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The primary focus of my work is the idea of the collective, or group: how it forms, how individuals interact with it, what shared space it defines.

As someone who was born abroad and now lives in France, I pay particular attention to the idea of belonging to a place, to a human group. Here in France, I am very intrigued by the absence of symbols shared by all, because I know that as social creatures, we have a basic need to gather around symbols. Do they still exist? Is it possible to reinvent them?

In this piece I aim to create, with the five dancers in my company, something that unites us in a given space, on our scale, starting from each individual’s unique aspects. The process interweaves two converging dynamics: sound, whose source is in the collective memory; and choreography, based on a search for movement around the body and the line, which I view as an archaic form.

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Le Monde

Rosita Boisseau
January 2018

“The theme of the group is always at the heart of Yuval Pick’s work, and he beats a rhythm of different intensities that finally unite in a fireworks display of trembling hands and vibrant bursts.”

Toutlaculture.com

Amélie Blaustein Niddam 
January 2018

“A jubilant piece with dynamics that both oppose and unite. A challenging proposition and one that is fascinating to get caught up in.”

Around the creation

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Acta est fabula

Acta est fabula, Yuval Pick © Laurent Philippe 2018
Acta est fabula, Yuval Pick © Laurent Philippe 2018
Acta est fabula, Yuval Pick © Laurent Philippe 2018

Casting

Choreography: Yuval Pick
Choreographic assistant: Sharon Eskenazi
Dancers: Noémie De Almeida Ferreira, Madoka Kobayashi
Thibault Desaules, Adrien Martins, Guillaume Forestier
Sound creation: Max Bruckert, Olivier Renouf
Assisted by: Clément Hubert

Lighting: Sébastien Lefèvre
Set design: Bénédicte Jolys
Costumes: Ettore Lombardi
assisté de : Paul Andriamanana
Vocal work: Guilhem Lacroux, Myriam Djemour,
Regard extérieur, Michel Raskine

With thanks to: Mike Alfreds

Produced by: CCNR/Yuval Pick

Coproduced by: Chaillot – Théâtre National de la Danse
With the support of: KLAP Maison pour la danse à Marseille

Length: 1 hour

Photos: Laurent PhilippeRomain Tissot

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