La Zouze

A cross-disciplinary career

For 20 years, LA ZOUZE – Christophe Haleb Cie has been upholding its  choreographic writing process and artistic creativity within the  contemporary dance field. Based in MARSEILLES and on research work  covering other artforms, this process is open to interdisciplinarity and  team dynamics.
 

LA ZOUZE is a sensitive production area, a set  of artistic practices which question the notions of “movement” and  “language” in all their meanings, thus dealing with different kinds of  issues, such as space, body and mind as well as artistic interventions,  in relation to different persons and audiences. An approach which puts  the issues at stake into contact with reality, emotions, love, etc.
 

 LA ZOUZE’s aesthetic, theoretical or political approach of dance  concretely activates an experimentation field, where each artist can  become involved in a singular way and play with one another. Thus arise  the issues of space installation, presence of and in space, well-being,  work, destiny, time appropriation, relation to oneself and others,  communication… This approach strives to build a singular and  collective imaginary world, inscribed in reality and the combination of  elements deriving from of our urban, popular, choreographic, erotic,  physical and philosophical culture, as a way of transcending one’s  social condition.
 

Several connecting styles and levels,  formats, genres and representations can be brought into play. A  roundtrip between the stage and “off site”, which is part of the ongoing  reflection and artistic activity of LA ZOUZE.
…This is the first  year for the funding agreement with the Ministère de la Culture et de la  Communication – DRAC Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur. La Zouze – Christophe  Haleb Cie is also subsidized by the Conseil Régional Provence-Alpes-Côte  d’Azur, the Conseil Général des Bouches-du-Rhône and the city of  MARSEILLES.