MIRE
Jasmine Morand (CH)
Choreographic installation for twelve dancers
Practical info
Théâtre de l’Olivier in L’Usine
Istres
Jan. 14, 2025
8pm
Running time : 50 minutes
This show contains scenes of nudity. Mirkids: the Théâtre de l’Olivier will present a special screening for children (5 years and up) at L’Usine, Istres on Wed. Jan. 15 at 5pm. Further information on scenesetcines.fr
Recommended for ages 16 and up
Prices: from €6 to €30
On sale through our partner Scène & Cinés
Pavillon Noir of Aix-en-Provence
Jan. 17, 2025
7pm, 9pm
Jan. 18, 2025
7pm, 9pm
Running time : 50 minutes
In co-production with Ballet Preljocaj / Pavillon Noir
Recommended for ages 16 and up
Prices: from €6 to €30
On sale through our partner Pavillon Noir
MIRE is a performative installation for twelve nude dancers, open to the viewer’s gaze. To view MIRE, the spectator has a choice. Standing up, he or she can peer through the slits pierced in the walls of the scenographic device.
Lying on the floor, they can observe the piece reflected in a giant mirror placed above the dancers. MIRE resembles a bodily kaleidoscope that reproduces the optical illusions created by a zoetrope, a toy that uses persistence of vision to create a sensation of movement. Defined as “an aesthetic act with baroque overtones”, the performance blends beauty and triviality in complementary harmony.
Defined as “an aesthetic act with baroque overtones”, the performance blends beauty and triviality in complementary harmony.
Artists
Jasmine Morand
Jasmine Morand completed her classical training in Geneva and at the Princesse Grâce Academy in Monaco, after winning first prize at the Swiss National Ballet Competition in Soleure, first prize in modern dance in Nyon and the Migros Cultural Percentage study prize. She began her career as a dancer with the Ballet National de Nancy et Lorraine, before joining the Zurich Opera and the Slovenian National Ballet. In 2000, she began training in contemporary dance at Codarts, Rotterdam, where she began to develop her choreographic writing.
On her return to Switzerland, she founded the Prototype Status company and is currently permanent resident and artistic director of Dansomètre – espace de création et recherche chorégraphique in Vevey. Awarded the Prix Danse de la Fondation Vaudoise pour la Culture (2013), Jasmine Morand tours with Prototype Status in Europe, the United States and South America. The company’s repertoire includes over fifteen works, including the highly acclaimed creation MIRE (2016), a work for twelve dancers, selected at Swiss Dance Days 2017 and presented over fifty times, including at the Holland Dance Festival, on French national stages and at tanzhaus NRW Düsseldorf. The creation LUMEN (2020) won the Label + Romand – arts de la scène competition and was awarded the Prix Suisse des Arts de la scène as best dance creation 2020 by the Office Fédéral de la Culture.
In January 2023, LUMEN was presented at the Théâtre de la Ville in Paris. On the strength of her experience, she is now invited to create contemporary works for institutions such as the Tanztheater Lucerne, which opened the Steps 2020 Festival, or for professional training courses such as the BA dance program at Zurich University, or the CFC dance program in Geneva.
Distribution
Concept and choreography: Jasmine Morand Dance (creation): Elodie Aubonney, Fabio Bergamaschi, Géraldine Chollet, Philippe Chosson, Claire Dessimoz, Céline Fellay, Michael Henrotay Delaunay, Krassen Krastev, Ismaël Oirtzabal, Valentine Paley, Luisa Schöfer, Marco Volta Dance (alternate cast) : Laetitia Dupertuis, Paul Girard, Eléonore Heiniger, Maxime Jeannerat, Jasmine Morand, Céline Fellay, Amaury Reot, Nicolas Turicchia Set design: Neda Loncarevic Lighting design: Rainer Ludwig Music: Enrique Gonzalez Müller, Patrick Conus, Jasmine Morand Technical direction: Louis Riondel Technicians: Julien Perret, Xavier Weissbrodt Administration: Marianne Caplan Distribution: Florence Francisco, Les Productions de la Seine
Credits & mentions
Programmed by Scènes & Cinés – scène conventionnée art en territoire, in partnership with CHRONIQUES – Biennale des Imaginaires Numériques. With support from Centre culturel suisse – On tour and Pro Helvetia.
