W̶E̶L̶COME is a trio where body and voice are dissociate in intertwining dialogue.
By the continuous transformation and metamorphosis of voices, twirling from one body to another by the magic of ventriloquism, W̶E̶L̶COME open an hybrid universe that oscillates between burlesque and confusion, irony and absurdity.
Photographic and poetic moments arise from this discrepancy between what  is said, suggested and interpreted. From these dissociated bodies, W̶E̶L̶COME highlights this need to come together, to reach out to others and to form connections.

Joachim Maudet trained at the  Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris  (CNSMDP) from 2007 until 2012, where he graduated with honours. In  parallel, he studied at the Paris VIII University in the programme of  Theatrical Performance Art and in Choreographic Art (2007 – 2010). He  started working professionally before graduating collaborating with  Tatiana Julien (Cie Interscribo) and with Arthur Perole (Cie F).  After  his graduation, he danced for Akram Khan Dance Company (UK), the Noord  Nederlandse Dans (The Netherlands) as well as the National Dance Company  Wales (UK ).

Back in France in May 2013, Joachim  Maudet started to collaborate with several choreographers such as Samuel  Faccioli and Bérengère Fournier (La Vouivre) in La Belle and Feu,  Christian Ubl in the piece Shake It Out, Léa Tirabasso in the pieces  Love Me Tender and The Ephemeral Life of an Octopus, Arthur Perole in  Rock’n Chair, Ballroom and BBB projects, Ambra Senatore (CCN Nantes) in  the piece Partita and with Leonard Rainis and Katell Harterau (Lepole)  in several projects: Every Little Movement , Dances with dinosaurs, The  perfect moment, The WALL. He is also an outside eye and assists Chloé  Zamboni in her project Magdalena and Mathilde Bonicel in her project  Scappare.

In parallel with his career as a  performer, Joachim Maudet combines his work with running his own company  Les vagues, founded in 2017, with which he explores the relation  between voice and body. He created his first piece stɔːriz in 2019, the  solo GIGI in 2021 and the trio W̶E̶L̶COME in 2022. In  each of these creations, the body is presented as a multiple  communication medium, whose malleable and inexhaustible material is a  source of stories and images.

Between the vocal body and the physical  body, projected voices and inner voices, the forms of expression  multiply and dissociate allowing a myriad of possible combinations.  Through the technique of ventriloquism and automatic speech, each of  these creations opens up poetic spaces from which strangeness and  absurdity emerge.

Currently, Joachim Maudet is working on his new solo KID#1, which starts a series on childhood.

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