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A question to Thierry Smits, choreographer of Cie Thor, about filming "Toumaï"

Une question à Thierry Smits, chorégraphe de la Cie Thor, à propos du tournage de "Toumaï"

The Odor of Elephants after the Rain

ARA! ARA!

BIPOD 2022

Moi Je

Maqamat Beit El Raqs

Mercat de les Flors

Relais Culture Europe

CND - Centre National de la Danse

Citerne Beirut

CCN2 - Centre Chorégraphique National de Grenoble

Maison de la Culture d'Amiens

Sareyyet Ramallah

Roberto Cimetta Fund

Cinedans Fest

Dan.Cin.Lab

euro-scene

Prefet de la Region Auvergne Rhone-Alpes

Ville de Lyon

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Arab Fund for Arts and Culture

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Simon Dove

Paris

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Pascal Brunet

Beirut

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Danseuse et Chorégraphe

Khouloud Yassine

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Bintou Dembélé

Kigali

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Hope Azeda

Lyon

Julia Moncla

Kyiv

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Citerne.live is an online interdisciplinary digital space designed to serve as an artistic ‘safe hub’, and to propose a live streaming program of cultural events. It aims to provide a ‘cultural framework’ for creative thought online and to build a wider coalition of artists, cultural organizations, and festivals. ‘A voice for culture’, reflecting its innovative values as well as values of cooperation, commonality, equality, solidarity, and transnational approach.


#LocalCities, GlobalBodies

Jedeya. A bubble of memories of the ancestral gestures that shaped the life of a Tunisian grandmother and which have been passed down from one generation to the next.
Sofian Jouini explores the memory of bodies through the prism of his grandmother. He explores the gestures of everyday life and those of working the land up to the kneading of bread. In 2020, immersed in a nursing home, with the elderly, he collected their testimonies around the daily gestures that had filled their past lives. Between Tunisia and Brittany, these life stories have nourished the creation of Jedeya. Sofian invites us to sit around a bread oven to revisit the gestures that punctuate existence.

Jedeya. Une bulle de souvenirs des gestes ancestraux qui ont façonné la vie d’une grand-mère tunisienne et qui se sont transmis d’une génération à l’autre.
Sofian Jouini explore la mémoire des corps à travers le prisme de sa grand-mère. Il explore les gestes du quotidien et ceux du travail de la terre jusqu’au pétrissage du pain. En 2020, en immersion dans un Ephad, auprès des personnes âgées, il a recueilli leurs témoignages autour des gestes du quotidien qui avaient rempli leurs vies passées. Entre la Tunisie et la Bretagne, ces récits de vie ont nourri la création de Jedeya. Sofian nous invite à nous installer autour d’un four à pain pour revisiter les gestes qui rythment l’existence.

Sofian Jouini

Belfort

VIADANSE

Jedeya

In 2019, Omar Rajeh, the choreographer, begins a series of explorations that will lead him to unprecedented questions: The forced dismantling of Citerne Beirut, a performing arts space of which he is the founder, the political and economic collapse of Lebanon and the civil unrest after October 17th, followed by the global Covid-19 crisis, and finally the tragic explosion at the port in August 2020, which destroyed half of the city of Beirut, killing and injuring thousands of people.

What voice do we insist on having after being silenced? What body do we walk around with when we are drowned in pain? What do we do with our memories when they deceive us and fail to resemble reality? What hopes do we carry when we are far from our struggles and dreams?

It is in a context of political, economic and health crisis that ‘The Odor of Elephants After the Rain’ was created. It was shot in Beirut in 2021 shortly after the August 4th explosion. It testifies of the experience of deep-rooted pain, loss, and disillusion. Dear places reduced to ashes, disfigured memories, trampled dreams, and dashed hopes


En 2019, commence pour le chorégraphe Omar Rajeh une série d'explorations qui vont le mener vers des questionnements sans précédents: Le démantèlement forcé du théâtre Citerne Beyrouth dont il est le fondateur, l'effondrement politique et économique du Liban et le soulèvement civil du 17 octobre, suivi de la crise mondiale du Covid-19, et enfin de la tragique explosion du port en août 2020 ; qui a détruit la moitié de la ville de Beyrouth, tuant et blessant des milliers de personnes.

Quelle voix porte-t-on après avoir été réduits au silence? Quel corps déambule-ton quand on a mal? Que fait-on de nos souvenirs quand ils nous déçoivent et ne ressemblent plus à la réalité? Quels espoirs porte-t-on quand on est loin de ses combats et de ses rêves?

C’est sur un fond de désastre politique, économique et sanitaire que The Odor of Elephants after the Rain prend forme. Ce solo dansé qui offre aussi un film tourné à Beyrouth en 2021 peu après l’explosion du 4 Aout, témoigne à la fois  de l’expérience de la douleur enfouie au fond de soi et celle de la perte et de la désillusion. Des lieux chers réduits en cendre, des souvenirs défigurés, des rêves piétinés et des espoirs bafoués.


Omar Rajeh

Maqamat

How culture can formulate a discourse for political change while protecting itself from shifting into political propaganda. We look into cultural presence that is immersing itself in active and engaged actions, and shaping a logic of thinking with broader perspectives and possibilities of change. 

Jean Kassir

Nizar Ghanem

#Cultural_disobedience & Political Change

Since 2005, Hors-Lits provides artistic performance opportunities in local residents’ homes. Created by Léonardo Montecchia in Montpellier, this concept of site-specific creation and encounters between artists, inhabitants and audiences has spread to more than 50 cities around the world. Montecchia entrusted local artists and cultural operators to design and implement their own local versions of the Hors-Lits programme. For this first edition in Belfort, entitled 'Hors-Lits Belfort-Tunis #1', VIADANSE gives carte blanche to Tunisian artist Selim Ben Safia, choreographer and founder of Al Badil. Ben Safia designed a journey across the city in which artists from France, Tunisia, Morocco and Madagascar will present short performances in four different locations.

Depuis 2005, le dispositif Hors-Lits propose des parcours de performances artistiques chez l’habitant. Créé par Léonardo Montecchia à Montpellier, ce concept de création et de rencontre entre artistes, habitants et spectateurs a essaimé dans plus de 50 villes à travers le monde. Montecchia a confié la conception et la mise en oeuvre des déclinaisons aux artistes.
Pour cette première édition à Belfort, intitulée Hors-Lits Belfort-Tunis #1, VIADANSE donne carte blanche à l’artiste tunisien Selim Ben Safia, chorégraphe et fondateur de Al Badil.  Il proposera un parcours chorégraphique en quatre étapes, avec la complicité d’artistes de France, de Tunisie, du Maroc et de Madagascar. 

Mohamed Chniti

Meriem Bouajaja

Chourouk El Mahati

Mohamed Lamqayssi

Angela Vanoni

Zoé Johnson

AL BADIL

Les Hors-Lits Belfort-Tunis #1

What are the links between the body consciousness and the cosmos? Or first of all, what is the body, the consciousness, the cosmos?… During this afternoon it will be a question of investigating by practice and by theory, what these terms invite to explore and question at through the prism of three different areas: Zen, physics and dance. Starting from her artistic research through dance, Vania Vaneau, dancer and choreographer, invites Christophe Demur, Zen monk and Laurent Chevillard, researcher in physics and mathematics to share their practices and points of view on these themes. 

Quels sont les liens entre le corps la conscience et le cosmos ? Ou d’abord, qu’est-ce que le corps, la conscience, le cosmos ?…Durant cet aprèsmidi, il sera question d’investiguer par la pratique et par la théorie, ce que ces termes invitent à explorer et questionner à travers le prisme de trois domaines différents: le zen, la physique et la danse. En partant de sa recherche artistique par la danse, Vania Vaneau, danseuse et chorégraphe, invite Christophe Demur, moine Zen, et Laurent Chevillard, chercheur en physiques et mathématiques, à partager leurs pratiques et points de vues sur ces thématiques

Vania Vaneau

Christophe Demur

Laurent Chevillard

Corps, Conscience et Cosmos

How do artists work in a war zone? How can artists safeguard a culture under threat of annihilation? What does courage and daring mean in the context of a hostile invasion by a military force? The devastating war in Europe happening right now totally changes our notions of risk, care, support and the role of the artist for all of us. This conversation explores the impact of Russia’s war on two key figures in the dance world, and what they imagine will be the future of dance in Ukraine.

Comment les artistes travaillent-ils dans un pays en guerre ? Comment les artistes peuvent-ils sauvegarder une culture menacée d'anéantissement ? Que signifient courage et audace dans le contexte d'une invasion hostile par une force militaire ? La guerre dévastatrice en Europe qui se déroule en ce moment change totalement pour nous tous nos notions de risque, de soins, de soutien et du rôle de l'artiste. Cette conversation explore l'impact de la guerre de Russie avec deux personnalités clés du monde de la danse en Ukraine, et ce qu'elles imaginent être l'avenir de la danse dans ce pays.

Cartes sur Table - a future for dance in Ukraine?

Maqamat organizes in partnership with the CND and the Relais Culture Europe, on May 6 and 7 in Lyon, meetings in several forms which invite dancers, choreographers, performing arts professionals, organizers and local, regional and international intellectuals to meet for exchanges, debates, practices, experiences, presentations and conversations focused on attention, solidarity and support for artists. 

It is a moment of exchange with the objective of rethinking our approach to culture and questioning its dynamics with which we operate. The opportunity to highlight our fears and open a discussion about certain artistic, social and cultural concerns. How artists today can decide their own path and how to imagine policies that can address these concerns.

Apart from meetings and conversations with certain artists and intellectuals around the idea of disobedience, namely "disobey why", disobey to do what" and "how to disobey", the two days will also revolve around two other axes. The first is to have courage and dare. Take risks to preserve the richness of what serves art and artists, maintain originality, creative freshness and share these values. The second is to be attentive to the needs, the limits and the affinities of our time. Discuss issues related to both physical and mental health in different geopolitical contexts, particularly in the field of artistic creation in connection with solidarity, care and innovation.

Maqamat organise en partenariat avec le CND et le Relais Culture Europe, les 6 et 7 mai à Lyon, des rencontres sous plusieurs formes qui invitent danseurs, chorégraphes, professionnels du spectacle vivant, animateurs et intellectuels locaux, régionaux et internationaux à se retrouver pour des échanges, débats, pratiques, expériences, présentations et conversations axées sur l'attention, la solidarité et le soutien aux artistes. C'est un moment d'échange avec l'objectif de repenser notre approche de la culture et de questionner sa dynamique avec laquelle nous opérons. L'occasion de mettre en lumière nos peurs et d'ouvrir une discussion sur certaines préoccupations artistiques, sociales et culturelles. Comment est-ce que les artistes d'aujourd'hui peuvent décider de leur propre chemin et comment imaginer des politiques qui peuvent répondre à ces préoccupations. Outre des rencontres et conversations avec certains artistes et intellectuels autour de l'idée de désobéissance, à savoir « désobéir pourquoi », désobéir pour faire quoi » et « comment désobéir », les deux journées s'articuleront également autour de deux autres axes: D’abord le courage, prendre des risques pour préserver la richesse de ce qui sert l'art et les artistes, maintenir l'originalité, l'innovation créative et partager ces valeurs. Puis d'être attentif aux besoins, aux limites et aux affinités de notre temps. la santé tant physique que mentale dans différents contextes géopolitiques, notamment dans le domaine de la création artistique en lien avec la solidarité, le soin et l’innovation.

Rana Khoury

Rwanda

Caring, Daring, Sharing

A conversation at How much artists are protected and have the ability to decide their own paths. What do they need and how would they perceive the dynamics of programming nowadays. Our guests will individually share a concern and immerse in conversation. We look forward to hear their thoughts. 

Combien les artistes sont protégés et ont la capacité de décider de leur propre chemin ? De quoi ont-ils besoin et comment percevraient-ils la dynamique de la programmation de nos jours ? Nos invités partageront individuellement une préoccupation et s'immergeront dans la conversation. Nous avons hâte d'entendre leurs pensées.

Mia Habis

Concerns OutLoud 