maria clara villa lobos

MASSACRE
Maria Clara
Villa Lobos
CREATION 2014
COPYRIGHT PHOTO GRA P HY : S ILVA NO MAGNO N E & ZEN O G RATON
COMPANY PRESENTATION
XL PRODUCTION
MC VILLA LOBOS
in renowned theaters and
What characterizes the
mass culture in general. The
accessible and original aspects
XL production was founded in 2000 in Brussels by Brazilian dancer/
because size does matter” which inspired the name of the structure.
by professionals and audiences
XL production stands for an extra large conception of what dance can
of representation. Composed by a crew of international freelance
new ways of communicating with
XL PRODUCTION’S
hISTORy IN kEy DATES:
2005
2006
2007 - 2008
2000
2009 - 2010
2011
and 2006.
2001 - 2002
2002
2012 - 2013
2014
the press and audience.
2003
2004
2014 - 2015
THE SHOW
MAS-SACRE
piece of the dance repertory.
du Printemps” by outraged spectators
gardistic choreography as well as by the
machines used in the meat factories.
curtains all around stage plunges the
spectator into the cold atmosphere of a
slaughter of the thousands of animals
and the relation between animal meat and
is confronted to the anatomical similarities
fertility.
reminding us of the fragile and mortal nature of
other consumption good that we buy ?
the symbol of our own contradiction : who and
CREDITS
Conception / direction / choreography : Maria Clara Villa Lobos
Performers : Coral Ortega, Barthélémy Valmont, Clément Thirion, Alberto Velasco
Music : Igor Stravinsky, Brigitte Bardot
Soundscapes : Gaetan Bulourde
Michel Debrulle
Video : Lucas Racasse
Light design : Jean-François Dubois
Set design and costumes : Frédérique de Montblanc
50 mins
PRODUCTION
XL Production, in co-production with Théâtre Les Tanneurs
PRESS EXTRACTS
~ JeAn LuC PORqueT, Le CAnARD enChAîné ~
~ CATheRIne MAkeReeL , Le SOIR ~
face with our responsibility as blinded consumers...
~ MARIe BAuDeT, LA LIBRe BeLGIque ~
~ DeLPhIne MICheLAnGeLI, ZIBeLIne ~
BASIC TEChNICAL
ELEMENTS
CREW ON TOUR :
SET AND OTHERS :
The set is composed by plastic curtains
which form a rectangle all around stage
STAGE DIMENSIONS :
SET UP TIME / SET DOWN :
2 techniciens
CONTACT
TeChnICAL DIReCTOR
height : 6 m
full set up day is preferable if rehearsals
before the show are necessary
Jean-François Dubois
[email protected]
THE CHOREOGRAPHER
MARIA CLARA
VILLA LOBOS
(MCVL)
and Tino Seghal amongst others while creating
Production” and she has since then been mainly
ballet and modern dance at the « Staatliche
short choreographies in that frame.
teaches regularly dance and yoga to children at
XL PRODUCTION ON TOUR
2014-2015
MAS-SACRE
TêTES à TêTES
Premiere
Cultura nova (holland) :
Festival Pays de danses in
Belgium.
Théâtre de Vénissieux :
Théâtre Les Tanneurs /
Brussels :
espace Albert Camus :
Les hivernales / Théâtre des
Doms / Avignon :
Grand Angle, scène Rhône-
D ES I GN BY :
SO ME D ES IGN ER .B E
CONTACT
XL Production
[email protected]