JILL CROVISIER

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Homepage: www.jcmdance.com
JILL CROVISIER
Choreographer & dancer
BIOGRAPHY
Choreographer & dancer
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In 2005, JILL CROVISIER got selected to participate in the China
EU Art School in Beijing, organized by the British Council of Arts. In
2007, she graduated in Ballet and Contemporary Dance from the
Conservatory of Music in Esch/Alzette (LU). She continued to study
dance in New York and France, where she also obtained her dance
teaching qualification. Jill Crovisier then joined the “Masa Dance
Journey Program” with the Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company in
Israel (repertory of Rami Be’er, Matz Ek and Ohad Naharin). Travelling
the world since the age of 16, Jill Crovisier became increasingly
interested in different dance forms and studied also traditional
dances such as Balinese dance with the Semara Pegulingan Mandala
Giri Company (IDN). As a dancer, she worked for Liat Kedem (AUS),
Itai Peri (IL), Anu Sistonen (LU/FIN), Hannah Ma (DE/LU), Gianfranco
Celestino (LU), Oz Mulay (IL), Pia Vinson (USA), Jean-Guillaume Weis (LU).
As a choreographer, she created R!CE (2013), We are We (2015),
STEPS AND BEATS (2015), Zement (2016), the children’s piece
MATKA (2016) and The hidden garden (2016). Her work has been
shown in Europe and Asia. In 2014, Jill Crovisier founded the JC
Movement Production (dance video). She produced DIE STADT
in New York City and made the short film LE PARC for JAXON
Movement Arts (USA). She has taught dance workshops in Europe
and Asia.
WE ARE WE (2015)
THE HIDDEN GARDEN
(2016)
ZEMENT (2016)
Growing up we loose the ability to
live in connection with our mind. We
become increasingly preoccupied
by what is useful. The desire for
power, control and perfection.
Man becomes comparable to a
supernatural creature. Obsessed,
this creature sucks the blood out
of those who dare to confront it.
Dreams, simple pleasures and poetry
are suffocated. The hidden garden is
a mysterious place where the real
and fantastic are intertwined. A
choreography inspired by the gothic
novel, fantastic literature, and the
modern customs of today’s society.
MATKA (2016)
In Zement (“ciment”), the young
artist Jill Crovisier founded her
choreographic research work on the
theme of separation, particularly the
symbolism of the wall. According to
the choreographer, the human hand
built walls, so it is the origin of all
forms of separation, which aims to
protect, enclose, divide or destroy.
Beyond the responsibility carried by
humans on political decisions, the
hand is also personally the mirror of
one’s own life.
MATKA is a journey through dance,
music and circus; a journey from
one corner to another of the globe
to discover one’s fellows, taking
time. It is about discovering diverse
places where dance and music are
intertwined. MATKA is about learning
from each other and discovering
different cultures. Maybe the journey
ends somewhere unexpected, in the
universe …
Age: 4+ | Duration: 40 min. | Language: none
Jill Crovisier has a passion for music and sees in it a structure that is
connected to her choreography. The editing and research process of
music is an essential element in her work as well as the inner groove
rhythm of the body. She plays with unexpected dynamic changes,
different movement qualities and precise structures in space.
How to find the right balance
between different forces? That is the
question which guides Jill Crovisier
in an exploration work of the
notion of power and its connection
to identity. Involving a body
language strong in expression, the
choreographer is engaged in a search
that juxtaposes various dynamics –
those of the dance movements,
and those, opposite, of daily life.
An exploration to both, subtle and
outrageous, rythmed by a dance
evolving between strength and
softness.
Age: All audience | Duration: 19 min.
Choreography: Jill Crovisier | Performance: Baptiste
Hilbert, Jill Crovisier | Light Design: Karl Humbug |
Music: Armand Amar “Le piège”, The Idan Raichel Project
“Time to live, time to die”, Jill Crovisier
Age: All audience | Duration: 35 min.
Choreography, Dramaturgy and Costume Design:
Jill Crovisier | Mentor: Koen Augustijnen | Light Design:
Grand Théâtre / Théâtres de la Ville du Luxembourg |
Music: Emre Sevindik “Sweetheart Come OST”, Lord of
the Underground “Chief Rocka”, Amàlia Rodrigues
“Gaivota”, Jill Crovisier
Creation financed by the programme “TalentLAB” of the
Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg
© Miikka Heinonen
Her versatile dance education, her interest in several dance styles
and martial arts influence her movement signature. In the past years,
Jill Crovisier developed a personal vision and expanded her interests
into dance with video work. For her everything is connected,
different elements float in and out. Her choreographies are the result
of an experience, an experience that she transcribes in time and
space by using the body.
Choreography: Jill Crovisier | Concept: Anu Sistonen |
Performance: Max Hinger (circus artist), Piera
Jovic (dancer), Anthony Michelet (dancer) | Music
Composition: Emre Sevindik | Light Design:
Elric Vanpouille | Costume Design: Peggy Wurth |
Production: Dance development (LU) | Coproduction:
Théâtre d’Esch sur Alzette (LU), Rotondes (LU), CAPE –
Centre des Arts Pluriels Ettelbrück (LU)
Choreography, Dramaturgy and Costume Design:
Jill Crovisier | Performance: Jorge Soler Bastida, Jill
Crovisier | Artistic support: Anne-Mareike Hess | Light
Design: Brice Durand | Music: Pantha du Prince “Frozen
Fog”, Emre Sevindik “Sweetheart Come OST”, J.-S. Bach
“Mass in B minor Agnus Dei Andreas Scholl”
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Jill Crovisier’s choreography finds its inspiration within the world
from its cultural, social and political aspect. Travelling the world
from a young age opened her mind and perception of dance. From
Ballet dance to traditional Asian dances as well as the urban culture,
she works today on her own movement language and develops her
specific signature. Aiming to obtain and provide an individualistic
approach to choreography, the young choreographer uses not only
her experience as a professional dancer and dance observer but also
her fascination for architecture and nature as well as the body itself
and its mind. She aims at expanding the potency of contemporary
dance and sees in it endless research possibilities.
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CREATIVE APPROACH
Age: All audience | Duration: 20 min.
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JILL CROVISIER
Support: Ministère de la Culture (LU), Ville du Luxembourg
(LU), Emre Sevindik, Pantha du Prince
Creation financed by the programme “Les Émergences”
of the TROIS C-L – Centre de Création Chorégraphique
Luxembourgeois
Support: Centre culturel Pablo Picasso Homécourt –
Scène conventionnée pour le jeune public (FR), FOCUNA Fonds Culturel National (LU), Fondation Indépendance (LU),
SACEM Luxembourg
Support: Ministère de la Culture (LU), Ville de
Luxembourg, Oeuvre Nationale de Secours
Grande - Duchesse Charlotte | stART-up (LU)
Creation financed by the programme “Les Émergences”of
the TROIS C-L – Centre de Création Chorégraphique
Luxembourgeois