François Chaignaud
Думи мої – Dumy Moyi
© Odile Bernard Schröder ©
© Odile Bernard Schröder ©
Думи мої – Dumy Moyi
Conception and Performance, François Chaignaud
Costumes, Romain Brau
Technical Manager, Anthony Merlaud
Musical Advisor, Jérôme Marin
Adaptations, Song Conductor, Antoine Bernollin
Sound Mix, Jean-Michel Olivares
Production Vlovajob Pru // Coproduction Festival Montpellier Danse 2013 ; Centre de Développement Chorégraphique Toulouse / Midi-Pyrénées ; Gessnerallee Zürich ; deSingel Internationale Kunstcampus (Anvers) ; La Ménagerie de Verre (Paris) ; Festival d’Automne à Paris // With the support of Café A // Vlovajob Pru is funded by the DRAC Poitou-Charentes and is supported by the Institut Français for his projects abroad. www.vlovajobpru.com // François Chaignaud is associated artist at la Ménagerie de Verre (Paris). // With the support of Adami // Premiered the 3of July 2013 at Festival Montpellier Danse
Since the mid-2000s, François Chaignaud – who has worked with Alain Buffard, Boris Charmatz and Emmanuelle Huynh – has been creating highly original and intriguing pieces
often in collaboration with Cecilia Bengolea. Adorned with a formidable headdress designed by Romain Brau, he guides us through a set of hypnotic metamorphoses in a small
theater evoking the private atmosphere of a cabinet of curiosities.
See also
François Chaignaud, Geoffroy Jourdain In absentia
Following on from t u m u l u s, François Chaignaud and Geoffroy Jourdain continue their exploration of Renaissance funeral chants, putting the audience at the very heart of the experience. This proximity means that the slightest breath, drop of sweat, or movement become sensory matter in which the celestial and the earthly intertwine.
François Chaignaud Petites joueuses
The Festival d'Automne continues, for the third year in a row, its partnership with the Louvre Museum. Together, they have been building up a collection of new contemporary performances dedicated to the museum and its works. On the occasion of the 'Figures du Fou. Du Moyen-Âge à la Renaissance' exhibition, which explores the subversive value of the foolish or the nonsensical in medieval society, the dancer and choreographer François Chaignaud brings us Petites joueuses. In this piece, an immersive and uninterrupted journey through the medieval Louvre, mutant and resonant creatures take over its fortifications, giving rise to a somewhat disturbing carnival.