Les 27 et 28 juillet à Saint-Etienne-sous-Bailleul (27)
Le 28 juillet au Parc de Choisy à Paris (13ème)
Le 29 aux Arênes de Lutèce à Paris
Le 29 juillet aux arênes de Lutèce à Paris (5ème)
Le 30 juillet, Place Saint-Sulpice à Paris (6ème)
Our approach to creation – the immensity of the space, the collective game – is what guided us through the following invitations, site-specific performances, atypical formats, or pieces for large groups. In return, each of these one-off experiences has enriched the creations in the repertoire… The company never stops challenging itself, investing, and inventing new spaces, so feel free to call or write to us!
Halle des Machines, Toulouse: From the intimate to the monumental
The gigantic nature of the building and the mechanical bestiary of François Delarozière, director of the company La Machine, had to be reconciled to find the right scale. Sharing the founder’s love of movement, the choreographers brought together a team of 12 artists (8 dancers, 3 musicians, and an author), to which were added 25 young dancers in their 3rd cycle at the Toulouse Conservatory. Jean-Antoine Bigot designed a scenography that played with the volumes of the Hall while the 30 dancers took over all the spaces, in solo, duets, or in a group, taking the audience along in this great carousel…
Artistic Direction Anne Le Batard and Jean Antoine Bigot
Dancers Corinne Pontana, Ji In Gook, Rolando Rocha, Tom Grand Mourcel, Emma Riba, Chandra Grandjean, Elvi Balboa, Lucia Bocanegra and Jean-Antoine Bigot | with the participation of Toulouse CRR young dancers (class of Sandrine Chaouli)
Musicians Régis Boulard, Pascal Ferrari and Vincent Guiot
Author Stéphane Bonnard
Stage management Camille Sanchez
Coproduction L’Usine CNAREP de Tournefeuille-Toulouse Métropole in partnership with La Halle de La Machine, 2020
115 participants… and 52 hours of intervention
On the 30th anniversary of the Kelemenis company and the 5th anniversary of KLAP, Maison pour la danse, its director Michel Kelemenis invited Anne Le Batard and Jean-Antoine Bigot to bring together a group of 100 people for a creation in the public space to celebrate dance together. Professional and amateur dancers, residents, seniors, young adults and children, people in the process of social integration, students from Notre Dame de France and Versailles schools: it was a powerful human experience, which revealed what Ex Nihilo’s dance can do, carried by so many bodies.
Conceived by Anne Le Batard and Jean-Antoine Bigot in close collaboration with Anne Reymann, Corinne Pontana, and Rolando Rocha.
With 115 participants… and 52 hours of intervention, 1 rehearsal at La Cité des Arts de la Rue, 1 dress rehearsal with an audience and 2 performances at Place Bargemon in Marseille
Production KLAP – Maison pour la danse, 2017
Parcours d’une heure
Ex Nihilo a répondu à l’appel à projet de Marseille Provence 2018, Quel amour ! avec un parcours qui lie les gestes du danseur à ceux des pêcheurs du Port de Saumaty. A chaque rendez-vous, une petite foule de spectateurs, guidée par le mouvement des danseurs, a traversé le port. De la terrasse où l’on ramande les filets en surplombant la baie à la façade décharnée de son restaurant abandonné, des quais d’accostage à l’entrée de la criée aux heures matinales…
Danse Anne Le Batard, Jean-Antoine Bigot, Rolando Rocha et Corinne Pontana
Avec la complicité de Julie De Muer et Emilie Petit
Chaleureux remerciements à l’équipe du port de Saumaty pour son accueil !
Avec l’aide des bénévoles Mathieu Imbert, Dominique Fargetton, Nade Paolillo, Louis Vankerckhoven, Camille Delval, Caroline Grosjean
Production Ex Nihilo, en partenariat avec Hôtel du Nord, Momkin – espaces de possibles et Lézarp’art
Co-production Marseille Provence 2018 Quel Amour !
Vidéo Carole Lorthiois
Cité des Arts de la Rue
225 Avenue Ibrahim Ali / Aygalades
13015 Marseille
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