LesHéritier·x

The performance observes "Orchésography", the first manual of dance and choreographic writing, produced by Toinot Arbeau (1588). In this manual, Toinot Arbeau, a Jesuit priest and dancing master, teaches his disciple, a young lawyer, the art of dancing. Using this document as a starting point, the performance moves between documentary restitution and musical and choreographic rewriting, while observing the resonance of such a work in our contemporary world. The Renaissance ballroom becomes a land of colour, postures, song, ritualised dances, and spectacular intentions.

TEAM
Concept & choreography Marion Zurbach in collaboration with the performers
Performance Évo Mine Lambillon & Pierre Piton
Performance & sound composition Stélios Lazarou
Renaissance dance expertise, vocal coaching
& and musical arranging Madeleine Saur
Dramaturgy Arthur Eskenazi
Costumes design Silvia Romanelli
Lights design Olivier Famin
Oeil exterieur costumes Myriam Casanova
Drawings Maria Demandt
Texts "Orchésographie" by Toinot Arbeau, "Jouyssance vous donnerai" by Clément Marot, "Au joly boys" by Claudin de Sermisy
Pictures Robin Plus & Anouk Maupu
Video Stephane Darioly
Administration Raphaël Soleilhavoup
Production Maxine Devaud & Prune Allain-Bonsergent

COPRODUCTION & PREMIERE
Dampfzentrale Bern 24-26.09.2023

SHOWS
Danse Élargie & Théâtre de la ville 15/16.06.24
Internationale Gastspielwoche Bielefeld 19/20.02.2025
Festival Artdanthé Vanves & Centre Culturel Suisse 07.03.2025

PARTNERS
Le Grütli, Halle Nord, Théâtre Sévelin 36, Artagon, KLAP Maison pour la danse, Ménagerie de verre, Point Éphémère, Montévidéo Marseille

With the support of Kultur Stadt Bern, SWISSLOS/Kultur Kanton Bern, Ernst Göhner Stiftung, Burgergemeinde Bern, Fonds culturel de la Société Suisse des Auteurs (SSA), Migros-Kulturprozent, Schweizerische Interpretenstiftung SIS, Gesellschaft zu Ober-Gerwern, Bürgi-Willert-Stiftung, Région Île-de-France - Danse élargie