Five dancers are being restrained by the overwhelming intensity of live percussion. They become a mass, a collective body. They break out of the bonds of the individual. The germ of the choreography Democracy was the drum quartet Dark Full Ride of Julia Wolfe, an American composer who is inspired by folk as well as classical music and rough rock. “There’s something revolutionary in the energy of Dark Full Ride,” Maud Le Pladec thinks. “The piece sounds like a cry, a protest meeting or even like an invitation to experience the unstable nature of the collective, and the contradictory forces that are at work there. “ An additional source of inspiration was the essay ‘Crowds and power’ by Elias Canetti. The performance evokes moments of togetherness as you can witness them in demonstrations or rituals. The various voices are independent, yet united. They are a polyphony, not a harmony. There is something that prevents the group from taking shape. But what and why ?
The French dancer and choreographer Maud Le Pladec makes Dark Full Ride resonate with new work by the young Italian composer Francesco Filidei. Democracy is the second part of a triptych based on work of the founders of the ensemble for contemporary music Bang on a cane (David Lang, Julia Wolfe, Michael Gordon)
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CONCEPT & CHOREOGRAPHY Maud Le Pladec / MUSIC Julia Wolfe (Dark Full Ride), Francesco Filidei (Silence=Death, original composition) / PERFORMED BY Maria Ferreira Silva, dancer / Julien Gallée-Ferré, dancer / Corinne Garcia, dancer / Mélanie Giffard, dancer / Simon Tanguy, dancer / LIVE MUSIC Ensemble TaCTuS (Ying-Yu Chang, Paul Changarnier, Quentin Dubois, Pierre Olympieff) / IN COLLABORATION WITH Sylvie Mélis (light design) / Alexandra Bertaut (costumes) / Gaël Desbois (music assistant) / Youness Anzane (documentation) / Fabrice Le Fur (technical director) / Nicolas Marc (light management) / Vincent Le Meur (sound management) / Vincent Gadras (scenery design) / SPECIAL THANKS TO Katerina Andreou, Nicolas Couturier, Jung Ae Kim, Konstantin Lipatov, Julie Pareau, and all the members of the Association Léda / PRODUCTION Association Léda / COPRODUCTION Théâtre National de Bretagne, Mettre en Scène 2013 (Rennes) / Les Subsistances (Lyon) / Théâtre Paul Eluard-TPE, scène conventionnée de Bezons dans le cadre de la permanence artistique de la Région Ile de France / Maison de la danse/Biennale de la danse de Lyon, dans le cadre de Modul-dance/Programme Culture de l’Union Européenne / Tanzquartier (Vienne, Autriche) / CCN de Caen Basse Normandie, Direction Héla Fatoumi – Eric Lamoureux dans le cadre de « l’Accueil Studio » Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication / CCN de Franche-Comté à Belfort dans le cadre de « l’Accueil Studio » Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication DRAC Franche-Comté / WITH THE SUPPORT OF L’INSTITUT FRANÇAIS - Ministère des Affaires étrangères / Modul-dance/Programme Culture de l’Union Européenne / Ministère de la Culture et de la communication – DRAC Bretagne / Région Bretagne / Ville de Rennes / Arcadi / Adami / Spedidam / SPECIAL THANKS TO Musée de la danse/CCNRB (Rennes), Centre National de Danse Contemporaine (Angers) and Centre National de la Danse (Pantin)
