100 % polyester (objet dansant à définir n°…)

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100 % polyester (objet dansant à définir n°…)
christian rizzo / caty olive
(1999)
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100 % polyester (objet dansant à définir n°…)
christian rizzo / caty olive
1999
conception and sound : christian rizzo
light installation : caty olive
This world as we see it is going by. Paul de Tarse
The origin of the project Objet dansant à définir n°.... comes from the desire to be able to present a
dance from which the body-material is missing. I wanted to make visible the "dancing" idea that a
contemplation/hypnosis time would lead to an imaginary reasoning and/or a reflection on absence.also
the desire to bring together my principal activities (movement, costume, sound) into one project.
The image of the wind in the curtains during the siesta, the idea of everyone's fantasies, Paul Virilio's
"Esthétique de la disparition", (maybe some mobiles from my childhood) have been with me and still
are with me today on this play.
Objet dansant à définir n°... is a project relying on the fragility and the simplicity of the proposition.
Then, it seems important to me to recontexctualise "object" every other performance. Thus,
'hanging/time/progress/material" are modified according to the architectural place.
special thanks to Mannux, Pascale Paoli, Catarina Campino, Emmanuelle Huynh, Joao Fiadero/lab7
and the staff of the "Ménagerie de verre".
lʼassociation fragile received the support of DRAC Nord Pas de Calais, Ministère de la Culture
et de la Communication and from Culturesfrance for its overseas tours.
Since 2007, lʼassociation fragile / Christian Rizzo has been in residence at the Opéra de Lille.
press clips
Siamese dresses tied together by the arms are suspended above a path marked out with fans. While
the electronic music rises, the air carries along the pair of net dresses. Thrilling duo indeed, this 12
minutes dance of air and material. Perfect length for a 100% polyester hypnosis signed by Christian
Rizzo. He entitled his work Objet dansant à définir n°4. Performer for Mark Tompkins, this
choreographer-costume designer is a perfectly "unaccustomed" artist as Marie-Thérèse Allier, who is
director of the Festival Les Innacoutumés of the Ménagerie de Verre, likes them.
Rosita Boisseau, Le Monde June 1999
Christian Rizzo is a dabbler with multiple resources, a polyvalent artist, non exclusive, who refuses
any specialisation: rocker during a while, fashion designer, contemporary art lover, dancer, actor,
composer, choreographer. A man of frivolity and thought, a man of daily life and artistic creation all
together. ³I am a simple man. I don¹t like complications. Time is music² : these sentences mixed by DJ
Food punctuate 100% polyester, like personal winks. A line hangs between the back and the
proscenium where two dresses hang from a moving metallic structure, their long sleeves sewn
together. Two raw dresses, see-through, inlaid with interlaced artificial hair which recalls vegetal
fibres. Fans start one after the other while the mobile goes slowly along the line. The dresses begin to
have a floating movement, almost imperceptible, then move lightly, until they lift up and turn round on
themselves. Between light and shadow -subtly organised by Cathy Olive elegance, delicacy, a device
with an hypnotic effect.
Carole Bodin, Mouvement April / June 2000
biography of caty olive
Caty Olive received her degree in stage design from the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts
Décoratifs in Paris.
She divides her activities as a lighting designer among several types of projects:
- Dance: working with Marco Berrettini, Christophe Haleb, Martine Pisani, Myriam Gourfink,
Emmanuelle Huynh, Claudia Triozzi and Christian Rizzo in France; and Vera Mantero and Tiago
Guedes, in Portugal.
- Architecture and exhibitions: Cartier International, Parc de la Villette, the Château de Versailles,
Espace Electra, The Museum of the Cinema, Midi Minuit, The Museum of Fashion
- Fashion: Cartier, de Beers, Rayon Vert/Hermès.
She has also done research on light installations: Portrait de Frans Poelstra, Structure multifonctions,
Cabinet des méduses, une exposition des caustiques.
In all these diverse projects, Olive shows a particular interest in questions arising from the
displacement and instability of light.
schedule
past performances
2009
N°50 : 17-29 novembre
n°49 : 12-14 novembre
n°48 : august 21 - 22
n°47 : june 17 - july 11
n°46 : may 17 - 18
n°45 : april 25
n°44 : february 21
Ecole Supérieure des Industries du Textile et de lʼHabillement
Casablanca - Maroc
Ménagerie de Verre, dans le cadre du Festival les
Inaccoutumés – Paris - France
Art Festival of Pannonhalma – Hungary
Festival de Marseille – Marseille – France
Abbaye de Graville on the occasion of the festival « les
météores » – Le Havre – France
forshadowing of the Musée de la Danse – Rennes – France
Tanzquartier – Vienna – Austria
2008
n°43 : november 18 - 26
n°42 : september 21 - 28
Le Théâtre, scène nationale de Poitiers – Poitiers – France
Center for Performance Research CPR / festival Crossing the
Line – New-York City – United States
2007
n°41 : september 29
to october 13
n°40 : may 9 - 19
n°39 : may 2 - 5
N°38 : february 2
Opéra de Lille / carte blanche à Christian Rizzo
« Opéra(tion) - remix » – Lille – France
LIG art Hall / The Springwave festival – Séoul – Coree
Centre national de la Danse – Pantin – France
Le Théâtre des Quatre Saisons – Gradignan – France
2006
n°37 : april 8
La Passerelle, scène nationale – Saint Brieuc – France
2005
n°36 : october 15 & 16
Lilian baylis Theatre / Festival dance Umbrella – London –
United Kingdom
2004
n°35 : november 20
n°34 : october 9 & 10
n°33 : june 1 - 3
n°32 : may 29
n°31 : may 10
n°30 : april 16 & 17
n°29 : march 19
n°28 : february 2 – 6
CCN du Havre Haute-Normandie / semaines européennes de
lʼimage « apparemment léger » - Le Havre - France
e
Kanagawa Arts Foundation / 11 International Arts Festival –
Yokohama – Japan
Auditorium Parco della Musica / Festival La Francia si muove
– Rome – Italy
Superstudio Più / festival La Francia si muove – Milan – Italy
Teatro Juvarra / Teatro Regio Torino / festival La Francia si
Muove – Turin – Italy
LʼEspace, Centre Culturel Français de Hanoï – Hanoï –
Vietnam
Théâtre de Lübeck / Centre Culturel Français de Kiel – Lübeck
– Germany
Institute for Choreography and Dance – Cork – Ireland
2003
n°27 : november 29
Hebbel / Theater Berlin Gesellschaft – Berlin – Germany
n°26 : september 23 - 26
n°25 : july 12 & 13
n°24 : march 14 – 27
Opéra de Lyon – Lyon – France
Festival Rayons Frais – Tours – France
Espace des Arts – Chalon sur Saône – France
2002
n° 23 : october 5
n° 22 : july 6
n° 21 : may 25 & 26
n°20 : may 17 & 18
n°19 : march 19 – 20
Musée Galliera / Nuit Blanche – Paris – France
Centro de Cultura Contemporanea de BCN / IN MOTION
festival – Barcelona – Spain
Festival rencontres chorégraphiques internationales de SeineSaint-Denis – Bobigny – France
Superstudio Più / festival Short Formats – Milan – Italy
La Filature – Mulhouse – France
2001
n°18 : october 23
n°17 : july 14
n°16 : may 15
n°15 : may 13
n°14 : january 31 & february 3
Sandfield Centre / the Now Festival – Nottingham – United
Kingdom
Sub-Palco / auditorium du teatro de Campo Alegre – Porto –
Portugal
Pôle Sud / festival nouvelles Strasbourg Danse – Strasbourg –
France
DSN, Dieppe, scène nationale / festival Visu – Dieppe –
France
Le Lieu Unique – Nantes – France
2000
n°13 : december 1
n°12 : september 30 & october 1
n°11 : september 26, 27 & 28
n°10 : july 8
n°9 : june 22 & 23
n°8 : june 17
n°7 : may 13
Le Forum, centre culturel et scène conventionnée – Le BlancMesnil – France
Le Manège, scène nationale Reims – France
Sala Cuarta Pared / Desviaciones – Madrid – Spain
Centre dʼArt Contemporain Le Consortium - LʼUsine /
Exposition : I Love Dijon – Dijon – France
CCN de Montpellier, Les Ursulines – Montpellier – France
le studio aux docks / Le Printemps de Cahors – Cahors –
France
Onyx / festival « Le club des cinq » – Saint Herblain – France
1999
n°6 :
n°5 :
n°4 et 4bis :
n°3 :
n°2 :
n°1 :
n°0 :
Le Quartz, scène nationale de Brest / Festival Danse(s) au
Quartz – Brest – France
Biennale dʼart contemporain de Maia – Maia – Portugal
La Ménagerie de Verre / Les Inaccoutumés 8 et 9 – Paris –
France
Festival descent-danse n°5 – Tours – France
Lab/7-espacio ginjal-portugal – Porto – Portugal
Alcântara màr-club – Lisbon – Portugal
LAB, centre culturel – Lisbon – Portugal
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Contact
lʼassociation fragile / christian rizzo
9, rue de la pierre levée
75 011 Paris
tel : +33 (0)1 48 00 83 59
[email protected]
www.lassociationfragile.com
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