Gisèle Vienne and Etienne Bideau-Rey “Showroomdummies #4” in Paris

2021.11.11 (THR) – 11.14 (SUN)*CET

Dance Centre Pompidou (France Paris)

Photo: Yuki Moriya
Photo: Yuki Moriya
Photo: Yuki Moriya
Photo: Yuki Moriya
Photo: Yuki Moriya
Photo: Yuki Moriya
Photo: Yuki Moriya
Photo: Yuki Moriya
Photo: Yuki Moriya
Photo: Yuki Moriya

A dazzling, inspiring experience woven by mannequins and humans
A repertory performance created by the virtuoso Gisèle Vienne in 2020

Gisèle Vienne is an artist who embodies the very cutting edge of the performing arts in France. Conjuring beautiful yet dangerous worlds with the puppets she makes herself, she here recreated her major work, “Showroomdummies,” which she first staged in collaboration with Etienne Bideau-Rey early on in her career, as part of the ROHM Theatre Kyoto’s repertory. This work that premiered in February 2020 in ROHM Theatre Kyoto is invited to Festival d'Automne à Paris.

Information

2021.11.11 (THR) – 11.14 (SUN)*CET

Venue : Centre Pompidou (France, Paris)

About

Casts & Staffs

Direction, choreography and stage design by, Gisèle Vienne, and Étienne Bideau-Rey
With Chieko Asakura, Sakiko Oishi, Yoko Takase, Rei Hanashima, Ayaka Fujita, and Megumi Horiuchi
Music, Peter Rehberg
Lighting, Arnaud Lavisse, and Patrick Riu
Sound, Sho Takiguchi
Lighting operator, Kouichi Motoki (ROHM Theatre Kyoto)
Stage Manager, So Ozaki
Producer, Yusuke Hashimoto (ROHM Theatre Kyoto)
Production coordinator, Kei Saito (ROHM Theatre Kyoto)
Assistants, Akiyoshi Nita, Nuria Guiu Sagarra and Theo Livesey

Repertory Premiere

ROHM Theatre Kyoto launched this program in 2017 to create new theatre productions that can serve as part of a repertoire that will be staged long into the future. Through the process of creating new productions, it also organizes related programs for audience development and training actors, dramaturges, producers, and other specialists. In this way, the program aspires to build a new theatre culture in each community and region.

Profile

Photograph : (c) Patrick Chiha

Born in 1976, Gisèle Vienne studied philosophy and then later attended L’Ecole Supérieure Nationale des Arts de la Marionnette. She is a choreographer, director, performer, and visual artist. In addition to her collaborations with the novelist Dennis Cooper, her output includes photography and installations. In 2018, Vienne received the Grand Prix award in dance from L’Association de la Critique for “CROWD,” which also left a vivid impression on audiences during its recent run in Japan at Kyoto Experiment.

Born in 1975, Etienne Bideau-Rey studied at the St-Luc Institut in Tournai, Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Liège, and L’Ecole Supérieure Nationale des Arts de la Marionnette. In addition to being a choreographer and director, he is a visual artist with a focus on drawing and sculpture. In 2000, he received the Vocation Award from the Fondation Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet for his first theatre piece created in collaboration with Gisèle Vienne.

This show is presented in association with Les Spectacle vivants – Centre Pompidou and Festival d’Automne à Paris.
A ROHM Theatre Kyoto production
In association with Les Spectacles vivants – Centre Pompidou (Paris) ; and Festival d’Automne à Paris
Supported by the Japan Foundation
Creation support: Ambassade de France and Institut français du Japon
Support for rehearsal and residential space: Villa Kujoyama (Gisèle Vienne lauréate 2007), Institut français du Japon – Kansai and Kyoto Art Center
With support from Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels
In collaboration with DACM
Partnership with France Culture