An extract remodelled by the group Accords perdus, coordination by Aurélie Frédéric, as part of the “Danse en amateur et repertoire” programme (2019/2020) (a programme created to assist and promote amateur dancing).  

Transmission by Yaïr Barelli, performer in the piece when it was created 

Presented on 24 October 2020, Chaillot - Théâtre national de la Danse (Paris).  

The piece when it was created 

D’après une histoire vraie 

Firstly produced 7 July 2013 in the gymnasium Aubanel during the Festival d’Avignon 

Choreography: Christian Rizzo 

Piece for eight performers: Fabien Almakiewicz, Yaïr Barelli, Massimo Fusco, Miguel Garcia Llorens, Pep Garrigues, Kerem Gelebek, Filipe Lourenço, Roberto Martínez 

Music Didier Ambact and King4Q 

Original duration: 1 hour 

The group 

Accords perdus (Paris Île-de-France) 

Consisting  of psychomotor specialists, the group Accords perdus seeks to explore  the link between dance and psychomotricity, by questioning the body  fundamentals such as flux, weight, shape, fall, and link. Since  2014, the group has met regularly to lead workshops around a creation,  allowing triggering of specific notions, such as weight, in the piece ”Solides” with the company Catherine Diverrès in 2017. The group also conducts laboratory work geared towards improvisation and choreographic writing. 

The project 

Eight men striking the ground, spinning, falling, united by a haunting rhythm. ”D’après une histoire vraie” is the result of a moment of revelation: before a traditional men’s dance, Christian Rizzo had the intuition of a group of men linked by a set of shared gestures. Steered by this imaginary horizon, he gave form to a dance of the earth, intimately tied to the rhythm that shakes the stage. An  abstract rite, powered by the energy of the two drummers, blurring the  boundaries between folk and contemporary music, the solitude and intensity of the group.  

Christian Rizzo was born in 1965 in Cannes. His artistic career began in Toulouse, where he started a rock band and designed a line of clothing, after which he studied fine arts at the Villa d'Arson in Nice, then unexpectedly branched out into dance.

In the 90s he performed with a number of contemporary choreographers including mathilde monnier, herve robbe, mark tompkins and georges appaix, and sometimes created soundtracks and costumes for them as well.

He also worked with choreographers with a different artistic approach, such as vera mantero, catherine contour, emmanuelle huynh and rachid ouramdane.

In 1996 he founded l'association fragile and began presenting events, dancing objects, solos and group pieces, as well as various projects and commissioned work in fashion and the visual arts.

Since then, over thirty projects have borne fruit, not counting his pedagogical activities. Christian rizzo teaches on a regular basis in art schools in France and abroad, as well as in establishments devoted to contemporary dance.

On January 1st, 2015, Christian Rizzo takes the lead of the National Choreographic Center of Montpellier. Now called ICI (International Choreographic Institute), the CCN offers a transversal vision of creation, training, artistic education and openness to the public.

Source : Website of ICI, CCN of Montpellier

More information :

http://ici-ccn.com/

http://www.lassociationfragile.com/

Film director, Ivan Chaumeille, has worked with choreographer Dominique Brun a long time, most notably in the production of + One (2014), a creative documentary scheduled as part of the festival “Vidéodanse”, in the editing of which Rafaël Gubitsch participated; he filmed and edited two versions of Afternoon of a faun, choreographed by Vaslav Nijinski for the film Le Faune -un film ou la fabrique de l’archive. He also carried out interviews, and devised and formulated the ROM and video dimensions of the DVD (2007). He shot video sequences for the show Medea-Stimmen by Virginie Mirbeau, created at Festival Les Météores CNN du Havre (2008). With a background in philosophy, he produced a creative documentary entitled Avec François Châtelet, un voyage différentiel (2010) for the collection “À Contre-temps” in co-production with Groupe Galactica, Mosaïque films and Canal 15.

Amateur Dance and Repertory is a companion program to amateur practice beyond the dance class and the technical learning phase. Intended for groups of amateur dancers, it opens a space of sharing for those who wish to deepen a practice and a knowledge of the dance in relation to its history.

Laurent Barré
 Head of Research and Choreographic Directories
Anne-Christine Waibel
 Research Assistant and Choreographic Directories
 +33 (0)1 41 83 43 96
danse-amateur-repertoire@cnd.fr

Source: CN D

More information: https://www.cnd.fr/en/page/323-danse-en-amateur-et-repertoire-grant-programme