For this residency the team is gathered for a stage of sound research and musical creation around plants.
État végétal is a hybrid choreographic solo at the crossroads of choreography, bio-art and experimental music. Through the interconnection between the sound of plants and the dancing human body, it aims to reveal the process of symbiosis between living beings, human and non-human.
Resonating with the ecological and societal issues of tomorrow's world, this show aims to build a universe that explodes the old paradigms of apathetic plant life and confronts us with the overflowing force of this living world. État Végétal is an invitation to dream of a new world, one in which living beings are freed from their overweening anthropocentrism, and in which each species, in its singularity, can live in symbiosis; a world in which the fundamental impulse of life is respected and shared.
Coproduction
La Pop - incubateur artistique et citoyen (Paris), Théâtre de Vanves, Conseil départemental de l'Essonne, GMEM - Centre national de création musicale (Marseille), FONDART fonds national chilien, SPEDIDAM
Support
Le GRAME - center national de création musical (Lyon), KLAP maison pour la danse (Marseille), DANSE DENSE, Boom'structur, le Domaine départemental de Chamarande, Centre d'art contemporain La Centrale 22 (Paris), la briqueterie CDCN Val-de-Marne, la chapelle de Brigittines (Bruxelles), la chaufferie DCA, le CND center national de la danse
Yasminee Lepe
Stage artist
Born in Chilean Patagonia, she trained at the National Conservatory of Art in Santiago de Chile.
After creating her first play, "Projet ON". She left Chile permanently to work with the Franco-Chilean company Teatro del Silencio, directed by Mauricio Celedón. In France, she performs for different companies including Retouramont, Beaux Gestes, Karine Saporta, Opéra National de Paris, Maria Jesus Sevari, Cie Liminal (Aurélien Richard) in the solo Enfer and as a guest choreographer for the project Impromptus. In 2018, she co-wrote Cristal Palace Cie Transe Express with Mathieu Neumann and Rémi Alegre.
Today, she continues to tour her creation for the public space Upcycling Me, co-written with actress Julie Jourdes. She also performs in Nina Vallon's play The world was on fire . She works as a dancer and assistant for choreographers Christophe Béranger and Jonathan Pranlas-Decours, participating in Nos désirs font désordre, Out of the blue and the forthcoming Catching Lions need a thuosand dogs. She is currently working on her next creation, ÉTAT VÉGÉTAL, an inter-species choreographic duo.
Maxime Mantovani
Composer
Maxime Mantovani (1984) is a composer and improviser. The development of his musical writing methods is inspired by technology. He is interested in electroacoustic lutherie, and designs instruments that give him precise control over the generation of sound matter. Also an improviser, his interfaces become an instrument for sound encounters between musicians, dancers and visual artists. In May 2022, he will complete an IRCAM art-research residency focusing on real-time control of Artificial Intelligence models.
Musical dramaturgy, pianist, composer and choreographer
Alongside his work as a solo pianist and chamber musician, Aurélien Richard collaborates on choreographic projects by William Forsythe, Jiři Kylián, David Wampach, Cecilia Bengolea and François Chaignaud, Mié Coquempot, Maud Le Pladec, Julia Cima and Jérôme Brabant.
As a composer, he also writes a body of work dedicated primarily to the piano (etudes, piano duets, concertante pieces), but also to voice (melodies and choruses) and orchestra.
Yasminee Lepe
design, choreography and performance
Maxime Mantovani
composer and musician
Daniel Bagnara and Yasminee Lepe
scenic devices and costumes
Olivier Bauer
lighting design
Marta Pasquetti
external view scenography
Aurélien Richard
musical outsider
Jonathan Pranlas-Decours
external view of the set
Agathe Torres, Denis forgeron and yasminee Lepe
production office