Compagnie Humaine (France)

creation of Juana

dance piece for 7 performers

world premiere on December 14th, 2012 at the Monaco Dance Forum

music Analía Llugdar

choreographer Eric Oberdorff

costumes Philippe Combeau

musical computing director Monica Gil Giraldo

lights Bruno Schembri

performers Donatienne Michel-Dansac /soprano, Myrtille Hetzel /cello, Anne-Lise Clément /clarinet, Cécile Robin Prévallée, Emma Lewis, Audrey Vallarino, Mariko Aoyama /dance

executive producer CIRM

coproduction Compagnie Humaine, Monaco Dance Forum, CCN Malandain Ballet Biarritz

with support by French Ministry of Culture and Communication

residences for the creation National Conservatoire of Nice, Choreographic Development Center of Val de Marne, CND/Centre National de la Danse

Choreographic piece commissioned by the CIRM, National Center for Music Creation, for an original music work by Argentinian composer Analia Llugdar, the project Juana is before anything else the encounter of two worlds of the contemporary creation in music and dance.

"... Juana is one character and many characters at once. Like a shattered mirror, she is broken up in many pieces which reflect a fragmented nivers where different facets of her life - or her lives -cohabit..." (A. Llugdar)

"... One stage. Seven women. All different, each unique. And yet strangely similar. Mirror of each other ? ... Each, reflection of herself, memo ry or attempt to escape this imprisoned image. Quest of oneself, search for meaning. Doubt, guilt, irrational fears, headlong rush, forward, backward,. But not without joy and love. Nor forgiveness..."(E. Oberdorff)

You can discover here excerpts of rehearsal shot in Nice during the first rehearsal period in June 2012.