Claudine Simon 
Pianist 
Claudine Simon is a pianist and artist who creates sound works focused on experimenting with the craftsmanship and capabilities of her instrument. A versatile musician, she has a particular interest in works that blur the boundaries between music, dance, and visual art. She trained at the CNSMD in Paris under Jean-François Heisser and Pierre-Laurent Aimard. In 2021, she premiered *Pianomachine*, a choreographed solo piece that reimagines the musician-instrument relationship using a piano hybridized with machines. In 2023, she premiered*Musica Anatomia*, a sound and visual piece at the festival that deconstructs a piano and a romantic recital scene. She has received writing grants from the Beaumarchais-SACD Foundation and commissions from the GMEM and Césaré (CNCM—Reims), and is a laureate of the “Mondes Nouveaux” call for proposals from the Ministry of Culture. Her works have been performed at the Bouffes du Nord, in the Scènes Nationales, at opera houses (Lyon, Reims, Dijon), at the Musica Festival (Strasbourg), and at the CNCMs. 

AnneSophie Bérard 
Set Designer 
As a curator, author, and set designer, AnneSophie supports artistic projects in their conceptualization and storytelling: curating exhibitions, staging concerts, designing sets for performances, assisting with writing, creating participatory installations… Convinced of art’s ability to enchant reality, she explores languages imbued with dreamlike qualities and poetry, while ensuring her work retains a sense of modesty and accessibility. She collaborates with a variety of organizations and institutions, including the MAIF Social Club, the Good Planet Foundation, the Compagnie Lest au bois, the production company 3Ctour, the Gaîté lyrique, the Tôt ou Tard label, and the Scène Nationale La Garance, where she serves as associate curator for the 2025–2026 season. 

Maeva Prigent 
Designer, visual artist 
From sculpture to photography, through sound and publishing, mediums are treated as equals and viewed as a source of wonder, displacement, and encounters. After a year in a preparatory program in the humanities, she enrolled at the Duperré School, where she earned a Master’s degree in artisanal ceramics (2014) and then a DSAA (2016). 
After completing her studies in applied arts, and alongside her artistic practice, she resumed her university studies in aesthetics while training in metalwork. Depending on the opportunity, she engages in collaborative projects. She has participated in various group exhibitions and created several solo installations, notably during the 4th edition of the Toulon Interior Design Parade (2019). 

Antoine Travert 
Lighting Designer 
Trained at La Brèche, the National Center for Circus Arts in Cherbourg, Antoine Travert is passionate about new technologies, blending traditional lighting with automated projectors in his designs. In 2010, he met Thomas Jolly and the Piccola Familia while touring Ravenhill’s *Piscine (pas d’eau)*. In 2012, he joined the tour of Et vous tu m’aimes by thegroup Brigitte as a lighting assistant. He designed the lighting for the Shakespearean epic Henry VI, directedby Thomas Jolly at the 2014 Avignon Festival. From 2015 to the present, he has continued his collaboration with Thomas Jolly: *Richard III* at theTNB – Théâtre national de Bretagne in 2015, Kaiser’s *The Raft of the Medusa* at the 2016 Avignon Festival, Offenbach’s *Fantasio* at the Opéra Comique in 2017, Seneca’s Thyesteat the 2018 Avignon Festival, Un jardin de silence, a musical by Raphaële Lannadère and Thomas Jolly, Dusapin’s Macbeth Underworld at La Monnaie in Brussels in 2019, and Schwartz’s Le Dragon at the Quai Centre dramatique national d’Angers in 2022. Since 2020, Antoine Travert has also been working with other artists. He designed the lighting for the show Métamorphoses 2.0 by Gianni Forte, directed by Mikaël Bernard / Compagnie À corps rompus, and lit three productions at the Quai National Drama Center in Angers (M, a staged concert by Clément Mirguet,Échappées, directed by Charline Porrone, and IAN, a concert-performance directed by Flora Diguet) and has collaborated with Raphaële Lannadère on the concerts Paysages (2021) and Cheminement (2022).