Parkinson
2013 - Director : Gautier, Alice
Choreographer(s) : Michard, Alain (France)
Present in collection(s): Alain Michard / Louma
Video producer : Louma
Parkinson
2013 - Director : Gautier, Alice
Choreographer(s) : Michard, Alain (France)
Present in collection(s): Alain Michard / Louma
Video producer : Louma
Parkinson
The piece echoes a trip of Alain Michard in Italy, in Puglia, invited by the architects collective named Stalker. The ultimate experience of chaos, this stay to the south showed the tremendous enjoyment of the Stalker to always postpone the passage to the act, contaminated by the clean energy of the villages of this region. The announced fiasco is transformed into a moment of grace, in the middle of a religious festival punctuated by fanfares, meals, and "pizzica".
Parkinson is the story of this journey, a story in the form of an accumulation of images, snatches of interlocking memories and memory lapses. An odyssey of language closer to Joyce than to Homer, where dance and speech walk together, run after each other, shift, jostle each other. Anchored in the earth, the dance turns into a trance, shocked, electric, with expressive hands at the ends of the body.
Source: Louma
Michard, Alain
Alain Michard is a choreographer and visual artist. Starting with dance as his ‘roots’, his work today involves leading a wide range of different artistic projects, using a variety of artistic media (music, film, photography, writing).
Alain Michard collaborates regularly with other artists. He also invites local people and non-professionals to participate in the work he creates.
A common thread in his work is the theme of wandering and journeys, and the search for a community: "BING", based on texts by Beckett, "Parkinson" (2007-2013). Some pieces are designed for public spaces, and explore perception, and the imaginary essence of towns and landscapes: "Promenades blanches" (2006-2016), "Se fondre" (2012), "Caravane", ...
Another important focus of his work is research on the notion of a collective history of art, based on living memory and documents: "École ouverte", "J’ai tout donné", "Mon Histoire avec la danse", "La carpe et le lapin",…
Alain Michard supports and produces other artists (Theo Kooijman, Laurent Pichaud, Mickaël Phelippeau, Alice Gautier ...), in his role as artistic director of different festivals, residencies and events, such as À domicile in Guissény (2007-2009).
His role as producer allows him to support young artists at the beginning of their careers. The passing on of knowledge is important for him, and his pedagogical work is an integral part of, and articulates with, his creative work, which is open to artists, students and non-professionals.
As a performer he has worked principally for Odile Duboc, Marco Berrettini, Boris Charmatz, Xavier Marchand (theatre) and Judith Cahen (cinema).
He has collaborated on various different projects with other artists, including: Nicolas Floc’h, Mathias Poisson, Jocelyn Cottencin, Stalker, and choreographers Mustafa Kaplan, Loïc Touzé...
He has received awards from the Villa Kujoyama-Kyoto (2001) and the Villa Médicis Hors les murs-Istanbul (2009).
Source: Alain Michard/LOUMA
More information: alainmichard.org
Gautier, Alice
LOUMA
LOUMA, based in Rennes, is directed by Alain Michard choreographer and visual artist.
The Company creates for the stage, festivals and places of contemporary art.
Parkinson
Artistic direction / Conception : Alain Michard
Choreography : Alain Michard
Interpretation : Alain Michard, Margaux Germain et Manuel Coursin (processionnaires)
Set design : Alain Michard
Sound : Manuel Coursin
Production / Coproduction of the choreographic work : Coproduction LOUMA / TNT-Bordeaux / Festival Novart Avec le soutien de l’ONDA
Production / Coproduction of the video work : Louma
Duration : 30'
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