Tuesday 10 July |
22:30 - 23:45: La Châtelaine |
Wednesday 11 July |
22:15 - 23:30: La Châtelaine |
Compagnie Baninga / DeLaVallet Bidiefino (France, Congo)
Constructing a place, a rhetoric, some hope; Congolese choreographer DeLaVallet Bidiefono dreamt of a performance built on the idea of construction. Building and creating is about gathering scattered fragments, splicing split pieces, reconciling antagonisms. In any case, what is dance if not the embodiment of poetry?
In Monstres/On ne danse pas pour rien (Monsters/We don’t dance for nothing), the choreographer guides his nine dancers and three musicians, all creatures breathing life to a piece amalgamated with Congolese and European influences. Since art can be a way of opposing a regime, these monsters, both men and women, symbolize resistance to the dictatorship ravaging present-day Congo. DeLaVallet Bidiefono firmly believes that the energy and evocative nature of contemporary dance can contribute to the construction of a different political landscape.
Choreographer : DeLaVallet Bidiefono
Script : Rébecca Chaillon et Armel Malonga
Dramaturgy : Aurelia Ivan
Artistic Collaborator : Carine Piazzi
Dancers : DeLaVallet Bidiefono // Destin Bidiefono // Fiston Bidiefono // Aïpeur Foundou // Ella Ganga // Mari Bède Koubemba // Cognès Mayoukou // Lousinhia Simon
Musicians : Francis Lassus // Armel Malonga // Raphaël Otchakowski
Performer : Rébecca Chaillon
Creation | Lighting : Stéphane ‘Babi’ Aubert
Creation | Sounds : Jean-Noël Françoise
Scenography : Hafid Chouaf // Caroline Frachet
Construction | Set Manager : Hafid Chouaf
General Manager : Martin Julhès
Director - Production : Antoine Blesson
Administration - Production : Léa Serror (Copilote)
Administration - Brazzaville : Josué Bakoua // Laurel Kounouanina
Production : Compagnie Baninga
Coproduction : La Villette, Paris // CDN de Normandie-Rouen // Théâtre de Choisy-le-Roi, scène conventionnée pour la diversité linguistique // TANDEM scène nationale // Halle aux Grains, scène nationale de Blois // La Faïencerie – Théâtre de Creil // Les Salins, scène nationale de Martigues // Le Grand T, théâtre de Loire-Atlantique, Nantes // Le grand R, scène nationale La Roche-sur-Yon // Châteauvallon scène nationale
Creative assistance by l’Espace Baning’Art (Brazzaville) and Festival des Francophonies en Limousin (Limoges).
With the support of DRAC Île-de-France – ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, Région Île-de-France (facilitator of creative assistance), Arcadi Île-de-France, Institut Français, Conseil départemental du Val-de-Marne (creative support), ADAMI, SPEDIDAM, Groupe Caisse des Dépôts.