at the beginning of their careers. The passing on of knowledge is important for him, and his pedagogical work is an integral part of, and articulates with, his creative work, which is open to artists, students and non-professionals.
 

As a performer he has worked principally for Odile Duboc, Marco Berrettini, Boris Charmatz, Xavier Marchand (theatre) and Judith Cahen (cinema).
 He has collaborated on various different projects with other artists, including: Nicolas Floc’h, Mathias Poisson, Jocelyn Cottencin, Stalker, and choreographers Mustafa Kaplan, Loïc Touzé...
 He has received awards from the Villa Kujoyama-Kyoto (2001) and the Villa Médicis Hors les murs-Istanbul (2009).

Source: Alain Michard/LOUMA

More information: alainmichard.org

LOUMA, based in Rennes, is directed by Alain Michard choreographer and visual artist.
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