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L’Apocalypse joyeuse [transmission 2023]
A choreographic extract remodelled by the Groupe de l’O, coordinator Perrine Bal, as part of the “Danse en amateur et repertoire” programme 2022/2023 (a programme created to assist and promote amateur dancing).
Transmission by Christian Bourigault.
Presented on 3 June 2023, Le Triangle, Cité de la danse, in Rennes.
The piece when it was created
L’Apocalypse joyeuse
Firstly produced 17 December 1991 at the Théâtre de la Bastille in Paris
Choreography: Christian Bourigault
Work for five performers: Line Castellani, Christine Gaspéroni, Yano Iatrides, Xavier Le Roy, Christian Bourigault
Music: Francine Ferrer
Original duration: 55 min
The group
Created in 2015 in Laroque, this troupe is made up of seven dancers from various different backgrounds, all wishing to pursue their contemporary dance practice through classes and workshops open to all amateur dancers. The troupe regularly invites local choreographers, such as Anne Lopez and Bruno Danjoux, to teach workshops. They also perform at various events, including the wool festival in Alès and Les Romanesques in Saint-Roman-de-Codière. They have two different rehearsal spaces, including the Théâtre de l’Albarède, in Ganges.
The project
Keen to experience the close working relationship between dancer and choreographer, the troupe invited creator and performer, Christian Bourigault, to teach them his own work: L’Apocalypse joyeuse (1991). Working closely with the choreographer helped the group draw out the work’s precise meaning and bring its full impact to the stage, with all its chaotic echoes of the past and resonance with the present. Originally for five dancers, it has been adapted for seven, all of whom affirm the vital importance of the art of dance, particularly in times of social and political upheaval.