News
January 2017 :
New workshops are starting in Paris with Au Fil de Soi !
More information and booking details here :
www.compagnie-au-fil-de-soi.com/les-ateliers-du-corps/
December 2016 :
Graduation ceremony at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.
So delighted to have received a First Class grade for my MA thanks to the pedagogical work on the Flexible Barres technique.
November 2016 :
Besides covering classes for six weeks at the Poissy Conservatoire, the premiere of the Cafetière piece took place this month after a 2-week residency at the Blanche de Castille theatre.
Trailer here :
Some photographs of the performances :
October 2016 :
- Bookings available here :
- New place for studying : Laban notation department at the CNSMDP (Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et Danse de Paris).
I am delighted to work with such a group of passionate international dancers at our monthly gatherings.
Here is a snapshot from our baby scores…learning learning learning !
- Most of my activities taking place in France are now on this website ! Click to have a look !
- On the 1st October, I took part in the Nuit Blanche Paris performances happening all across the city.
We were outdoors in the garden of the Hôtel Lamoignon in the Marais neighboorhood. The event called Pendulum/Nuit was coordinated by Micheline Lelièvre for the “Pignon sur Rue” collective.
by JD Hestin in Jardin de l’Hôtel Lamoignon – 75004 Paris
September 2016 :
- Performance as part of the Wild New Territories event which took place on 29th September in the Linnean Society at the Royal Academy of Arts – London.
Organised by the artists collective “Foreign investment” in collaboration with Dickson MBI.
- MA submitted at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, under the supervision of Marina Collard :
A pedagogical investigation of Wilfride Piollet’s Flexible Barres, a training method for nowadays’ dancer.
- New settlement in Paris !
As mentioned earlier this year, Au Fil de Soi company is now going to host several of my activities.
Here is the new website :
www.compagnie-au-fil-de-soi.com
and the facebook page :
www.facebook.com/Au-Fil-de-Soi-1732085017063812/
Check its first production below :
La Cafetière
Creation with Captain Simard inspired by a short-story by Théophile Gautier
Details and booking on the Au Fil de Soi website
Although taking a fresh start in Paris, I will be coming to London regularly. Two dates already :
- 27th September – Cupart presentation at UCL as part of the Radical Anthropology Group
- 9th december – MA Graduation at Trinity Laban
July 2016 :
Organised by Stefano Genetti, Chantal Lapeyre-Demaison and Frédéric Pouillaude
photographs : Courstesy of the Association des amis de Pontigny-Cerisy
June 2016 :
Galaxy dance film released ! Check on the website section: “Videos/Dance films” (or link below)
You can also have a look at some pictures from the performance here :
Alongside the final project for my MA based on the Flexible Barres, I will be running two events as part of the Antiuniversity Festival taking place all across London.
Check the two following links on the Antiuniversity website :
- Discovering a Movement Practice: The Flexible Barres
- Cupart Presentation: Can Menstruating Be a Creative Source?
- I got accepted onto the Laban notation curriculum at the CNSMDP in Paris.
The course is starting in September…how exciting ! - Meetings and organisation of the taking over of the “Au Fil de Soi” company… New website coming soon !
- Fond de l’Aire 3 event organised with Jean Guizerix at the Studio l’Aire in Poissy, focused on the choreographic works of Wilfride Piollet, for her and others.
Some pictures from the event :
April 2016 :
The “Investigative Practice” module at Independent Dance lasted five weeks and sprung from the work Table of Contents by Siobhan Davies Dance.
It was based on the “archive” theme, which was obviously resonating a lot with the work on the “Fond de l’Aire” of Wilfride Piollet and Jean Guizerix.
Written document about the process
Some questions which really triggered my thinking :
- The importance and specificity of archives in the dance field
- How to archive dance?
- Choreography as archive
- Body as archive
- Wifride Piollet & Jean Guizerix Archives – The Aire Collection
- Ballet background, pointes shoes and White Ladies
Snapshots of the final presentation :
March 2016 :
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February 2016 :
I have spent three weeks in Paris, where several activities where taking place at the Poissy’s Studio l’Aire.
- I organised the second public event called “Fond de l’Aire” about the archives of Wilfride Piollet and Jean Guizerix. This edition was focused on a program performed at the Espace Cardin in Paris in April 1979, which was presenting their own choreographic works (solos and duets).
On this occasion, Jean Guizerix talked about the devising of these pieces alongside photographs, footages, cutting files, sketchbooks excerpts and programmes notes which were especially exhibited.
- I also had the pleasure to learn Yvonne Rainer’s Trio A from Jean Guizerix, as well as taking part into another workshop on the Flexible Barres.
- A new creation in duet with Captain Simard is on its way for November 2016 in Poissy…
January 2015 :
London, Welcome Back !!!
I am embarking on a 5 weeks intensive module, as part of my MA at Independent Dance.
It is an immense pleasure to be working with Kirsty Alexander, Gaby Agis, Eva Karczag, Giovanni Felicionni, Scott Clarke… and my fellow collegues…visuals from the journal to come.
Some posts about the journey here:
Instagram
Twitter
Facebook
I had also a great time with the photographer Thomas Van Cam, exploring textures, architecture and colors in the city
Photos here : Gallery
December 2015:
Some footage from June 19th evening, which took place at the Centre Culturel Pouya (Paris) are now available, along with the online releasing of Hendyadyn, made for the occasion.
Check the • Soirée Interdisciplinaire • webpage for more details…(program, artists, photographs…)
November 2015:
Thrilled to be performing and taking part in the organisation of this special event :
Jean Guizerix is gathering more than 50 artists to celebrate Wilfride Piollet.
Théâtre de Poissy – Hôtel de Ville. Place de la République. 78300 Poissy
October 2015 :
• Le Fond de l’Aire • is the first event we organised around the archives of Wilfride Piollet and Jean Guizerix on which I am working since two years.
The evening was dedicated to three pieces choreographed around the poetry of the French writer René Char between 1976 and 1988.
Several documents were exhibited such as photographs, films, choreographic scores, working notes, costumes, texts excerpts…
Some snippets :
September 2015 :
Here is the film of Orange Variation on a Dystopian Dream, the latest piece created for the Maccoco Factory in Nangis. More here : Orange Variation on a Dystopian Dream
Starting the academic year by performing in a glass factory in Nangis !
June 2015 :
Pictures from the event of 19th June on the following link: Soirée Interdisciplinaire
February 2015 :
Preparation of different tributes to Wilfride Piollet, documentation to follow…
January 2015 :
- Wilfride Piollet, the White Lady from Poissy, has gone on January 20, 2015 around 5pm.
The « New Moon » which has marked her farewell from the Paris Opera in 1983, was there for her last bow on the World’s stage.
Let us carry on working, industrious little bees, on the large Flexible Barres undertakings, as the Hive Queen departs, leaving us her honey work.
December 2014 :
5/12/2014 House of Lords tour with Lord Lipsey as Trinity Laban Ambassadors
November 2014 :
- Here is the first post I wrote for the Trinity Laban blog as a “social media” student. It is about the harness workshop with Gravity & Levity where we hung from the ceiling of the Laban theatre.https://trinitylaban.wordpress.com/2014/11/24/vertical-dance-and-harness-class-with-gravity-levity-at-laban-theatre/
- Very excited to present the research I am doing over 2014/2016 on the Flexible Barres technique devised by Wilfride Piollet. .
Wednesday 5 November – 6.30pm
