The Spectator's Moment (2014): Zimmermann & de Perrot
2014 - Director : Plasson, Fabien
Choreographer(s) : Zimmermann, Martin (Switzerland) De Perrot, Dimitri (Switzerland)
Present in collection(s): Maison de la danse , La minute du spectateur
Video producer : Maison de la Danse de Lyon
The Spectator's Moment (2014): Zimmermann & de Perrot
2014 - Director : Plasson, Fabien
Choreographer(s) : Zimmermann, Martin (Switzerland) De Perrot, Dimitri (Switzerland)
Present in collection(s): Maison de la danse , La minute du spectateur
Video producer : Maison de la Danse de Lyon
The Spectator's Moment
The Spectator's Moment or how to discover an artist, a piece of work or a company in just two minutes. It is a collection of programmes produced by the Maison de la Danse in Lyon and presented by Dominique Hervieu. Each episode is devoted to an artist or a company that is programmed at the Maison de la Danse and offers the public keys or artistic benchmarks for better understanding and appreciating the choreographic art.
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Zimmermann, Martin
Martin Zimmermann was born in 1970 and grew up in Wildberg, a small Swiss village. After studying set design, he graduated from the Centre National des Arts du Cirque (C.N.A.C.) in France. Following his return to Zurich in 1998 he began to work as a choreographer and director. Ever since then, Martin Zimmermann has worked in partnership mainly with the composer and director Dimitri de Perrot with whom he co-directs the company Zimmermann & de Perrot. They have performed their productions around the world. Several of their pieces were created at Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne: Hoi (2001, Gaff Aff (2006), Öper Öpis (2008) and Hans was Heiri (2012)
Martin Zimmermann lives and works in Zurich.
More information : zimmermanndeperrot.com
De Perrot, Dimitri
Dimitri de Perrot is an internationally active and awarded Swiss sound artist, musician, director, set-designer and, since 2014, lecturer at the ZHdK (Zurich University of the Arts).
At the core of Dimitri de Perrot’s work and productions is the narrative through and with sound at interfaces of theatre, music and fine arts. He creates scenic and sonic sculptures for theatre spaces and places of the public, using sound, space, light and visuals as equivalent structures. He places particular focus on the interplay between the artwork, the given environment and the audience. De Perrot worked for many years with actors, dancers, musicians and artists. He staged interdisciplinary theatre and music projects, composed for film and theatre and build up three international active cultural production offices.
His works and collaborations tour worldwide and have been programmed in prestigious venues and festivals such as: Le Centquatre – Paris, BAM New York (Brooklyn Academy of Music), Hong Kong Arts Centre, Museum Tinguely Basel, Festival d‘Avignon, Zürcher Theater Spektakel, Gessnerallee Zürich, Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne, Romaeuropa Festival – Rome, Barbican London, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Théâtre de la Ville – Paris, Schauspielhaus Zürich, Holland Festival, Biennale Musiques en Scène – Lyon or Hellerau – Europäisches Zentrum der Künste, Dresden, amongst others.
De Perrot was co-founder and co-director of the artist collective MZdP (Metzger/Zimmermann/de Perrot, 1998-2005) and the Swiss directing duo Zimmermann & de Perrot (2006-2017). They invented a unique and world wide acclaimed form of physical theater mixing music, visual arts, dance, clownerie and modern circus. From these collaborations emerged two internationally active production offices. With their productions he performed life on stage for almost two decades.
In 2017 Dimitri de Perrot founded his own production company, the Studio DdP. He holds an Executive Master in Arts Administration (EMAA) from the University of Zurich. He is «Artist in Residence» of Le Centquatre - Paris and «Hauskünstler» of the Gessnerallee Zurich (as of Feb. 2023).
Dimitri de Perrot lives in Zurich, Switzerland.
Source and more information: https://www.dimitrideperrot.com/en/news
Plasson, Fabien
Born in 1977, Fabien Plasson is a video director specialized in the field of performing arts (dance , music, etc).
During his studies at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts de Lyon (joined in 1995) Fabien discovered video art. He was trained by various video artists (Joel Bartoloméo Pascal Nottoli , Eric Duyckaerts , etc).
He first experimented with the creation of installations and cinematic objects.
From 2001 to 2011, he was in charge of Ginger & Fred video Bar’s programming at La Maison de la Danse in Lyon. He discovered the choreographic field and the importance of this medium in the dissemination, mediation and pedagogical approach to dance alongside Charles Picq, who was a brilliant video director and the director of the video department at that time.
Today, Fabien Plasson is the video director at La Maison de la Danse and in charge of the video section of Numeridanse.tv, an online international video library, and continues his creative activities, making videos of concerts, performances and also creating video sets for live performances.
Sources: Maison de la Danse ; Fabien Plasson website
More information: fabione.fr
Zimmermann & de Perrot
The theater of Zimmermann & de Perrot is based on precise observation, humorous repetition, distortion, and the artistically accomplished transformation of everyday interactions, giving the little things in life a big platform. Using bodies, objects and music Zimmermann & de Perrot compose funny, unconventional theatre pieces within a changing scenography. At the centre of their work is the human being – with all ist human fragility and contradictions. Their characters are driven to make the impossible possible. They are very physical and possess a marvelous artisanry as peformers. Their wordless theater is full of absurd humor and a deep love of detail. Objects are living beings. People are things. It's not always obvious what it's about, so you are compelled to think in unaccustomed ways.
Their team – on and off stage – presently includes about 40 acrobats, dancers, actors, technicians and many others; they also run their own production company. Zimmermann & de Perrot are independent and are not bound to any institution.
Source: Zimmermann & de Perrot 's website
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