Newsletter 60 – May 2024
THE LANDSCAPE AS A CREATIVE SPACE
IN SITU CREATION
SARDANIA
JULY 11 TO 19, 2024
The Scénographies-Paysages cycle is venturing across the ocean for the first time, extending its reach to Sardinia, where it will unfold in outdoor spaces steeped in the island’s collective memory.
Conceived by Danièle Desnoyers, the project brings together seven dancers from Quebec and Italy to perform a choreographic score set in three distinct locations: the port area of Cagliari, the wild and monumental olive grove of San Sisinnio Park, and the Nuragic Sanctuary of Santa Cristina.
A poetic dialogue with these diverse spaces, the Scénographies-Paysages in Sardinia take the form of wandering tours. A cappella singing intertwines with the natural sound environments, inviting spectators to freely roam about. The performers’ bodies adapt to their contact with the existing structures, responding to the geometric patterns on the ground and navigating between the walls, niches, rotundas and excavated sacred wells. Together, the artists draw on the local culture and legends, moving nimbly between the remnants of time and the presence of the living.
Before packing up and during its creative period, ATSA invites the company to take up residence at La Montagnarde, allowing it to immerse themself in the Laurentian forest.
Les Scénographies-Paysages in Sardinia is produced by Le Carré des Lombes in partnership with the Fondazione Fabricca Europa per le arti contemporanee (CRISOL – CREATIVE PROCESSES 2022 – 2024), the TersicoreaT.off | Officina delle arti sceniche e performative, the FUORIMARGINE- Center for Dance and Performing Arts Production and Art Circulation and ATSA, Quand l’art passe à l’action.
The Cagliari and Villacidro performances are part of the 2024 Cortoindanza Festival.
With the performers: Myriam Arseneault Campbell / Giulia Cannas / Châtelaine Côté-Rioux / Rachele Montis / Nunzia Picciallo / Brontë Poiré-Prest / Elisa Zedda (songs)