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Nec vox accusatoris ulla licet subditicii in his malorum quaerebatur acervis ut saltem specie tenus crimina praescriptis legum committerentur, quod aliquotiens fecere principes saevi: sed quicquid Caesaris implacabilitati sedisset, id velut fas iusque perpensum confestim urgebatur impleri.

Restabat ut Caesar post haec properaret accitus et abstergendae causa suspicionis sororem suam, eius uxorem, Constantius ad se tandem desideratam venire multis fictisque blanditiis hortabatur. quae licet ambigeret metuens saepe cruentum, spe tamen quod eum lenire poterit ut germanum profecta, cum Bithyniam introisset, in statione quae Caenos Gallicanos appellatur, absumpta est vi febrium repentina. cuius post obitum maritus contemplans cecidisse fiduciam qua se fultum existimabat, anxia cogitatione, quid moliretur haerebat.

Verum ad istam omnem orationem brevis est defensio. Nam quoad aetas M. Caeli dare potuit isti suspicioni locum, fuit primum ipsius pudore, deinde etiam patris diligentia disciplinaque munita. Qui ut huic virilem togam deditšnihil dicam hoc loco de me; tantum sit, quantum vos existimatis; hoc dicam, hunc a patre continuo ad me esse deductum; nemo hunc M. Caelium in illo aetatis flore vidit nisi aut cum patre aut mecum aut in M. Crassi castissima domo, cum artibus honestissimis erudiretur.

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Abusus enim multitudine hominum, quam tranquillis in rebus diutius rexit, ex agrestibus habitaculis urbes construxit multis opibus firmas et viribus, quarum ad praesens pleraeque licet Graecis nominibus appellentur, quae isdem ad arbitrium inposita sunt conditoris, primigenia tamen nomina non amittunt, quae eis Assyria lingua institutores veteres indiderunt.

Quid enim tam absurdum quam delectari multis inanimis rebus, ut honore, ut gloria, ut aedificio, ut vestitu cultuque corporis, animante virtute praedito, eo qui vel amare vel, ut ita dicam, redamare possit, non admodum delectari? Nihil est enim remuneratione benevolentiae, nihil vicissitudine studiorum officiorumque iucundius.

Cumque pertinacius ut legum gnarus accusatorem flagitaret atque sollemnia, doctus id Caesar libertatemque superbiam ratus tamquam obtrectatorem audacem excarnificari praecepit, qui ita evisceratus ut cruciatibus membra deessent, inplorans caelo iustitiam, torvum renidens fundato pectore mansit inmobilis nec se incusare nec quemquam alium passus et tandem nec confessus nec confutatus cum abiecto consorte poenali est morte multatus. et ducebatur intrepidus temporum iniquitati insultans, imitatus Zenonem illum veterem Stoicum qui ut mentiretur quaedam laceratus diutius, avulsam sedibus linguam suam cum cruento sputamine in oculos interrogantis Cyprii regis inpegit.

Abusus enim multitudine hominum, quam tranquillis in rebus diutius rexit, ex agrestibus habitaculis urbes construxit multis opibus firmas et viribus, quarum ad praesens pleraeque licet Graecis nominibus appellentur, quae isdem ad arbitrium inposita sunt conditoris, primigenia tamen nomina non amittunt, quae eis Assyria lingua institutores veteres indiderunt.

Quid enim tam absurdum quam delectari multis inanimis rebus, ut honore, ut gloria, ut aedificio, ut vestitu cultuque corporis, animante virtute praedito, eo qui vel amare vel, ut ita dicam, redamare possit, non admodum delectari? Nihil est enim remuneratione benevolentiae, nihil vicissitudine studiorum officiorumque iucundius.

Cumque pertinacius ut legum gnarus accusatorem flagitaret atque sollemnia, doctus id Caesar libertatemque superbiam ratus tamquam obtrectatorem audacem excarnificari praecepit, qui ita evisceratus ut cruciatibus membra deessent, inplorans caelo iustitiam, torvum renidens fundato pectore mansit inmobilis nec se incusare nec quemquam alium passus et tandem nec confessus nec confutatus cum abiecto consorte poenali est morte multatus. et ducebatur intrepidus temporum iniquitati insultans, imitatus Zenonem illum veterem Stoicum qui ut mentiretur quaedam laceratus diutius, avulsam sedibus linguam suam cum cruento sputamine in oculos interrogantis Cyprii regis inpegit.

AVANT CURIEUX, édition #1
Festival cirque et rue
10, 11 et 12 octobre 2018

En 2017, nous « préfigurions » l’Avant Curieux, histoire de (se) tester, (se) rencontrer, (s’) inventer et poser les bases de notre festival. Voici 2018 et notre édition UNE, qui affiche fièrement ses ambitions. Celles de mettre pendant trois jours les arts de la rue et du cirque au cœur de la métropole nantaise, avec une attention particulière à la jeune création. Celles de créer un événement ouvert à tous, professionnels (avec la journée du jeudi), familles ou public curieux. Celles de construire ensemble, en partenariat avec l’ONYX-La Carrière de Saint-Herblain qui nous apporte son précieux soutien et sa confiance. Sans oublier les Ecossolies – Solilab qui accueillera la programmation du vendredi.

Spectacles, bal, entresorts, présentations de projets « à la table » ou en « maquette », les 10, 11 et 12 octobre l’édition UNE de l’Avant curieux sera pleine de rencontres, de curiosités, de tentatives et de découvertes.

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En co-réalisation avec le théâtre ONYX Saint-Herblain, avec le soutien du Conseil Départemental de Loire-Atlantique, la Région Pays de la Loire, les Ecossolies – Solilab et CircusNext.

Abusus enim multitudine hominum, quam tranquillis in rebus diutius rexit, ex agrestibus habitaculis urbes construxit multis opibus firmas et viribus, quarum ad praesens pleraeque licet Graecis nominibus appellentur, quae isdem ad arbitrium inposita sunt conditoris, primigenia tamen nomina non amittunt, quae eis Assyria lingua institutores veteres indiderunt.

Quid enim tam absurdum quam delectari multis inanimis rebus, ut honore, ut gloria, ut aedificio, ut vestitu cultuque corporis, animante virtute praedito, eo qui vel amare vel, ut ita dicam, redamare possit, non admodum delectari? Nihil est enim remuneratione benevolentiae, nihil vicissitudine studiorum officiorumque iucundius.

Cumque pertinacius ut legum gnarus accusatorem flagitaret atque sollemnia, doctus id Caesar libertatemque superbiam ratus tamquam obtrectatorem audacem excarnificari praecepit, qui ita evisceratus ut cruciatibus membra deessent, inplorans caelo iustitiam, torvum renidens fundato pectore mansit inmobilis nec se incusare nec quemquam alium passus et tandem nec confessus nec confutatus cum abiecto consorte poenali est morte multatus. et ducebatur intrepidus temporum iniquitati insultans, imitatus Zenonem illum veterem Stoicum qui ut mentiretur quaedam laceratus diutius, avulsam sedibus linguam suam cum cruento sputamine in oculos interrogantis Cyprii regis inpegit.

AVANT CURIEUX, festival cirque et rue, édition zér0
Les 22 et 23 novembre – 16h30>minuit
Au Karting, Solilab et Pol’n – Nantes

Il était une fois dans l’ouest de Nantes, deux structures d’accompagnement d’artistes à peu près du même âge, pour les arts de rue (Curios) et pour le cirque (l’Avant Courrier), qui partageaient des bureaux. Elles se rendaient compte, en discutant à la pause-café, qu’elles avaient bien des questionnements et des problématiques en commun… Ainsi qu’une envie, d’abord floue puis de plus en plus insistante de présenter leurs « pépites maison » et leurs coups de cœur, de rue et de cirque, au public et aux professionnels de la région. Le besoin aussi de vivre un moment festif, se rassembler, sortir du bureau, et nouer des liens avec le territoire à côté duquel on passe parfois lorsqu’on part trop souvent en tournée.
En fin de compte, créer un festival.

L’Avant Curieux, édition Zéro, est une préfiguration. Préfiguration de ce que pourrait être notre festival, de rue et de cirque, de cirque et de rue, au cœur de l’automne et de la région Pays de la Loire.
Cette année nous mettons « nos productions » à l’honneur, c’est à dire une partie des artistes que nous accompagnons au quotidien et dans leurs parcours professionnels. On espère que cela vous plaira. Et qu’on reviendra, plus fous, en 2018 !

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Abusus enim multitudine hominum, quam tranquillis in rebus diutius rexit, ex agrestibus habitaculis urbes construxit multis opibus firmas et viribus, quarum ad praesens pleraeque licet Graecis nominibus appellentur, quae isdem ad arbitrium inposita sunt conditoris, primigenia tamen nomina non amittunt, quae eis Assyria lingua institutores veteres indiderunt.

Quid enim tam absurdum quam delectari multis inanimis rebus, ut honore, ut gloria, ut aedificio, ut vestitu cultuque corporis, animante virtute praedito, eo qui vel amare vel, ut ita dicam, redamare possit, non admodum delectari? Nihil est enim remuneratione benevolentiae, nihil vicissitudine studiorum officiorumque iucundius.

Cumque pertinacius ut legum gnarus accusatorem flagitaret atque sollemnia, doctus id Caesar libertatemque superbiam ratus tamquam obtrectatorem audacem excarnificari praecepit, qui ita evisceratus ut cruciatibus membra deessent, inplorans caelo iustitiam, torvum renidens fundato pectore mansit inmobilis nec se incusare nec quemquam alium passus et tandem nec confessus nec confutatus cum abiecto consorte poenali est morte multatus. et ducebatur intrepidus temporum iniquitati insultans, imitatus Zenonem illum veterem Stoicum qui ut mentiretur quaedam laceratus diutius, avulsam sedibus linguam suam cum cruento sputamine in oculos interrogantis Cyprii regis inpegit.

Après plusieurs saisons en tournée, nous avons rapidement senti le besoin de mener des projets en lien avec le territoire sur lequel nous vivons.

Ne pas devenir une structure « hors sol » mais imaginer un dialogue entre les artistes de cirque (ceux que nous accompagnons et les habitants de l’agglomération nantaise), en collaboration étroite avec les acteurs culturels, politiques, sociaux du territoire. 2017 est une année marquante pour nous puisque nous avons pu poser :

• Les bases d’une réflexion pour la création d’un lieu de résidence et de travail adapté pour les arts du cirque
• Les prémices du festival Avant Curieux, co-organisé avec Curios, avec une édition zéro.
• Les pistes de partenariats pour la mise en place d’actions culturelles

Nous espérons pouvoir développer/ approfondir ces trois axes dans les années à venir.

LE LIEU

LE FESTIVAL

LES ACTIONS CULTURELLES

Abusus enim multitudine hominum, quam tranquillis in rebus diutius rexit, ex agrestibus habitaculis urbes construxit multis opibus firmas et viribus, quarum ad praesens pleraeque licet Graecis nominibus appellentur, quae isdem ad arbitrium inposita sunt conditoris, primigenia tamen nomina non amittunt, quae eis Assyria lingua institutores veteres indiderunt.

Quid enim tam absurdum quam delectari multis inanimis rebus, ut honore, ut gloria, ut aedificio, ut vestitu cultuque corporis, animante virtute praedito, eo qui vel amare vel, ut ita dicam, redamare possit, non admodum delectari? Nihil est enim remuneratione benevolentiae, nihil vicissitudine studiorum officiorumque iucundius.

Cumque pertinacius ut legum gnarus accusatorem flagitaret atque sollemnia, doctus id Caesar libertatemque superbiam ratus tamquam obtrectatorem audacem excarnificari praecepit, qui ita evisceratus ut cruciatibus membra deessent, inplorans caelo iustitiam, torvum renidens fundato pectore mansit inmobilis nec se incusare nec quemquam alium passus et tandem nec confessus nec confutatus cum abiecto consorte poenali est morte multatus. et ducebatur intrepidus temporum iniquitati insultans, imitatus Zenonem illum veterem Stoicum qui ut mentiretur quaedam laceratus diutius, avulsam sedibus linguam suam cum cruento sputamine in oculos interrogantis Cyprii regis inpegit.

Abusus enim multitudine hominum, quam tranquillis in rebus diutius rexit, ex agrestibus habitaculis urbes construxit multis opibus firmas et viribus, quarum ad praesens pleraeque licet Graecis nominibus appellentur, quae isdem ad arbitrium inposita sunt conditoris, primigenia tamen nomina non amittunt, quae eis Assyria lingua institutores veteres indiderunt.

Quid enim tam absurdum quam delectari multis inanimis rebus, ut honore, ut gloria, ut aedificio, ut vestitu cultuque corporis, animante virtute praedito, eo qui vel amare vel, ut ita dicam, redamare possit, non admodum delectari? Nihil est enim remuneratione benevolentiae, nihil vicissitudine studiorum officiorumque iucundius.

Cumque pertinacius ut legum gnarus accusatorem flagitaret atque sollemnia, doctus id Caesar libertatemque superbiam ratus tamquam obtrectatorem audacem excarnificari praecepit, qui ita evisceratus ut cruciatibus membra deessent, inplorans caelo iustitiam, torvum renidens fundato pectore mansit inmobilis nec se incusare nec quemquam alium passus et tandem nec confessus nec confutatus cum abiecto consorte poenali est morte multatus. et ducebatur intrepidus temporum iniquitati insultans, imitatus Zenonem illum veterem Stoicum qui ut mentiretur quaedam laceratus diutius, avulsam sedibus linguam suam cum cruento sputamine in oculos interrogantis Cyprii regis inpegit.

Abusus enim multitudine hominum, quam tranquillis in rebus diutius rexit, ex agrestibus habitaculis urbes construxit multis opibus firmas et viribus, quarum ad praesens pleraeque licet Graecis nominibus appellentur, quae isdem ad arbitrium inposita sunt conditoris, primigenia tamen nomina non amittunt, quae eis Assyria lingua institutores veteres indiderunt.

Quid enim tam absurdum quam delectari multis inanimis rebus, ut honore, ut gloria, ut aedificio, ut vestitu cultuque corporis, animante virtute praedito, eo qui vel amare vel, ut ita dicam, redamare possit, non admodum delectari? Nihil est enim remuneratione benevolentiae, nihil vicissitudine studiorum officiorumque iucundius.

Cumque pertinacius ut legum gnarus accusatorem flagitaret atque sollemnia, doctus id Caesar libertatemque superbiam ratus tamquam obtrectatorem audacem excarnificari praecepit, qui ita evisceratus ut cruciatibus membra deessent, inplorans caelo iustitiam, torvum renidens fundato pectore mansit inmobilis nec se incusare nec quemquam alium passus et tandem nec confessus nec confutatus cum abiecto consorte poenali est morte multatus. et ducebatur intrepidus temporum iniquitati insultans, imitatus Zenonem illum veterem Stoicum qui ut mentiretur quaedam laceratus diutius, avulsam sedibus linguam suam cum cruento sputamine in oculos interrogantis Cyprii regis inpegit.

Abusus enim multitudine hominum, quam tranquillis in rebus diutius rexit, ex agrestibus habitaculis urbes construxit multis opibus firmas et viribus, quarum ad praesens pleraeque licet Graecis nominibus appellentur, quae isdem ad arbitrium inposita sunt conditoris, primigenia tamen nomina non amittunt, quae eis Assyria lingua institutores veteres indiderunt.

Quid enim tam absurdum quam delectari multis inanimis rebus, ut honore, ut gloria, ut aedificio, ut vestitu cultuque corporis, animante virtute praedito, eo qui vel amare vel, ut ita dicam, redamare possit, non admodum delectari? Nihil est enim remuneratione benevolentiae, nihil vicissitudine studiorum officiorumque iucundius.

Cumque pertinacius ut legum gnarus accusatorem flagitaret atque sollemnia, doctus id Caesar libertatemque superbiam ratus tamquam obtrectatorem audacem excarnificari praecepit, qui ita evisceratus ut cruciatibus membra deessent, inplorans caelo iustitiam, torvum renidens fundato pectore mansit inmobilis nec se incusare nec quemquam alium passus et tandem nec confessus nec confutatus cum abiecto consorte poenali est morte multatus. et ducebatur intrepidus temporum iniquitati insultans, imitatus Zenonem illum veterem Stoicum qui ut mentiretur quaedam laceratus diutius, avulsam sedibus linguam suam cum cruento sputamine in oculos interrogantis Cyprii regis inpegit.

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EMPRESA DE CIRCO PACHECO KAULEN Y HNOS.

Pacheco Kaulen y Hnos was founded in 2009 with the production of the show Circo de A’onde. The company’s artistic research relies upon the fusion between circus arts and music leading to unconventional productions.

The company has benefited from the support of the Chilean Council for Culture for itinerant, research or creative projects.

Tomás Kaulen Díaz is a circus artist. He trained at the Cuban National Circus School (ENA 2000-2001) and taught himself acrobatics, handstands, juggling, object manipulation, mime but also Indian martial arts. Both actor and director, he started investigating everyday life topics and circus life in Primer mal, un artista del trapecio (2005) and Rueda, un viaje entre cuerdas (2008), touring in Chile, the Dominican Republic, France, the Netherlands and Switzerland.

Álvaro Pacheco Bascuñán is a composer and a multi-instrumentalist. He studied violin, piano and harmony concomitantly with music theory at the Institute of Art in Havana, Cuba (ISA 2001-2003) and composition at the Chilean University (2004-2012). He participated in several theatre plays as a musician (Company La Rata from 2000 to 2004), as an actor (Company Kabeza de Zebra from 2007 to 2009) and as a technician. He composes and plays for Tarabust, an improvised music ensemble. He is regularly asked to compose music for dance or theatre.

Carola Sandoval Goubet is a comedian, costume and set designer. After an art degree (specialization in set design) at the University of Chile, she works for several street theatre companies (Dama Brava, Teatro Mendicantes and Patriotico Interessante). She joins Circo Pacheco Kaulen y Hnos in 2011, first as a technician, then as a comedian and set designer. At the same time, she keeps on developing collaborations with several other companies and works as a muralist with the Brigade Negotropica. In this respect, she is regularly asked to lead workshops for children.

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Chute! is a performance of regressive anticipation that grapples with the process of falling. Attempting a spectacular dialogue, two acrobats of the same size, weight, and age formulate interrogations:
How is he prepared to withstand gravity? When he jumps in the air, does the acrobat dream of flying or falling?
What sort of relationship does he have with death? With life? With risk-taking? With fear of heights?
In keeping with the philosophy of the artistic collective Porte27, stimulating encounters is at the centre of the proposition. Chute! is an intimate, uncluttered and playful performance.

CHUTE! Short version 
This is a dynamic performance with an academic objective and a smooth narration, an invitation to reflect on the profession of an acrobat.
The show was designed to be performed in many different contexts, both indoors and outdoors. The project is technically self-sufficient. We will only ask you to provide tatami mats, chairs and power supply. We need a minimum surface area of 8m long and 6m wide (playing area + seating). Chairs are placed all around the mats. Seating capacity: 40 to 100.

The show can be performed in auditoriums and big tops, in communal halls or classrooms, in meeting and conference rooms, in playgrounds, libraries, hospitals or parks etc.

The show is the continuation of our activities within the Collective Porte27.
Producing a show:
For whom? We aspire to a close relationship with the spectators and question our relationship with them.
How? We examine the time frame and mechanism of a performance by encouraging encounters and adressing the audience directly.

Theatre in the round with seating on four sides. Stage dimensions 6m x 4m. We place chairs or a tribune around it.
Being close to the spectators allows the artists to have a privileged relationship with them. Closeup viewing, the sensation of proximity, talking without voice effects, feeling the movements of air that are generated by the acrobat, these are some of the many different sensations that nourish our imagination.

An original idea by Matthieu Gary
Acrobats and performers: Matthieu Gary and Sidney Pin
Artistic insight: Marc Vittecoq
Lighting design: Clément Bonnin
Office Management: Anne Delepine
Production: Porte27
Touring Management: Elsa Lemoine / L’Avant Courrier
Acknowledgements: Thomas Laigle, Pauline Dau, Lawrence Williams, Fanny Sintès and Marion Collé
Photo copyright: Vasil Tasevski

Production Porte27
Co-production: Le Théâtre de la Madeleine – Scène conventionnée (National Theatre) de Troyes, Le Manège de Reims – Scène nationale.
Supports: and residencies Le Nouveau Relax – Scène conventionnée de Chaumont, Balthazar – Centre des arts du cirque de Montpellier, Le Manège de Reims – Scène nationale, Le Montort – Paris, Cirque en Scène – Centre des arts du cirque de Niort, L’Echalier – Agence rurale de développement culturel de Saint Agil, Cirk’Eole – Montigny les Metz.
The Collective Porte27 is an associate artist of the Théâtre de la Madeleine – Scène conventionnée de Troyes.
It is financially supported by the Région Champagne-Ardenne and the (regional Counsel) Conseil Départemental de la Marne

Contact :
Elsa LEMOINE
elsa[@]avantcourrier.fr
+ 33 (0)6 07 86 73 65

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Pierre Déaux and Mika Kaski have been friends since they studied together at the French National Center of Circus Arts (Centre National des Arts du Cirque-CNAC) from which they graduated in 2006. They have worked together several times, in particular in Toto Lacaille, a production achieving the studies of CNAC’s 17th promotion (Big Top Tour in 2006), and in the show Raté-Rattrapé-Raté by Nikolaus, from 2007 to 2009.
Le Grain is their first creation as a duo. They collaborated in the writing with Stéphane Brouleaux, a director and comedian.

In Pierre Déaux’s work, theatre and circus are intimately bound together. As a graduate in both theatre and circus arts (French National Drama Academy and CNAC), he cross-examines theatre and circus to better reveal each of them. In the theatre field, he performed in Tchekhov’s Cherry Orchard directed by Y.J. Collin (2005). In 2012, Pierre was asked to participate as an artistic collaborator in the collective Jakart Mugiscué’s new production Les Autonautes de la cosmoroute (Théâtre National de la Colline, April 2012). He works on the 2014 production of Groupe Merci.
Pierre is often asked to give his artistic know-how, as an outside eye or as a director : Miettes by Rémi Luchez; Face Nord by the company Un loup pour l’homme; in a show by the students completing their degree at the Academy of circus and performance arts in Tilburg (The Netherlands); Un soir chez Boris by Olivier Debelhoir; Boi by Jonas Seradin (Galapiat cirque).

Finnish, Mika Kaski studied clown and trapeze with a partner and specialized in handstands, on sticks in particular.
After graduating as a teacher from the Academy of circus arts in Turku (Finland), he resumed his studies at the CNAC where he met Pierre Déaux.
He participated in several productions such as Cabaret (François Verret, 2008), Qu’après en être revenu (Jean-Baptiste André, 2010) or Plage Ultime (Séverine Chavrier, 2012, Avignon Festival), and collaborates with the companies Circo Aereo and Quo Vadis among other experiences, both in France and in Finland.
In 2013-2014, he participates in the production Château Descartes by Lucho Smit (Galapiat cirque).
Mika also works as a teacher mainly in Finland and participates in high impact projects such as Zip-Zap circus school, in South Africa, or Clowns Without Borders.

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«On this Sunday of spring 1925, Willy Wolf is about to jump from the deck of the aerial ferry bridge of Nantes!
Willy puts on his leather helmet and carefully walks up to the edge. It is time to disobey. It is time to dive into the depths and to celebrity… Willy plunges without anybody noticing that he has already suffocated from the exhaust fumes of his flare. He falls heavily into the water.»

A century after his death, we have adapted the story of this man in order to explore our limits and reveal the tenuous boundaries between realising an exploit and the absurdity of putting oneself at risk.

Acrobats : Lluna Pi, Simon Cheype, Antoine Cousty, Hugo Moriceau, Jacob Auzanneau, Florian Bessin
Sound design : Timothée Langlois
Outside eye : Jean-Benoit Mollet
Lighting design : en cours
Production : L’Avant Courrier

Coproduction : Plateforme 2 Pôles Cirques en Normandie – La Brèche à Cherbourg et Cirque Théâtre d’Elbeuf ; Cirque Jules Verne, Pôle National des Arts du Cirque et de la Rue d’Amiens ; Association CIEL ; La Verrerie d’Alès, Pôle Nationale Cirque Occitanie

Support : Baro d’Evel Cirk Compagnie ; Loisirs et Culture, Cirk’Eole ; Scènes Vosges ; Onyx, La Carrière, Théâtre de Saint Herblain ; Espace Périphérique ; Circa, Pôle National Cirque, Auch Gers Occitanie

Calendar of residencies :
10 to 16 October 2016 (Cirk’Eole, Montigny-lès-Metz)

20 to 24 March 2017 (La Cave Coopérative de Baro d’Evel)
19 to 26 September 2017 (Cirque Jules Verne, Pôle national Cirque et Arts de la Rue d’Amiens)
23 to 29 October 2017 (Scènes Vosges, Epinal)
1^er to 12 November 2017 (Cirk’Eole, Montigny-lès-Metz)

19 February to 2 March 2018 (La Verrerie d’Alès, Pôle National Cirque Occitanie)
5 au 15 mars 2018 (Cirque Jules Verne, Pôle national Cirque et Arts de la Rue d’Amiens)
26 March to 13 April 2018 (Espace périphérique, Paris)
30 April to 5 May 2018 (Théâtre Onyx, Saint-Herblain)
7 to 27 May 2018 (Circa, Pôle National des Arts du Cirque d’Auch)
20 days in September 2018 (current research)
22 October to 7 November 2018 (Cirque Théâtre Elbeuf)

Offical date of creation in Temps de Création d’Elbeuf, the 8th, 9th and 10th November 2018

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THE PRETTY CURIOUS, festival circus and street, edition zer0
November 22nd and 23rd – 4:30 pm> midnight
At Karting, Solilab and Pol’n – Nantes

Once upon a time in the west of Nantes, there were two artists’ support organizations of about the same age, for street arts (Curios) and circus (Avant Courrier), which shared offices. They realized, while discussing at the coffee break, that they had many questions and problems in common … As well as a desire, initially fuzzy then more and more insistent to present their “house nuggets” and their favorites, street and circus, to the public and professionals of the region. The need also to live a festive moment, get together, get out of the office, and build links with the territory that we sometimes go to when we go on tour too often.
In the end, create a festival.

The Avant Curieux, Zero edition, is a prefiguration. Prefiguration of what could be our festival, street and circus, circus and street in the heart of the autumn and the Pays de la Loire region.
This year we put “our productions” in the spotlight, that is to say a part of the artists we accompany on a daily basis and in their professional career. We hope you enjoy it. And we will come back, more crazy, in 2018 !

The rolled out (identical on both days):
16h30 > 17h45 at the Karting
« The artists’ snack »
Discussions about their next creations : Groupe Fluo, La Contrebande, Sanja Kosonen, Sébastien Wojdan – Galapiat Cirque 

18h > 18h30 at the Solilab
Bal Trap / Cie La Contrebande
Bascule / 30 min
Bal Trap, like a Trad Ball of guinguette with fireworks, a show of precision, based on thrown and propulsion. Thought like a ballet of bodies and sharp objects. Rattrape of bullets and projections in bursts. Bal Trap, a game, challenges, cape or not cap.
Teaser

Continuous from 6:30 pm to midnight at POL’N
Les Petites choses / Cie La Mine et Slow Park
Laboratoire culturel et poétique / entresort
Momette presents poetic entresorts, impromptus musical, little table prowess, animated images wandering … She will be accompanied by David Gervais, shepherd of snails, came with some rides from Slow Park.
More about the show

19h30 > 20h at POL’N
T.R.E.S.E.D / Groupe Fluo
Balade dans les déséquilibres de la chute / 25 min
A board placed vertically stands like a double. In this “face-to-face”, the rule is simple: it must remain standing, it is then a question of retaining the fall.
T.R.E.S.E.D explores the point of fall to question his own verticality. A sculptural choreography made of fragile balances oscillating between strength and lightness, grace and tension.
Teaser

21h > 22h at POL’N
Vanité(s) / Pauline Dau
One-woman-circus-show / 55 min
It is a woman who seeks, who plays all the characters of her portrait gallery to understand what makes us / builds / conditions and what are we products?
It is a circus experimentation, an existential questioning and derision on our condition: what remains … if, of all that, one frees oneself?
Teaser

In the evening, screenings of an excerpt of the “Professional Film Made in Finland” (15 min) in the presence of the director and circus artist Elice Abonce Muhonen (Galapiat Circus) and broadcast of “Words of Circus” by Jean-Christophe HERVEET.
For their precious help, thank you very much to POL’N, Solilab, Pays de la Loire Regional Theater, Pierrot Usureau, Brice Marchais, Jean-Christophe Herveet, Manu Facto for the decoration and all those who support us.

Practical information :
Bar and restaurant on site
Free admission
Download the program here

Address:
Karting : 6 rue Saint-Domingue 44 200 Nantes
Solilab : 8 rue Saint-Domingue 44 200 Nantes
Pol’n : 11 rue des Olivettes 44 000 Nantes

Contact:
07 81 41 07 40
contact@avantcurieux.fr
avantcourrier.fr // curiosproduction.com

KAZY
Kazy-K, born 1984, lives and works in Nantes (France).
Having practised multiple forms of Graffiti for more than ten years, he now uses a large panel of representational techniques (etching,screen printing, ink works, stencilling…).
Influenced by classical painting, underground imagery from the 80’s onwards and to a greater extent by « folk art », he has not hesitated to incisively distort certain sacred iconographies.
His work is characterised by a constant search for a point of convergence between the technical, the human and the cultural. This constant interaction nourishes his artistic research.
This process generates a variety of « languages » in order to be accessible to the greatest number of people.
Kazy-K also collaborates with different groups of artists and companies.
His productions are to a great extent inspired by his travels and refer to the street, an endless inspiration considered as an open-air gallery and a perfect testing ground.
Read more here

GWENAEL MANAC’H
Born in 1990.
It could have been anything else, but he chose drawing.
Drawing as an inner and automatic dialogue, from which encounters, incomplete stories and scenes emerge.
His work is composed of faces, of multifaceted characters to which one could lend thought.
He is inspired by street art, Impressionism, the books of his childhood and people on the bus.
And what he likes most is that another eye reflects his own image.
Read more here

LUCILE RÉGUERRE
Born 1985, lives and works in Nantes (France). Having learned bronze turning at the Ecole Boulle in Paris and stage design at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, her inspiration comes from the fine arts as well as the performing arts.
She practices linocut and her favorite medium is paper.
She apprehends linocut in the same way as she does stage design. Her purpose is to tell a story within a specific space, place or on the surface of a sheet of paper. Taking into account the spectator’s view in front of a piece of art as well as its accessibilility, Lucile’s work relies upon sensory and sensitive experiences. Using black-and-white exclusively, as in 20th century graphic novels, her inspiration is eclectic and ranges from outsider art to fairground art and artists like Klinger, Navette or Blanquet. She also uses linocut to create illustrations for marketing purposes or events at the request of creative craftspeople, collectives or non-profit organisations.
Read more here

Series  .  The episodes

Be recognisable in a crowd (Rule #1)

Be adaptable (Rule #2)

Combine your personal and professional life (Rule #3)

Be passionate about the projects you support (Rule #4)

Be business-minded (Rule #5)

Be and remain optimistic (Rule #6)

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Series  .  The episodes

Avant Courrier do’s and don’ts

Working as a production and touring manager is not an easy job, as is the case of many other professions. Many say they do it for lack of anything better which leads to a very high turnover and loss of knowledge and experience… Talking with our colleagues over the years, we have collected dozens of funny anecdotes depicting our daily routine at work, our problems, our ups and downs but also our moments of pride and joy. Our aim was to take a lighthearted approach to it, ourselves and those we work with, in a subtle way, incorporating them in the process when possible, by slightly reversing the roles. Our turn to be on centre stage or rather on the screen.

This is how we came up with the idea of making a guide of do’s and don’ts, a series of short episodes to depict our profession as we experience it because, despite everything, we do love it. A way of letting off steam, a sharing of space and fun. A kind of carnival in fact. To inform about our work and about us, of course.

The episodes will be released according to the seasons:

SEASON 1

• Autumn episode, 21 September: Be recognisable in a crowd (rule #1)
• Winter episode, 21 December: Be adaptable (rule #2)
• Spring episode, 21 March: Combine your personal and professional life harmoniously (rule #3)
• Summer episode, 21 June: Be passionate about the projects you support (rule #4)

Screenwriters and actresses : Elsa Lemoine, Nolwenn Manac’h et Louise-Michèle You
Director, editor, screenwriter : Alex Guillaume
Actor advisor : Pierre Déaux
Voice-over : Fanny Sintès
Coordinator, sound technician and actress : Charlotte Dezès
Subtitles : Hélène Hirsinger

With the participation of : Angèle Besson, Thomas Denier, Elvire Diehl, Etienne Charles, Matthieu Gary, Daphné Gaspari, Marguerite Guéhéneuc, Bérénice Guénée, Adrien Maheux, Laszlo Leduc Manac’h, Michel Lemoine, Jean-Benoît Nison, Sidney Pin, Simon Pons-Rotbardt, Lucile Réguerre, Zelda et Ferdinand Theilmann, Maëlle Triballier, Margaux et Rébecca Vernerey, Anatole Vincent Gaspari, Matthieu Violette, Solen et Elena Violette You, and all the extras of Lieu Unique (Nantes)

A huge thank you to :Fabien Leduc, René Riaud Maire de Sixt-sur-Aff, La Martofacture, Curios Prod, l’atelier d’Aran, our production and touring managers colleagues from Nantes and beyond, Galapiat Cirque department of production and touring management.

«In a traditional circus, the “avant-courrier” sets up the circus settlement, orders the food, the litter for the animals and puts up the posters. The convoy follows.»

L’Avant Courrier is an organisation that was founded in January 2014. Its purpose is to provide back-up in terms of production and touring management for contemporary circus shows, taking into account the diversity of styles and aesthetics, at all levels, local, national and international.

L’Avant Courrier perceives itself as a close partner of the artistic teams in the creation and implementation of their productions, taking into consideration their individual needs and concerns. Each collaboration is thus unique.

The choice of a separate structure to that of the artists allows pooling of tools, know-how and networks. Backing up the artistic teams is also a way of opening new perspectives and taking a global view necessary in the daily management of a company.

Behind the scenes of L’Avant Courrier, Nolwenn MANAC’H, Louise-Michèle YOU, Fanny PEZZUTTI and Elsa LEMOINE, four girls whose wish is to consider production and touring management as a collaborative effort.

Taking the necessary time to integrate these professions in a vaster reflection of artistic and cultural policies.

Our partners :

Galapiat Cirque :
L’Avant Courrier is closely linked to the organisation Galapiat Cirque as the delegated touring management of various productions but also for the back-up and coordination of the whole « production & Touring Management » department. A story written in common, projects and dreams that generate strength and energy !

Syndicat des cirques et des compagnies de création