LA MALADRESSE

LA MALADRESSE is a performance for the dancer-singer Celia Gondol and the musicians Nico Devos and Pénélope MichelIt is a live concert and a dance piece that relies on the observation of unintentional movements such as nervous tics and “dyskinesia”. (Dyskinesia is a distortion in performing voluntary movements, which often occurs as a side effect of long-term therapy of Parkinson’s disease). Dyskinetic movements look like smooth tics, and also like an uncoordinated dance. It is more than a functional disorder, it is also the wild expression of the body : a whole gestural language resisting to codes, laws and regulations. This work opens up new experiences for dance and movement. It is founded on the strange coordination, musicality and temporality that these disorders bring about. We created a poetic language, a song, from these gestures that the body creates despite itself.


LA MALADRESSE
Creation 2018

Cast

  • La Maladresse
  • Conception Mylène Benoit
  • Artistic collaboration Magda Kachouche
  • Interpretation Célia Gondol  
  • Live music Nicolas Devos & Pénélope Michel (Puce Moment / Cercueil)
  • Vocal coach Jean-Baptiste Veyret-Logerias
  • Light design Annie Leuridan, Juliette Romens
  • Scenography Mylène Benoit, Magda Kachouche
  • Construction Christophe Gregorio
 
  • Administration, production Sarah Calvez
  • Production, diffusion, communication Camille Martin-Sermolini
 
  • Production  Contour Progressif
  • Coproductions et partenaires Le Phare - CCN du Havre Normandie ; L'Echangeur - CDCN Hauts-de-France ; Le VIVAT - Armentières ; Atelier de Paris / CDCN ; Le Ballet de Lorraine (Accueil studio) ; l’Institut français - Villa Kujoyama - Fondation Bettencourt-Schuller
  • Thanks Charlotte Fouchet, Béatrice Horn, Masako Kotera, Masato Hirano, Ann Veronica Janssens, Isabelle Duthoit, Cie Monochrome Circus
  • Contour Progressif is supported by Ministère de la culture et de la communication / Direction régionale des affaires culturelles des Hauts-de-France, as compagnie conventionnée ; and by région Hauts-de-France (activity program)

Duration

Duration : 40 min