Mathilde monnier biography

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Which Way, Dance?
"Those who have art in their sights and in theirminds are in a state of se fless ness. Art                   puts the I at a remove. Art here within a certaindirection calls for a cer tain distance, a certain path." [...] paul celan - le meridien


To begin with, Lenz, by Georg Büchner (1835). Not just any old text.
Even if we are wary of the snare of biographicalanecdotes, let us nevertheless reveal that Mathilde Monnier hailsoriginally from Germanic (Alsatian) culture and a family backgroundhallmarked by salient figures involved in mystic thinking; further,that she diligently consults the work of the philosophers Jean-LucNancy and Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, with their orientation towards theGerman pre-Romantics.
 The poet Jakob Lenz, hero of the very short novelnamed after him (it was actually never finished) criss-crosses themountainscapes of the Vosges. By coming somewhat to terms with them, hesoothes his albeit unavoidable slide into madness, fuelled by his lossof faith. In lending a new ear

Mathilde Monnier (FR)

BIOGRAPHY

After starting rather late with dance, Mathilde Monnier first performed in the dance companies of Viola Farber and François Verret before taking up choreography in 1984, creating group works, solos and duos. From one work to the next, she defied expectations by producing work that was endlessly fresh and new. Her work explores the inherent issues of composing movement and are also linked to broader questions like communality and the links to music and memory. Her appointment as director of the Centre Choreographique National de Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon in 1994 marked the beginning of a period of experimentation with other fields of art, and a reflection on the role of the institution and its outreach. Her dances such as Pour Antigone, Déroutes, Les lieux de là, Surrogate Cities, Soapéra, Twin paradox, Gustavia, El Baile a.o. have been performed on the biggest stages, as well as at international festivals. She alternates solo projects and collaborative works with various figures from the art world, such as Katerine, Christine Angot, 

Mathilde Monnier

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