La Mandoline, l’œillet et le bambou [transmission 2017]

Extrait remonté par le groupe chorégraphique de l’Autre Nous (Privas) responsable artistique Émilie Blache, dans le cadre de Danse en amateur et répertoire (2016)

An extract remodelled by the L’Autre Nous choreographic group (Privas) artistic manager Émilie Blache, as part of the “Danse en amateur et répertoire” programme (2016) (a programme created to assist and promote amateur dancing).

The group
With ages ranging between 11 and 16, the nine female dancers of the L’Autre Nous choreographic group, created in 2009 by Émilie Blache in Privas (Ardèche), attend, alongside classical and jazz technique classes, improvisation, research and composition workshops. They claim a cross-cultural style and enjoy confronting the tension generated by creation. They participated in the “Danse en amateur et repertoire” programme in 2014 as part of a collaboration with the choreographer Josette Baïz. 

The project
Tackling the piece La Mandoline, l’œillet et le bambou, choreographed in 1999 by Dominique Rebaud, corresponds to the group’s mixed choreographic approach. Somewhere in between Roaring Twenties inspiration, jazz and hip-hop, the writing of the show, originally intended for men, has been adapted to the group of female participants by its enhancement of femininity. The choreographer’s open-mindedness, the generosity with which she combines styles and universes while respecting every individual, is in complete harmony with the company’s philosophy.  

The choreographer
Present on the choreographic scene since the early 1980s, Dominique Rebaud was one of the members of the famous group, Lolita, before creating her own company, Camargo, in 1992. With some twenty shows to her credit, she has extended and invigorated the instruction she received in the early 1980s from the American master, Alwin Nikolais, at the Centre national de danse contemporaine d’Angers. Curious about all dance forms, she regularly collaborates with hip-hop interpreters. In 2014, she inaugurated the Danses ouvertes festival, dedicated to the new forms of representation in participative, immersive and interactive dances. 

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