Choreography by Isabelle Abelé Dubouloz
An extract remodelled by the group Choréa (Le Pré-Saint-Gervais), artistic manager Patrick Beauce, as part of the “Danse en amateur et repertoire” programme (2015) (a programme created to assist and promote amateur dancing).

The group
Initiated by Rita Marcher in 2010 in Le Pré-Saint-Gervais, Choréa works on states of presence in order to intensify the relationship with oneself, with other people and with movement. The association members practice qi gong, tai-chi-chuan, and yoga, among others. They thus found the approach adopted by Isabelle Abelé-Dubouloz particularly attractive. The group, which participates regularly in events and performances, was selected for the Danse élargie competition organised by the Musée de la danse de Rennes and the Théâtre de la Ville in Paris. The group also enjoys performing outdoors, in the gardens and parks of Paris. It uses the premises of the dance and music school in Le Pré-Saint-Gervais. 

The project
It was the dancer Martha Rodezno, who interpreted Dialogues en pleine nature (2000), who transmitted the piece and the specific spirit of Isabelle Abelé-Dubouloz. Rooted in the elements and matter (wind, water, fire, earth, grass, etc.), the chosen piece highlights the sensitive and unique experience of each individual in relation to nature and landscapes. It allows them to examine and refine still further their relationship with the outdoors and their experience as performers in urban parks. Three extracts from the show, adapted for the amateurs’ technical level, are showcased, and were the subject of a training course given by Isabelle Abelé-Dubouloz. 

The choreographer
A dancer, choreographer and pedagogue, Isabelle Abelé-Dubouloz first created a company with Pierre Doussaint in 1982. Awarded first prize at the Concours de Bagnolet in 1985, she went on to produce creations such as Sang d’encre, La Beauté des fleurs, and Heureux les vents. A practiser of aikido since 1985, she collaborates in the Académie d’arts martiaux et d’art contemporain (Academy of martial arts and contemporary art) with actors, painters, musicians and martial artists. She is currently a member of the collegial board of the Académie des arts martiaux et arts du geste (Academy of martial arts and gestural arts), develops danced movement, and collaborates with the association Les Ormes, oasis pour le Vivant, in the Champagne region. 

A dancer, choreographer and pedagogue, Isabelle Abelé-Dubouloz first created a company with Pierre Doussaint in 1982. 

Awarded first prize at the Concours de Bagnolet in 1985, she went on to produce creations such as Sang d’encre, La Beauté des fleurs, and Heureux les vents. 

A practiser of aikido since 1985, she collaborates in the Académie d’arts martiaux et d’art contemporain (Academy of martial arts and contemporary art) with actors, painters, musicians and martial artists.

She is currently a member of the collegial board of the Académie des arts martiaux et arts du geste (Academy of martial arts and gestural arts), develops danced movement, and collaborates with the association Les Ormes, oasis pour le Vivant, in the Champagne region.

From live stage images to life in images, the  director and video artist Karim Zeriahen seems to have found the  shortest way. Since the beginning of the 90s, when he worked in close  relationship with choreographer Philippe Decouflé, he learned how to put  the art of stage in motion, contemporary dance most of the time. Karim  Zeriahen then starts a fruitful collaboration with Montpellier based  choreographer Mathilde Monnier. Stop, Videlilah, day of night, short  films adapted from her stage creations. Each time, Karim Zeriahen's   camera takes over the place with movement, the body language is not  frozen but magnified. Choreographer Herman Diephuis also joins this  gallery of dancing portraits. Documentaries on figures such like Albert  Maysles or Hubert de Givenchy and from Joe Dalessandro to Paul  Morrissey, he sets a signature, a camera always in action with  confidence.

Today the director goes further with a new  project and tracks the subtle movements of the body language beyond the  physical appearance. A collection of living portraits as unique pièces  reminding us of the master portraitists of renaissance. These living  natures consists in filming the subject in a certain amount of time,  almost still, with signs of respiration, eye blinks, as if it were  posing for a painting. They are then displayed on a flat screen with a  memory card. With this collection starting, Karim Zeriahen, with his  documentary and artist vision, interrogates himself about the virtual  world filled with images. By taking a pause, and his models with him, he  questions the way we look at things, the way we look at life.

Source: Philippe Noisette 

En savoir plus: www.karimzeriahen.com

Amateur Dance and Repertory is a companion program to amateur practice beyond the dance class and the technical learning phase. Intended for groups of amateur dancers, it opens a space of sharing for those who wish to deepen a practice and a knowledge of the dance in relation to its history.

Laurent Barré
Head of Research and Choreographic Directories
Anne-Christine Waibel
Research Assistant and Choreographic Directories
+33 (0)1 41 83 43 96
danse-amateur-repertoire@cnd.fr

Source: CN D

More information: https://www.cnd.fr/en/page/323-danse-en-amateur-et-repertoire-grant-programme