Noces / Quatuor
In Noces/Quatuor four dancers move through the choreographic, musical and scenographic legacy of The Wedding by Igor Stravinsky, Bronislava Nijinska and Nathalie Gontcharoff (1923). The dancers compress this material, twist it, transform it to intensify its density and change the way we sense it.
The composer and choreographer Aurélien Richard creats his own parallel writing to confront it with the multiple sources of the piece (Laban scores, orginal recordings, manuscripts and notes, and video materials).
Noces/Quatuor aims at presenting to the public a transformation by translation of the original object, in the form of a musical and choreographic remix, in which we experience the bodies and the sounds. The piece opens up unexpected territories, sometimes playful, sometimes demented, and always unusual.
A brilliantly original work, hallucinatory and mind-blowing, this piece is enhanced by a fantastic cast of performers.
It is a very person reading of Stravinsky’s Les Noces, and the re-intepretation of the danced part by Nijinska is rich, joyous, incandescent. It all comes together in a new, inventive piece, inviting the audience to participate in a rare festival of dance.
Conception/ musical and choreographic direction: Aurélien RICHARD
Performers: Benoist BOUVOT, Christine CARADEC, Marie-Laure CARADEC, Sylvain DUFOUR, Thierry GRAPOTTE, Bruno MOINARD, Edouard PELLERAY, Enora RIVIERE and Yasmine YOUCEF
A piece after Les Noces, choreographed by Bronislava NIJINSKA, to music by Igor STRAVINSKY, set design by Natalia GONTCHAROVA
Assistant to the choreographer and Laban notator: Christine CARADEC
Second assistant: Anne LENGLET
Set design, costumes, props and stage management: Thierry GRAPOTTE
Makeup: Sylvain DUFOUR
Sound and spatial placement: Benoist BOUVOT
Lighting: Bruno MOINARD
Administration, production and touring: Philippe CHAMAUX, Mathieu HILLEREAU, for Les Indépendances
The 18 instrumental and vocal parts of Les Noces were recorded on a MIDI keyboard by Aurélien RICHARD with the help of Benoist BOUVOT.
The original musical pieces were recorded by Vanessa WAGNER and Aurélien RICHARD (2 piano taped piece) and by Aurélien RICHARD (piece for mechanical piano).
Production: Liminal
Co-production: Centre national de la Danse/ le Quartz – Scène nationale de Brest/ CDC Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées/ Le Musée de la Danse dans le cadre de la mission Accueil-Studio. With support from the DRAC Bretagne as part of their Aid to Project programme.
With production support from ARCADI and the participation of the DICRéAM/ CNC.
With support from the Ménagerie de Verre under the auspices of Studiolab.
Our thanks to the Compagnie Lola Gatt/ Gaël Sesboüé, the Compagnie Achles/ David Wampach, the Théâtre de la Bastille, Alain Béhar, Vanessa Wagner, Christelle André, Sabine Seifert, Edwige Phitoussi, Anne-Teresa de Keersmaeker, Olivier Tholliez, Thomas Adam-Garnung and Georges-Elie Octors.
The piece is dedicated to Denise Scharley and Charles Rosen.
