Spekies
2015 - Director : Centre national de la danse, Réalisation
Choreographer(s) : Milian, Magali (France) Luydlin, Romuald (France)
Present in collection(s): Centre national de la danse , CN D - Spectacles et performances
Video producer : Centre national de la danse
Integral video available at CND de Pantin
Spekies
2015 - Director : Centre national de la danse, Réalisation
Choreographer(s) : Milian, Magali (France) Luydlin, Romuald (France)
Present in collection(s): Centre national de la danse , CN D - Spectacles et performances
Video producer : Centre national de la danse
Integral video available at CND de Pantin
Spekies
A tense solo, Spekies propels a ghost-body through a big bang orchestrated by the guitarist Marc Sens.
A variation about disappearance, the piece Spekies (which in Latin means appearance, aspect, vision), deploys a very physical form of dance, bringing together a dancer and a guitarist, fifty survival blankets and several dictaphones. Starting with the enigmatic phrase by Jacques Derrida, “the future can only be for ghosts”, Magali Milian and Romuald Luydlin wanted to seek a form of appearance – that of an ultra-sensitive silhouette, transformed into a relic – based on a text by the crime novelist Caryl Férey inspired by the Egyptian Book of the Dead, that was deafening, like a hypnotic litany. Upon hearing the tiniest vibrations, the guitarist Marc Sens creates an wave of impact; the body resists, submits and surpasses itself. Everything works through interaction; every sound, every movement, every word gives birth to a body that has been forgotten, sent to the edge of the world.
Updating: May 2015
Milian, Magali
Magali Milian trained at the Avignon conservatoire and the CNDC in Angers.
Romuald Luydlin trained in Buto with Sumako Koseki and No Theatre with Master Kano.
Together, they practise aikido and cultivate different approaches with the body.
They founded the company La Zampa, where they both act as choreographers and performers.
Since 2000 they have tackled different formats (small form, group pieces, short films, performances).
In 2005, the carte-blanche project Dans le Collimateur, commissioned by DSN-Dieppe Scène Nationale, allowed them to hone and strengthen their relationship with music.
This experience gave rise to a collaboration with the GMEA in Albi, the National Centre for Musical Creation.
Their works, La Tombe du Plongeur, Call me Sand and Dream on have also been shown on current musical stages.
They continued along various back routes by combining the world of the collective Red Sniper (the musician Patrick Codenys and the visual artist Kendell Gers) with that of the director and video artist Bruno Geslin, for whom they performed Crash(s)! Variation, a free adaptation of a novel by J.G. Ballard.
With the guitarist Marc Sens they created Requiem (2010) using text by the rapper Casey.
In 2012 they joined the author collective Les Habits Noirs (Caryl Férey, Jean-Bernard Pouy) to create Dégradés.
In 2012/13, they participated in the European programme Modul Dance/EDN (European Dancehouse Network) with Spekies, a piece for a dancer and a guitarist, based on a text by Caryl Férey.
That same year, they performed a reprise of Mauvais Genre, a piece by Alain Buffard.
They have been 'associate artists' at the Théâtre de Nîmes for the 2015 and 2016 seasons, during which they created B&B, a piece for a younger audience, Pixies 9ch, a performance/sound installation by Valérie Leroux, and finally Opium in collaboration with the journalist Julien Cernobori.
Luydlin, Romuald
Romuald Luydlin learns Butoh with Sumako Koseki and Noh Theater with Master Kano.
Magali Milian was trained at the Conservatoire d'Avignon and the CNDC of Angers.
Together, they practice aikido and experiment different approaches to the body.
They founded the company La Zampa where they are both choreographers and performers. Since 2000, they address different formats (small forms, group pieces, short films, performances).
In 2005, the carte blanche Dans le Collimateur, commissioned by DSN-Dieppe Scène Nationale, allowed them to deepen their relationship with music. From this experience is born a collaboration with the GMEA / Albi, National Center of Musical Creation. Their pieces, LA TOMBE DU PLONGEUR (The Diver's Tomb), (call me) SAND, DREAM ON, are presented on stages dedicated to contemporary music. They then crossed the world of the collective Red Sniper (Patrick Codenys, musician and Kendell Gers, visual artist), and the director and videographer Bruno Geslin for whom they will interpret Crash(s)! Variation, free adaptation of J. G. Ballard's novel. With the guitarist Marc Sens, they create REQUIEM (2010) based on texts of the rapper Casey, performed in France and in international places — Performance Mix Festival Joyce Soho et Center of Performance Research "Chez Bushwick" / New York, Studio 303 / Montréal, Festival Fabbrica Europa per le Arti Contemporanee / Florence, Teatro Metastasio / Naples.... In 2012, they joined the collective of authors Habits Noirs (Caryl Férey, Jean-Bernard Pouy) for the creation Dégradés.
In 2012/13, they participate in the European program Modul Dance / EDN (European Dancehouse Network) with SPEKIES, piece for a dancer and a guitarist, based on a text by Caryl Férey. That same year, they perform in the reprise of Mauvais Genre (Alain Buffard).
They are "Associate Artists" at the Théâtre de Nîmes for the 2014/15 and 2015/16 seasons, during which three projects will emerge, B & B, creation for young audiences, PIXIES 9CH, sound installation / performance by Valérie Leroux, and finally OPIUM in March 2016. In 2017, they design BLUE, which device allows to venture into more unusual terrain. Their last piece FAR WEST is born at the Montpellier Danse 2018 festival.
From 2019 to 2021, they devote themselves to a reflection on the "interregnum", allowing them to apprehend two particular motifs : the motif of the night summoned in DEVENIR HIBOU (a play addressed to a young audience) and that of consent to the night which takes the form of an incessant breath in LA BELLE HUMEUR.
In 2022/2023, they are Associate Artists at the Théâtre Molière de Sète, scène nationale archipel de Thau.
Alongside Marie Reverdy - playwright, and Laurie Bellanca - artistic collaborator, they have since opened a space for creation and collaboration with Elise Peroi - textile artist, and Hervé Mazurel - historian of affects and the imaginary, as part of the Empire project.
Source : La Zampa
More information : https://www.lazampa.net/bio-eng
Centre national de la danse, Réalisation
Since 2001, the National Center for Dance (CND) has been making recordings of its shows and educational programming and has created resources from these filmed performances (interviews, danced conferences, meetings with artists, demonstrations, major lessons, symposia specialized, thematic arrangements, etc.).
Spekies
Choreography : Magali Milian et Romuald Luydlin
Interpretation : Magali Milian ou Romuald Luydlin, Marc Sens
Text : Caryl Férey
Live music : Marc Sens
Duration : 49 minutes
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