Modul-Dance City Guide Paris

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PARIS an artist’s-eye view

modul-dance Modul-dance is a multi-annual cooperation project with the participation of 20 European dancehouses from 16 countries.

One of the project’s key elements is the promotion of mobility, so that artists receiving its support follow itineraries across Europe to develop their creative work and present it to different audiences.

Each of the guides in this collection shows a city from the viewpoint of a local artist, who proposes his or her own particular route to artists in transit, seeking to put them in connection with their host city. While these city routes share some basic features, each one is different and in their differences lies a wealth of gazes, aesthetics, approximations to the local and much more. In a word, they form a mirror of the diversity that modul-dance has always fostered.

The Paris city guide has been possible thanks to the curatorial work of Centre national de la danse, a partner in the modul-dance project.

Centre National de la danse Paris © Luc Boegly

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François Chaignaud © Lukas Beyeler & Patrick Mettraux

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François Chaignaud presents Paris

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François Chaignaud Born in Rennes, François Chaignaud is a graduate of the Conservatoire Supérieur de Danse de Paris. He has danced with a number of choreographers since 2003: Boris Charmartz, Emmanuelle Huynh, Gilles Jobin, Tiago Guedes, Alain Buffard… Likewise, he has given performances and concerts at a great diversity of venues, in the crossroads of different inspirations – from erotic literature (Aussi bien que ton cœur ouvre moi les genoux, 2008), through operetta, to the art of the hula hoop (Duchesses, 2009, created with Marie-Caroline Hominal). François has begun some collaborations too, particularly with the legendary San Francisco drag queen Rumi Missabu, the performance artist Benjamin Dukhan, and the cabaret performer Jérôme Marin (Sous l’ombrelle, 2011). In 2012 he took part in the creation of Dominique Brun’s Sacre # 197.

Also a historian, he has published L’affaire Berger-Levrault: le féminisme à l’épreuve (1898-1905) at PUR. François Chaignaud and Cecilia Bengolea founded the company Vlovajob Pru in 2008. Subsequently, a sustained dialogue between the two choreographers gave life to a set of diverse works. Together they have created Pâquerette (2005-2008), Sylphides (2009), Castor et Pollux (2010), Danses libres (with choreographies by François Malkovsky and Suzanne Bodak, 2010), (M)IMOSA (co-written and interpreted with Trajal Harrell and Marlene Monteiro Freitas, 2011), Altered Natives’ Say Yes To Another Excess – TWERK (2012), and DUB LOVE (2013). In 2009, Cecilia Bengolea and François Chaignaud were awarded the Critics Choreographic Revelation Prize. François Chaignaud and Cecilia Bengolea were associate artists at the Ménagerie de Verre (Paris) between 2011 and 2013. vlovajobpru.com

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A small but essential sample of French identities Elegance. Voluptuousness.

Melancholia

Trendy (3 in 1) Petit Palais. Art. Food. Nature

100% French Done!

trendy Done!

03 A scenic alibi in Paris Men will poison you and make you come back, again and again

french men Done!

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A hot chocolate?

Angelina Rue de Rivoli 226. District 1

chocolate 08

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05 Out of range Ernest. Pas de talent sans talon haut Boulevard de Clichy 75. District 9

out of range

Done!

Detail Rue Bobillot 43. District 13

detail Done!

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06 07 Something for free sortie-gratuite.fr

free Done!

08 An aperitif PanachĂŠ. Lol

aperitif Done!

09 A strange place Rue Rochambeau 12. District 19

strange Done!

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A restaurant with no stars Daily monop. Lol

restaurant Done!

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A place where you can find me Les chics types 20 Avenue Laumière 20. District 19

find me Done!

12 Showcasing Catch me singing on the metro

catch me Done!

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13 One place I personally recommend Mdt Rue des Dames 25. District 17

recommendation Done!

14 A panoramic view Rue des Envierges 1. District 20

panoramic view Done!

15 An open market Puces de Saint Ouen

market Done!

16 A souvenir Jovoy Paris Rue de Castiglione 4. District 1

souvenir

don’t miss Done!

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Something not to be missed A night with a Parisian, of course, or at least an hour, anywhere

Done!

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COLLECTION Athens (GR) Barcelona (ES) Bassano del Grappa (IT) Dresden (DE) London (GB) Paris (FR) Poznań (PL) Stockholm (SE) Toulouse (FR) Vienna (AT)

MODUL-DANCE PROJECT MANAGEMENT Mercat de les Flors Project leader Francesc Casadesús

Project advisor Ulrike Kuner

Project assistant Mara Maso

Communication manager Sílvia González

Lleida, 59

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Barcelona · 08004

Tel. + 34 932 562 600

Project manager Amélie Louys

modul-dance.eu

Coordination of the guide at CND Paris: Olivier Vergnac Printed in 2014 MODUL-DANCE PARTNERS adc Genève CH (associated partner) - Art Stations Foundation Poznań PL - CDC Toulouse FR CND Paris FR - Centro per la Scena Contemporanea Bassano del Grappa IT - Dance Gate Lefkosia Cyprus CY - Dance Ireland Dublin IE - Dansens Hus Stockholm SE - Dansehallerne Copenhagen DK - DeVIR/CAPa Faro PT - DDRC Athens GR - HELLERAU-Europäisches Zentrum der Künste Dresden DE - Kino Šiška Ljubljana SI - Maison de la Danse Lyon FR - Mercat de les Flors Barcelona ES - Plesna Izba Maribor SI - Danshuis Station Zuid Tilburg NL - Tanzhaus NRW Düsseldorf DE Tanzquartier Wien AT - The Place London GB

modul-dance Paris, an artist’s-eye view

This work programme has been funded with the support of the European Commission.

This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be hold responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.