Chouf Ouchouf
Choreographer(s) : Zimmermann, Martin (Switzerland) De Perrot, Dimitri (Switzerland)
Present in collection(s): Fondation BNP Paribas
Video producer : Zimmermann & de Perrot
Chouf Ouchouf
Choreographer(s) : Zimmermann, Martin (Switzerland) De Perrot, Dimitri (Switzerland)
Present in collection(s): Fondation BNP Paribas
Video producer : Zimmermann & de Perrot
Chouf Ouchouf
Chouf Ouchouf is Arabic for: „look, but take a real good look!!“
Any time that we confront the new and unknown, we find ourselves slipping into different – and complicated – emotional moods. We project certain unconscious desires and fears onto the other, insisting on the reality of our own perceptions and worldview. To feel more secure, we try hard to implement our own beliefs. But meanwhile, each of us also serves as a blank wall against which others direct their own projections.
How can a real relationship take place under circumstances like this? In this desert, how to dis- cover a real oasis instead of a mirage? Chouf Ouchouf enters into this labyrinth of questions and preoccupations. In a torrent of scenes, the topic is humorously twisted around, pushed steeply down, and then soars up into absurdity, to the point where gravity itself is de-commissioned.
Chouf Ouchouf exudes intensity and emotion, inspiring and seducing the spectator to look sharp: at the stage and at oneself.
Source : Zimmermann & de Perrot
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
Groupe acrobatique de Tanger
Artistic direction : Sanae El Kamouni
Creation: 2003
The Groupe Acrobatique de Tanger was set up by Sanae El Kamouni in 2003 in order to assemble a troupe of traditional Moroccan acrobats with a view to creating a contemporary circus show. The group now tours worldwide. In Morocco there is an age-old acrobatics discipline where artists always reproduce the same figures, with no creative latitude. El Kamouni shook up this tradition and injected fresh impetus. Having met Aurélien Bory (Compagnie 111), they travelled Morocco in search of acrobats, and met the Hammich family of acrobats in Tangiers. This encounter yielded "Taoub" (2004), which toured for six years in more than 20 countries. The group cultivates a unique art, stemming from the Amazigh tradition of Sidi Ahmed Ou Moussa which dates from the 16th century. This discipline, which involves forming human pyramids, has military roots; it was used for the scaling of defensive walls; it also includes circular figures such as the “Arab wheel”. This ancestral expertise is now being renewed as it cross-fertilises with Western choreography. The acrobats continued along their path, and in 2010 invited Martin Zimmermann and Dimitri de Perrot (stage directors and circus artists) to create "Chouf Ouchouf", a journey through a labyrinthine covered bazaar, courtesy of an ingenious set design. These top-flight artists settled in Toulouse in 2010. Aurélien Bory renewed their colla-boration in 2013, creating "Azimut". In 2016, Abdeliazide Senhadji (Compagnie XY) is teaming with the group to create their latest work.
Source: 17e Biennale danse (2016) - press file
Chouf Ouchouf
Artistic direction / Conception : Zimmermann & de Perrot
Choreography : Martin Zimmermann
Interpretation : Groupe acrobatique de Tanger Younes Hammich - chef des acrobates / Abdelaziz el Haddad/Jamila Abdellaoui/Adel Chaâban/ Younes Yemlahi/Yassine Srasi/Amal Hammich/ Mohammed Hammich/Mustapha Aït Ourakmane/ Mohammed Achraf Chaâban/Samir Lâaroussi/ Najib El Maïmouni Idrissi
Artistic consultancy / Dramaturgy : Sabine Geistlich
Stage direction : Zimmermann & de Perrot
Original music : Dimitri de Perrot
Lights : Ursula Degen / Jorge Bompadre et Cécile Hérault (régie)
Costumes : Franziska Born, Daniela Zimmermann, Mahmoud Ben Slimane
Settings : Zimmermann & de Perrot / Ingo Groher (construction) / Michèle Rebetez (Peintre décoratrice)
Sound : Andy Neresheimer / Franck Bourgoin, Sebastian Geret, Andy Neresheimer, Susanne Affolter (régie)
Other collaborations : Julien Cassier (Coach acrobatique), Jan Olieslagers (Régie générale) / Sophie Da Costa (Assistante de production) / Sanae El Kamouni (Direction Groupe acrobatique de Tanger) / Alain Vuignier (Direction de production) / Claire Béjanin (Production internationale)
Production / Coproduction of the choreographic work : Production Verein Zimmermann & de Perrot, Coproduction Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg / Pour-cent culturel Migros / Le Volcan, scène nationale du Havre / Equinoxe, scène nationale de Châteauroux / Espace Jean Legendre – Théâtre de Compiègne / MC2: Grenoble / Association Scènes du Maroc Zimmermann & de Perrot bénéficie d‘un contrat coopératif de subvention entre la ville de Zurich-affaires culturelles, le service aux affaires culturelles du Canton de Zurich et Pro Helvetia - Fondation suisse pour la culture. Zimmermann & de Perrot bénéficie du soutien de la Fondation BNP Paribas depuis 2006 pour le développement de ses projets. Scènes du Maroc reçoit le soutien du service de coopération et d'action culturelle de l'Ambassade de France au Maroc, de l'Institut français de Tanger – Tétouan, de la fondation BMCI et l'aide de la Compagnie 111. Scènes du Maroc bénéficie du soutien de la Fondation BNP Paribas pour le développement de ses projets. Résidence de création au palais Moulay Hafid à Tanger, première le 25 septembre 2009
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