Michèle Anne De Mey Presentation Repertory - Charleroi

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Michèle Anne De Mey
Cold Blood / Kiss & Cry / Memories / Sinfonia Eroica / ...
Presentation
This has been a fantastic year for her. Kiss & Cry , an original stage object summoning up object theatre, music, words and nanochoreographies for
four hands and dealing with the memory of feelings of love, has won unanimous international acclaim. People have emerged from the show
overwhelmed and talking about their own emotional stories. She and Jaco Van Dormael have created it with a group of artists, making it a very
personal experience since feelings of love, this thread running through her work, are in a way sublimated here: the film-maker is none other than her
partner. Powerful music, telling of the affair from its fickle beginnings to the final split, is another constant in her work and woven into her
choreographic universe: Beethoven’s 3rd Symphony in Sinfonia Eroica , the 7th in Neige and the Lamento d’Arianna in her latest piece, a solo she is
creating specially for one of her faithful performers. All in all another declaration of love.
Repertory
Memories (Lost in oblivion)
Cold Blood
Lamento, solo pour Gabriella
Kiss & Cry
Neige
Koma
P.L.U.G.
Sinfonia Eroica
12 Easy Waltzes
Tours
2011
20 > 25.03 - Kiss & Cry - Avant-Première - Festival VIA - Théâtre Le Manège, Mons (BE)
14 > 16.10 - Kiss & Cry - Festival Temps d'Images - Le 104 CENQUATRE, Paris (FR)
22.10 - 12 easy waltzes - Bienal internacional de Dança do Ceara, Sobral (BRA)
23.10 - 12 easy waltzes - Bienal internacional de Dança do Ceara, Sobral (BRA)
09 > 11.11 - Kiss & Cry - Biennale de danse 2011 - Charleroi Danses, Charleroi (BE)
18 > 20.11 - Kiss & Cry - NEXT Festival, Tournai (BE)
16.12 - Neige - Le Granit, Belfort (FR)
2012
16 > 18.01 - Kiss & Cry - Festival Internacional de Teatro Santiago a Mil, Santiago (CHL)
25.01 - Neige - Opéra de Limoges, Limoges (FR)
28.01 - Kiss & Cry - Festival Bonjour - de Warande, Turnhout (BE)
14 > 17.02 - Kiss & Cry - Théâtre Le Manège, Mons (BE)
24.02 > 01.03 - Kiss & Cry - Théâtre Royal, Namur (BE)
03 > 09.03 - Kiss & Cry - Théâtre National, Bruxelles (BE)
28 & 29.03 - Lamento (work in progress) - Les Brigittines, Bruxelles (BE)
14 & 15.04 - Kiss & Cry - Festival Bipod, Beyrouth (LB)
25 > 29.04 - Kiss & Cry - Festival Temps d'Images - Usine C, Montreal (CA)
25 & 26.05 - Lamento (création) - La Raffinerie - Charleroi Danses, Bruxelles (BE)
18.06 - Lamento, Pekin (CN) Annulé
10 & 11.07 - Lamento - Festival au Carré, Mons (BE) Annulé
22 > 24.08 - Kiss & Cry - International Summerfestival - Kampnagel, Hamburg (DE)
07 > 09.09 - Kiss & Cry , Fira de Teatre al Carrer, Tàrrega (ES)
20 > 22.09 - Lamento - Les Écuries - Charleroi Danses, Charleroi (BE)
28 & 29.09 - Lamento - Festival de danse - Théâtre de la Jeunesse, Hanoi (VN)
02 > 04.10 - Kiss & Cry - Aula Magna - Louvain-la-Neuve (BE)
12.10 - Lamento - Théâtre d'Arras - Arras (FR)
17 & 18.10 - Kiss & Cry - L'Espal, Le Mans (FR)
06 > 11.11 - Kiss & Cry - Théâtre National, Bruxelles (BE)
16 > 18.11 - Kiss & Cry - ADC - Bâtiment des Forces Motrices, Genève (CH)
22 > 24.11 - Kiss & Cry - Torinodanza Festival, Turin (IT)
01 & 03.12 - Kiss & Cry - Le Manège, Reims (FR)
08.12 - Lamento - Teatro Viriato, Viseu (PT)
13 > 15.12 - Kiss & Cry - Les Écuries - Charleroi Danses, Charleroi (BE)
2013
08 > 26.01 - Kiss & Cry - Théâtre National, Bruxelles (BE)
01.02 - Lamento - Grand Théâtre, Luxembourg (LU)
02.02 - Kiss & Cry - Grand Théâtre, Luxembourg (LU)
20 > 22.02 - Kiss & Cry - Waux-Hall, Nivelles (BE)
27 & 28.02 - Kiss & Cry , Cultuurcentrum, Bruges (BE)
23 > 28.04 - Kiss & Cry - Usine C, Montréal (CA)
07 > 09.05 - Kiss & Cry - Théâtre de la Place, Liège (BE)
14 > 16.05 - Kiss & Cry - La Rose des Vents, Villeneuve d'Ascq (FR)
22 > 25.05 - Kiss & Cry - Festival Perspectives, Saarebruck (DE)
04 > 07.06 - Kiss & Cry - Printemps des comédiens, Montpellier (FR)
11.06 - Lamento - Junevents, Paris (FR)
19.06 > 06.07 - Kiss & Cry - Théâtre du Rond Point, Paris (FR)
16 > 18.08 - Kiss & Cry - Sommerfestival, Helsinki (FI)
02 > 04.10 - Kiss & Cry - International Festival of Firsts, Pittsburgh (US)
10 > 12.10 - Kiss & Cry - Emerson arts, Boston (US)
24 > 26.10 - Kiss & Cry - Festival Cervantino, Guanajuato (MX)
15.11 - Lamento - Biennale de Charleroi Danses, Le Manège, Mons (BE)
20 > 30.11 - Kiss & Cry - La Condes, Santiago (CL)
19 > 22.12 - Kiss & Cry - KVS, Bruxelles (BE)
2014
08 & 09.01 - Kiss & Cry - Opéra Théâtre de Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne (FR)
29.01 > 06.02 - Kiss & Cry - Théâtre Célestins, Lyon (FR)
08 & 09.02 - Lamento - Les Écuries - Charleroi Danses, Charleroi (BE)
19 > 28.02 - Kiss & Cry - Grand Théâtre de Namur (BE)
06 > 09.03 - Kiss & Cry - LG Arts Center, Seoul (KR)
18 > 22.03 - Kiss & Cry - Scène nationale de Sénart, Combs-la-Ville (FR)
04 > 06.04 - Kiss & Cry - Festival de Otoño a Primavera, Madrid (ES)
16 > 18.04 - Kiss & Cry - Comédie de Valence, Valence (FR)
02 > 04.05 - Kiss & Cry - OCC, Athènes (GR)
09 > 18.05 - Kiss & Cry - Les Écuries - Charleroi Danses, Charleroi (BE)
05 > 07.06 - Kiss & Cry - Festival Carrefour Théâtre, Québec (CA)
25 > 28.06 - Kiss & Cry - Barbican, London (GB)
19 & 20.09 - Kiss & Cry - Festival Van Vlaanderen - Capitole, Gent (BE)
01 > 05.10 - Kiss & Cry - Canadian stage, Toronto (CA)
10 > 12.10 - Kiss & Cry - Power Center, Ann Arbor (US)
13 > 15.11 - Kiss & Cry - Stadsschouwburg - Amsterdam (NL)
26 > 29.11 - Kiss & Cry - Centre National des Arts, Ottawa (CA)
2015
22 > 25.01 - Kiss & Cry
09 > 11.04 - Kiss & Cry
15 > 18.04 - Kiss & Cry
22 > 25.04 - Kiss & Cry
10 > 12.07 - Kiss & Cry
22 & 23.08 - Kiss & Cry
09 > 13.09 - Kiss & Cry
08 > 13.12 - Cold Blood
- Sydney Festival - Sydney (AU)
- Théâtre National de Nice - Nice (FR)
- La Criée - Marseilles (FR)
- Wolubilis - Bruxelles (BE)
- Theaterhaus, Colours International Dance Festival - Stuttgart (DE)
- Waves Festival - Stege (DK) - annulé
- Teatro Stabile - Torino (IT)
- Le Manège - Mons (BE)
2016
19 > 21.01 - Kiss & Cry - La cigalière - Béziers (FR)
04 > 07.02 - Kiss & Cry - Canadian Stage - Toronto (CA)
10 > 14.02 - Cold Blood - Canadian Stage - Toronto (CA)
18 > 21.02 - Cold Blood - Usine C - Montréal (CA)
30.03 > 01.04 - Cold Blood - Festival de Otono a primavera - Madrid (SP) (cancelled)
05 > 07.04 - Kiss & Cry - Espace André Malraux - Chambéry (FR)
22 > 30.04 - Cold Blood - Théâtre de Namur - Namur (BE)
06 > 07.05 - Memories - Ecuries - Charleroi (BE)
11 > 13.05 - Kiss & Cry - La Comète - Chalon en Champagne (FR)
19 > 21.05 - Kiss & Cry - Scène de Sénart - Combs-la-ville (FR)
26 > 27.05 - Kiss & Cry - Opéra de Massy - Massy (FR)
09 > 11.06 - Cold Blood - Printemps des Comédiens - Montpellier (FR)
Août - Cold Blood - Santiago (CHL)
15 > 25.09 - Cold Blood - KVS - Bruxelles (BE)
29 & 30.09 - Cold Blood - Grand Théâtre - Luxembourg (LUX)
08 > 12.10 - Cold Blood - Palais des Beaux-Arts - Charleroi (BE)
08 > 17.03 - Cold Blood - KVS - Bruxelles (BE)
Biography
Michèle Anne De Mey (Brussels - 1959) is a Belgian choreographer who from 1976 to 1979 studied at Mudra, the school founded by Maurice Béjart in
Brussels.
She took contemporary dance in a new direction with her early choreographies: Passé Simple (1981) and the duets Ballatum (1984) and Face à
Face (1986). At the same time, she worked with Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker for six years on the creation and interpretation of several of her
choreographies, namely Fase (1982), Rosas danst Rosas (1983), Elena’s Aria (1984) and Ottone, ottone (1988).
Although special consideration is always given to the relationship between dance and music, the choreographic structure of Michèle Anne De Mey’s
creations cultivates a strong theatrical content and places the dancer in a specific and innovative relationship between the stage and the audience.
In 1990, she founded her own company and created Sinfonia Eroica . Fifteen more creations followed which met with international acclaim, among
them Raining Dogs (2002), Utopie (2001), Katamenia (1997), Pulcinella (1994), Love Sonnets (1994), Châteaux en Espagne (1991) and Cahier (1995).
Her teaching contribution has also been significant (in Amsterdam, at INSAS in Brussels, CNDC in Angers and École en Couleurs). For three years,
she worked with the children at École en Couleurs on the elaboration of Sacre en Couleurs, a creation presented on the occasion of Bruxelles/Brussel
2000.
Her choreographic work has been the starting point for several films, such as Love Sonnets and 21 Études à danser by Thierry De Mey, and Face à
Face by Eric Pauwels. Using the force of music to create her choreographic universe, she has worked with the renowned composers Thierry De Mey,
Robert Wyatt and Jonathan Harvey. For several years, she has been working in close collaboration with other artists such as Simon Siegmann,
Stéphane Olivier and Grégory Grosjean.
In June 2006 she recreated one of her seminal pieces from the 1990s – Sinfonia Eroica – for nine dancers. This has gone on to be performed more
than a hundred times all over the world.
In December 2007 she created P.L.U.G, a show all about the mechanics of mating. Michèle Anne presented Koma, a solo for a female dancer, during
the Made in Korea festival staged by BOZAR in June 2009. This solo is one of a series of four, with the other three by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Arco Renz
and Thomas Hauert. Neige opened the Charleroi Danses Biennale in November 2009 before going on tour.
For the VIA festival in March 2011, she worked with Jaco Van Dormael and in a group comprising Gregory Grosjean, Thomas Gunzig, Julien Lambert,
Nicolas Olivier and Sylvie Olivé on Kiss & Cry, a highly original and ambitious show confronting film, dance, words, theatre and brilliant DIY. She
presented her latest work Lamento in May 2012, a solo created for and performed by the dancer Gabriella Iacono based on Monteverdi’s Lamento
d’Arianna.
Michèle Anne De Mey is now associate artist at Charleroi Danses, the Choreographic Centre of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation.
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PRODUCTION &
DIFFUSION
Hélène Dubois
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PRODUCTION & DIFFUSION
Hélène Dubois
[email protected]
Lamento,
solo for Gabriella
MICHÊLE ANNE DE
MEY
Kiss & Cry
MICHÊLE ANNE DE
MEY & jACO VAN
DORMAEL
12 Easy Waltzes
MICHÊLE ANNE DE
MEY & GRÉGORY
GROSJEAN