Corps est Graphique
2003 - Director : Picq, Charles
Choreographer(s) : Merzouki, Mourad (France)
Present in collection(s): Maison de la danse
Integral video available at Maison de la danse de Lyon
Corps est Graphique
2003 - Director : Picq, Charles
Choreographer(s) : Merzouki, Mourad (France)
Present in collection(s): Maison de la danse
Integral video available at Maison de la danse de Lyon
Corps est graphique
In “Corps est Graphique”, Mourad Merzouki chooses to examine the place of women in hip-hop dance. Aware of their near absence, he envisages their presence and examines the alternatives. Are the dancers prepared to discuss, exchange, share this dance? With a vocabulary of pure movements and a fluidity of the body, both female and male dancers bring to the fore in turn their femininity and virility. This confrontation fades gradually in favour of the artistic intent. The initial question of the rapport between men and women no longer finds a place and becomes superfluous.
Merzouki, Mourad
A major figure on the hip-hop scene since the early 1990s, Merzouki works at the crossroads of many different disciplines: he adds circus, martial arts, fine arts, video and live music to his exploration of hip-hop dance. Without losing sight of the roots of hip-hop movement – of its social and geographical origins – this multidisciplinary approach opens new horizons and reveals original outlooks. Since 1996, 30 creations have been performed in 700 cities and 65 countries, with more than 3,000 performances given for 1.7 million people. Since 2009, Merzouki is director of the Centre chorégraphique national de Créteil et du Val-de-Marne, where he created the festival Kalypso, a Parisian twin of his festival Karavel in the region of Lyon. In 2016, he is also appointed artistic director of Pôle en Scènes in Bron.
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Picq, Charles
Author, filmmaker and video artist Charles Picq (1952-2012) entered working life in the 70s through theatre and photography. A- fter resuming his studies (Maîtrise de Linguistique - Lyon ii, Maîtrise des sciences et Techniques de la Communication - grenoble iii), he then focused on video, first in the field of fine arts at the espace Lyonnais d'art Contemporain (ELAC) and with the group « Frigo », and then in dance.
On creation of the Maison de la Danse in Lyon in 1980, he was asked to undertake a video documentation project that he has continued ever since. During the ‘80s, a decade marked in France by the explosion of contemporary dance and the development of video, he met numerous artists such as andy Degroat, Dominique Bagouet, Carolyn Carlson, régine Chopinot, susanne Linke, Joëlle Bouvier and regis Obadia, Michel Kelemenis. He worked in the creative field with installations and on-stage video, as well as in television with recorded shows, entertainment and documentaries.
His work with Dominique Bagouet (80-90) was a unique encounter. He documents his creativity, assisting with Le Crawl de Lucien and co-directing with his films Tant Mieux, Tant Mieux and 10 anges. in the 90s he became director of video development for the Maison de la Danse and worked, with the support of guy Darmet and his team, in the growing space of theatre video through several initiatives:
- He founded a video library of dance films with free public access. This was a first for France. Continuing the video documentation of theatre performances, he organised their management and storage.
- He promoted the creation of a video-bar and projection room, both dedicated to welcoming school pupils.
- He started «présentations de saisons» in pictures.
- He oversaw the DVD publication of Le tour du monde en 80 danses, a pocket video library produced by the Maison de la Danse for the educational sector.
- He launched the series “scènes d'écran” for television and online. He undertook the video library's digital conversion and created Numeridanse.
His main documentaries are: enchaînement, Planète Bagouet, Montpellier le saut de l'ange, Carolyn Carlson, a woman of many faces, grand ecart, Mama africa, C'est pas facile, Lyon, le pas de deux d'une ville, Le Défilé, Un rêve de cirque.
He has also produced theatre films: Song, Vu d'ici (Carolyn Carlson), Tant Mieux, Tant Mieux, 10 anges, Necesito and So schnell, (Dominique Bagouet), Im bade wannen, Flut and Wandelung (Susanne Linke), Le Cabaret Latin (Karine Saporta), La danse du temps (Régine Chopinot), Nuit Blanche (Abou Lagraa), Le Témoin (Claude Brumachon), Corps est graphique (Käfig), Seule et WMD (Françoise et Dominique Dupuy), La Veillée des abysses (James Thiérrée), Agwa (Mourad Merzouki), Fuenteovejuna (Antonio Gades), Blue Lady revistied (Carolyn Carlson).
Source: Maison de la Danse de Lyon
Centre Chorégraphique National de Créteil et du Val-de-Marne | EMKA
In June 2009, Mourad Merzouki was appointed director of the CCN de Créteil and Val-de-Marne (National Choreography Centre), where he has developed his vision of dance as “an open window on the world”. Since the creation of the Käfig Company in 1996, the choreographer has been able to expand the language of hip-hop by working at where multiple disciplines intersect: circus, martial arts, contemporary dance and more. His pieces are currently touring the world. Supported by the State and local authorities, the Centres chorégraphiques nationaux (CCN) promote the development of dance, both through the creative impulse of their directors-choreographers, but also by supporting choreographic artists of various styles, by presenting works and by raising public awareness of the art of dance.
Today there are 19 Centres chorégraphiques nationaux. The CCN de Créteil is one of the first to have been created, by Maguy Marin. Three of them are now run by hip-hop choreographers, in Créteil (Mourad Merzouki), La Rochelle (Kader Attou) and Rennes (FAIR-E collective).
Mourad Merzouki has been at the head of the Centre chorégraphique national de Créteil et du Val-de-Marne / Compagnie Käfig since 2009. He is developing an artistic project that is both open to the world and rooted in the territory, transcending aesthetic, cultural and social boundaries. Tours, workshops, residencies, the Kalypso festival : there are many opportunities to discover and celebrate hip-hop dance, an art form that has become, in over 30 years, a strong marker of the cultural identity of our heritage.
Corps est graphique
Artistic direction / Conception : Mourad Merzouki
Choreography : Mourad Merzouki
Interpretation : Yann ABIDI, Karim BEDDAOUDIA, Kader BELMOKTAR, David IMBERT, David PAGLIAROLI, Anna IVACHEFF, Francoise KAIRO, Sadia LBAZ, Joseph N’GUESSAN, Hafid SOUR Ingrid PATRIS, Aminata SAUVENAY
Original music : AS’N
Video conception : Captation réalisée à la Maison de la Danse de Lyon en septembre 2003 par Charles Picq Montage teaser Fabien Plasson
Lights : Yoann TIVOLI
Costumes : Carima AMAROUCHE
Settings : Martin LECOMTE assisté de Stéphane GUILLEMIN
Other collaborations : Marionnettes Carima AMAROUCHE assistée de ALCANTARA, Conseillère manipulation des marionnettes Laurie CANNAC, Vidéo Les Machineurs : Emmanuel PAMPURI & Fred AUJAS
Production / Coproduction of the choreographic work : Compagnie Käfig, Maison de la danse de Lyon, Maison des Arts de Créteil, Centre National de Création et de Diffusion Culturelle de Châteauvallon, Espace Albert Camus de Bron, Scène Nationale d’Aubusson – Théâtre Jean Lurçat Avec le soutien de la Fondation BNP Paribas
Duration : 1 heure
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