fabula
2018
The primary focus of my work is the idea of the collective, or group: how it forms, how individuals interact with it, what shared space it defines.
As someone who was born abroad and now lives in France, I pay particular attention to the idea of belonging to a place, to a human group. Here in France, I am very intrigued by the absence of symbols shared by all, because I know that as social creatures, we have a basic need to gather around symbols. Do they still exist? Is it possible to reinvent them?
In this piece I aim to create, with the five dancers in my company, something that unites us in a given space, on our scale, starting from each individual’s unique aspects. The process interweaves two converging dynamics: sound, whose source is in the collective memory; and choreography, based on a search for movement around the body and the line, which I view as an archaic form.
We collect sounds by borrowing them, then assemble them, recreate them, and move them on stage. The sound system constructs the space through different modes of diffusion. I want to experiment by transforming the human voice and rhythms to create something that surpasses us. The piece, which is inspired by our daily dance practice, is a form of manifesto emanating from the performers, who approach the ensemble by working in unison. I want to treat this unison as an organic phenomenon, not as a process that is outlined from the start, but conversely as a point of convergence of unique energies and paths. In my view, unison should not lead individuals to be one, but to make one
Yuval Pick, April, 2018
Upcoming events
Le Monde
Rosita Boisseau
January 2018
“The theme of the group is always at the heart of Yuval Pick’s work, and he beats a rhythm of different intensities that finally unite in a fireworks display of trembling hands and vibrant bursts.”
Toutlaculture.com
Amélie Blaustein Niddam
January 2018
“A jubilant piece with dynamics that both oppose and unite. A challenging proposition and one that is fascinating to get caught up in.”
Around the creation
Trailer of
Acta est fabula
Choreography: Yuval Pick
Choreographic assistant: Sharon Eskenazi
Dancers: Noémie De Almeida Ferreira, Madoka Kobayashi
Thibault Desaules, Adrien Martins, Guillaume Forestier
Sound creation: Max Bruckert, Olivier Renouf
Assisted by: Clément Hubert
Lighting: Sébastien Lefèvre
Set design: Bénédicte Jolys
Costumes: Ettore Lombardi
assisté de : Paul Andriamanana
Vocal work: Guilhem Lacroux, Myriam Djemour,
Regard extérieur, Michel Raskine
With thanks to: Mike Alfreds
Produced by: CCNR/Yuval Pick
Coproduced by: Chaillot – Théâtre National de la Danse
With the support of: KLAP Maison pour la danse à Marseille
Length: 1 hour
Photos: Laurent Philippe, Romain Tissot