Snail Dream
Work-in-progress
What would the world be like if we can see like a snail? It’s curious antennaes, which are actually its eyes, reach out to the world and quickly retract in seeing how cruel and ugly it can be. It is very sensitive and can easily be crushed and eaten. It lives in direct contrast to the economic values that model our society and business which are based on faster, farther, and cheaper. It has nothing to compete against. It’s race is just to survive. It’s accomplishments are just moving to a better leaf and a cooler shade. We may mock it as lazy and stupid, but look closer and we see that it is constantly moving, constantly searching, and constantly feeling.
My life as an artist is like this snail. I am 42 years old and this is my first solo. From an outside perspective, I am moving pathetically slow. However, I have been so busy. But accomplishing what? My mother wants to know. So, I guess this is my opportunity to show and to share of a bit of a journey of this snail.
Show written and produced by Won KIM
Music Credits:
Freddie Knop “Nathan”
Shigeru Umebayashi “Yumeji’s Theme”
Poster and Artwork: Federico Sancho
Past Dates
Saturday
September 26, 2015
Centre Culturel Pouya
48 bis Quai de Jemmapes
75010 Paris
7pm
Show + Diner
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Photos by Jemina Boraccino
Don Qui
Is based on vocal and corporeal experimentations. Inspired by Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quixote, the show portrays the process of inspiration and imagination of Cervantes as a fictitious character in the process of creation. The conception of the characters Don Quixote, Dulcinea, Sancho Panza, and others is based on the ontology of each actor. The result is a confluence of multiple cultures: French, Brazilian, Korean-American, Japanese, and Catalan.
The text used in the show is a Japanese children’s song that has been transformed into invented dialogues, in which the significance of the original text loses its original meaning and is recontextualized through vocal and physical actions to communicate the actor’s dramatic intentions.
Only the character of Cervantes, who intermittently appears, speaks in French and delivers to the spectators the playful poetry based in the original text.
Behind the scenes
“The terrain without a road and thus, all is a road…this land without direction leads everywhere without leading exactly to nowhere…”
-Benito Pérez Galdós
INFO
Duration : 01h00
General Audience
Author and Director: Leela ALANIZ
Actors: Yuka FUKUSHIMA, Cyril DESCOURS, Sergi EMILIANO, Won KIM
Actors who also played in versions of Don Qui: Caroline LETAC, Ayuko YONEMURA, Sajeev PURUSHOTHAMA
Music: François BLAIGNAN
Lighting: Paul DIVEL
Costumes: Lara PERBELLINI
Set Design: Elia DAVID
Photo Credits: Martin ACB, Ndembo Ziavoula, Agnès Delachair, Iñigo Lopez
PRODUCTION PARTNERS
University Paris 8
University Paris 3
University Paris 7
CROUS Creteil
PRESS ARTICLES
8 Press Articles from FESTIVAL D’AVIGNON OFF 2008 (French)
Articles from 10 city ARGENTINA TOUR 2007(Spanish)
Eric de Sarria, Company Philippe Genty (French)
Bruno Devismes (French)
Morgan Faligot, Le Souffleur (French)
Eupener Land (German)
Tour
Théatre du Lierre
Paris, France, January 28 to February 1, 2009
FESTIVAL Mostra d’Arts Gestuals i del Moviment d’Esparreguera
Esparreguera, Espagne, 04 octobre, 2008
FESTIVAL AVIGNON OFF, théâtre Gilgamesh
Avignon, France, July 10 to August 1, 2008
FESTIVAL de Théâtre à Eupen
Eupen, Belgium, February 22 and 23, 2008
FESTIVAL Universo Teatro
Benevento, Italy, November19 to 24, 2007
Les Arènes de Nanterre
Nanterre, November 15 and 16, 2007
FESTIVAL SCÈNE OUVERTE
Université de Nantes
Nantes, France, May 5, 2007
FESTIVAL RITU
Rencontres Internationales de Théâtre Universitaire
Liège, Belgium, February 26 to March 4, 2007
Centre d’Animation les Halles le Marais
Paris, January 16 and 19, 2007
FESTIVAL COS de mim i teatre gestual
Reus, Barcelone, Spain October 27, 2006
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS in Argentina 2006
Tour of 10 theater festivals
Selected by the Instituto Nacional del Teatro, Argentina
Rio Gallegos–October 22, Ushuaia–October 20, Rosario–October14, Corrientes–October 12, Salta–October 10, Tucuman–October 8, Catamarca–October 7, Santiago del Estero–Octobre 6, Córdoba–October 4, Mendoza–October 1
XIX FESTIVAL DEL SUR TRES CONTINENTES
Municipal Theater of Agüimes
Agüimes, Canary Islands, Spain, July 17, 2006
Bienal Internacional de Teatro de ACTOR – BITA
Theater Auditorium of Cuenca, Cuenca, Spain, June16, 2006
FESTUPIC
Municipal Theater of Compiègne, France, June 1, 2006
FESTIVAL SCENES OUVERTES
Paris X University, Nanterre, France, May 16, 2006
FESTIVAL MIME EN MAI
Jardin Luxembourg, Paris, May 6,7,and 8, 2006
Festival ACTHEA
Municipal Theater of Albi, France, April 28, 2006
Festival Ici et Demain
Amphi 24, Paris 7 University, Paris, March 9 and 10, 2006
Amphi X, Université Paris 8
Saint-Denis, France, February 28, 2006
Jury Selection 2006 for a 10 festival tour in Argentina
-Instituto Nacional del Teatro, Argentina
Finalist Paris Prix Jeunes Talents 2006
-City of Paris
Winner BEST SHOW 2006
-Festival ACTHEA, Albi, France
BEST ACTOR 2006, Sergi Emiliano
Festival ACTHEA, Albi, France
Winner Jury Prize 2006, Performing Arts Category
-Festival Ici et Demain, City of Paris
BUSINESS IS BUSINESS
With its latest creation “Business is Business,” the company Pas de Dieux plunges into the tragic-comic world of business. The setting: A young company, ordinary, full of hope and creativity. A non-descript office with tables, chairs, computers, and telephones. The project: a banal step-stool, a Product to be sold at all costs. Around this step-stool, an incessant ballet of employers, bosses, and cleaning workers reveal a large palate of colorful personalities.
The daily lives of these people are nothing but the parts of a machine that are timed by the oscillating rhythm of the market. The costumes, the gestures, and the facial expressions conform to the social conventions that are respected in order to achieve the objectives. Each, consciously or not, accomplish his task to bring life to this grand machine.
What does it mean to be ready to sacrifice oneself to sell a Product? Sooner or later, the idealisms decay into cynicisms of bosses as profit becomes the moral king. How does inspiration, the dream of the quotidian man of wanting to retrieve the beauty, the sublime, the poetry in this daily grind become possible?
Our Work Process
Through corporeal research and play, Leela Alaniz directs the actors/dancers to find in the creative process the “how to do” rather than “what to do,” “the details” rather than the “the big” movements in order so that “the extra-ordinary” surges from the “ordinary”.
This show is a result of corporeal research inspired by techniques of Corporeal Mime of Etienne Decroux, of Theatre Anthropology and acrobatics. The choreographies derive from the individual corporeal expression of each actor/dancer and from their interactive play.
Info
Genres: Physical Theatre, Mime, Dance
Public: general admission, ages 7+
Duration of show: 70 minutes
Direction and choreography: Leela Alaniz
With: Arianna Fernández, André Mubarack, Won Kim (Latest Version)
With: Yuka Fukushima, Sergi Emiliano, Won Kim (First Version)
Music composition and sound: François Blaignan and Paul Mindy
Corporeal Rhythm and Percussion: Paul Mindy
Costumes: Cie. Pas de Dieux
Lighting: Paul Divel
poster credit: Matt Cioffi www.mattcioffi.com
Tour Dates
- BE Fest, Birmingham, UK: June 30 to July 3, 2010
- Théâtre du Lierre, Paris: May 2010
- Mosta Internacional de Teatro, Porto, Portugal: November 22, 2009
- 12th Festival Internacional COS de Mim i Teatre Gestual, Reus, Barcelona: October 2009
- Festival Entrez dans la danse, Paris, 1 juin 2008
- Festival Devant de La Scène MJC Mercoeur, Paris 25-28 avril 2008
PRESS ARTICLES
Marie Plantin, Paris Premier (French)
Sylvie Beurtheret, Les Trois Coups (French)
Michel Barthome, DANSER (French)
Jean-Yves BERTRAND, Revue Spectacles (French)
Dilluns, EL PUNT (Catalan)
BUSINESS IS BUSINESS FIRST VERSION PRESENTATION 2008
Divine Wind and Tears Lost in the Rain
A dynamic and compelling work of physical theatre examining the kamikaze spirit. War is by no means something that starts overnight, but rather a very calculated preparation by political forces. The indoctrination of the glory of death and the brandishing of the rifle and sword from the corporeal expression of six actors reveal how humans can lose the sense of being Human. The cast underwent two and a half years of full-time contemporary theatre training, including immersions in Noh theatre from Japan, Beijing opera from China, Kutiyattam from India and Wayang Wong from Indonesia.
Director Leela Alaniz from Brazil taught them the corporeal mime techniques of Etienne Decroux and techniques derived from theatre anthropology. From these physical bases, this unique piece provided an entirely new dimension to language. This play is the fruit of two months of intensive training and creation.
PRODUCED BY ITI, INTERCULTURAL THEATRE INSTITUTE, SINGAPORE
A PARTNER OF COMPANY PAS DE DIEUX
Leela Alaniz is a former faculty instructor at ITI.
Intercultural Theatre Institute (ITI) is an independent theatre school for contemporary artists, conceived as a unique and unprecedented enterprise in theatre training, social and cultural interaction, and human understanding.
It currently offers a three-year, practice-based, professional actor training programme founded on a rigorous, intercultural learning methodology with a view to producing original, contemporary theatre. The training encompasses exposure to a broad spectrum of cultures and languages, and immersion in traditional Asian theatre systems and contemporary theatre forms. Students are selected from among the best talents across Asia and beyond.
ITI is founded on the belief that theatre would have little meaning if it is not connected to life and society. Good theatre, like all good art, must have social impact. It must make a difference to life as it is lived by ordinary people. Through the espousal of intercultural theatre practice, ITI aims to train artists who are capable of working across cultural, linguistic, social and national boundaries, unleashing the immense potential of theatre to bring together, empower and ultimately harness the energies of diverse communities throughout the world.
ITI’s Acting Programme is widely regarded as a post-graduate level course and has attracted international recognition of the highest order, from well-known artists, respected educators and master teachers in the performing arts who have been part of the faculty, as well as academic and examination boards. Through the years, the unparalleled training at ITI has produced exceptional, professional actors and directors or teachers who are in high demand in the performing arts, film and new media sectors.
ITI is a private educational organisation registered with the Council for Private Education and conferred EduTrust certification (Provisional). It is also a registered charity and an Institution of Public Character (IPC) in Singapore, to which donations are tax exempted.
Dates and Locations
February 28 to March 2, 8pm
March 1 and 2, 2008, 3pm
The Necessary Stage Black Box
Credits:
Directed and Devised by Leela Alaniz
Featuring the 4th Cohort of actor-students :
Amy Tam Ka Man (Hong Kong)
Seng Soo Ming (Malasia)
Sreejith Ramanan (India)
Sajeev Purushothama Kurup (India)
Alberto Ruiz Lopez (Mexico)
Zachary Ho Tze Siang (Singapore)
Stage Manager : Kala Raman
Production : Vivianti Zasman
Lighting Design : Andy Lim
Sound : Varian Tan
Multimedia Designer : Herne Shahren, Abdul Hamed, Kamal Abdul Gafor
Assistant Manager : Yvett Ng
ITI (formerly known as TTRP) Production 2008
Director : T. Sasitharan
General Manager : Goh Su Lin
Curiculum Coordinator : Natalie
Intercultural Theatre Institute
Images
Written from the perspective of a nine year-old girl, “The World is Round” explores the complex interplay of the language of Gertrude Stein with an infantile vocabulary. The aesthetic is a cubistic diction playing with fractured morsels of babbled words and images expressing a turbulent imagination. In search of her own identity, Rose discovers a magical and infernal circle of the world. “A rose is a rose is a rose is a rose….”
The labyrinth of images created by Stein compliments the poetics of movement of corporeal mime. The play creates a dialogue between the real and the imaginary, the internal and external worlds, through variations of simple elements. As both the sculptor and the sculpture, the play exposes this paradox of reality.
Info
Genres: Physical Theatre, Mime, Dance
Public: general admission, ages 7+
Duration of show: 40 minutes
Direction and choreography: Leela Alaniz
Production: Won Kim
Partners
Univerisity of Paris 8
University of Paris 3
“A rose is a rose is a rose is a rose….”
-Gertrude Stein
Press Reviews
Oestado, Florianopolis, June 25, 2005 (Brazil)
Tour
Théâtre du Lierre “Matières à Conversation”, Paris
(Excerpt of “The Washer Woman” – E. Decroux)
July 2005
Instituto Cultural Arte Clara, Rio de Janeiro
June 2005
Teatro Ulbro, Florianopolis, Brazil
June 2005
Sala Alvaro Moreyra, Porto Alegre, Brazil
May 2005
TEPA, Porto Alegre, Brazil
February 2005
Pomona College, California
January 2005
San Sebastian, Spain
October 2004
Official Selection, Pinokkio Prize, France
Studio Philippe Genty, Paris
June 2004
La Ville de Contrastes
Megalopolises are worlds of information where everyone can connect with each other at an instant. Yet, there seems to be a failure of communication. In the public spaces, such as the subways, the individuals carry on their affairs without talking or looking at one another. They carry an air of solitude.
About the training behind the creation
After five intensive months of training, La Ville de Contrastes is the creative result of the corporeal and vocal training taught by Leela Alaniz. Based on a mix of Corporeal Mime and Theatre Anthropology, the technical training allowed the actors to experiement and discover their own unique expressions. Unlike Method Acting, where the actor embodies a role of a character from a psychological investigation, the physical theatre approach searches for the inner impluses of the body and creates a role based on the truths of the self-discoveries. The drama is based on action rather than words.
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Duration of Program
January to May 2007, Paris
Presentations:
Festival Mime en Mai, April 2007
Paris 8 University, Amphi X, Mai 2007
Credits
Show conceived and produced in the research studio of company Pas de Dieux, directed by Leela Alaniz
Directed by : Leela ALANIZ
With:
Burcu CELIK
Ezgi COSKUN
Agnès DELACHAIR
Sergi EMILIANO
Linda HECQUET
Marie-Geneviève L’HER
Won KIM
Magali OHLUND
Lighting Design: Paul Divel
Lighting Technician: Cyril DESCOURS
Special thanks for the support from:
Centre d’animation Mercoeur
Espace Jemmapes
Centre d’animation Jean Verdier
Théâtre de la danse
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