Donc (“Therefore”) speaks of intimacy, where the group cannot enter, of the performer's own expe- rience in the gesture of creation. The music is the bond of virtuosity, of the shared experience taking shape on the stage.
“I want to explore and detect the material that we handle during the gestation of the creation, that material which is essential to the dancer's understanding and maturity. The material that gives birth to the performance but that, out of both choice and necessity, disappears in the end. I should like to ponder the performer's feelings and personal commitment during this particular period of creation, his power and ability to grasp the questions raised while working together. To delve into what the performer experiences deep down, what he remembers, what he constructs both for the project's own sake and in parallel to it. In a previous creation, the issue raised was the relationship of gesture to music, the relationship of the dancers to the musicians.
Today I want to experience what happens afterwards. What vibrations of the senses, of the bodies, persist? I invite four dancers and a violinist to testify to the absence, the silence, the echo that dwell in them. They will each seek the musical, choreographic and human essence of their relationship to music and to dance.” (Sylvain Groud)

Source : Compagnie Sylvain Groud

A graduate of the CNSMD in Paris, Sylvain Groud began his career working with Gigi Caciuleanu and then Angelin Preljocaj. Winner of the Concours International de Paris with his first choreography, he has continued his creative work around two main axes: site-specific pieces and the relationship between music and dance. With his company MAD, he created over 30 pieces between 1994 and 2018.

That same year, he was appointed director of Ballet du Nord, CCN Roubaix Hauts-de-France, and created the participatory show Let's Move! and the duet Dans mes bras. In 2019, he created Métamorphose and Adolescent, his first collaboration with Françoise Pétrovitch.

In 2020, in response to the health crisis, he created the play 4m² at the Grand Bleu in Lille. It was subsequently presented in theatres with the Scène Nationale label and at dance festivals, as well as in non-dedicated venues such as schools, nursing homes and shops.

Since 2020, he has been working regularly with video artist Léonard Barbier-Hourdin to create choreographic films. Rooted in the Hauts-de-France region, most of these projects involve local people: Symbiose, réveil sur le terril (with 80 amateurs), Huis Clos (carte blanche offered by the Louvre-Lens museum), Bouge ton Bassin (for the 10th anniversary of the inclusion of the mining basin in UNESCO's World Heritage list), and more.

In autumn 2021, he will create two choreographic duets: L'autre and Lorsque l'enfant était enfant. His next creation, Des chimères dans la tête, is scheduled for autumn 2023.

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