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L’Apocalypse joyeuse [transmission 2023]

Year of production
2023
Year of creation
1991

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. 

Choreography
Year of production
2023
Year of creation
1991
Original score
Francine Ferrer
Performance
Extrait remonté par le Groupe de l’O, coordinatrice Perrine Bal, dans le cadre de Danse en amateur et répertoire (2022/2023). Transmission par Christian Bourigault.
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