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Reviving the repertory
Ephemeral memories, sources of mystery, or refusals of the repertoire?
Published on 5 November 2024
Wednesday, January 22, 10:00 am to noon
Turbulence space, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille
Playwriting, dramaturgy, and the repertoire are essential elements in the quest to legitimize the contemporary circus and allow it to emancipate itself from certain preconceived notions or restrictions.
The revival of works from the repertoire is a way to extend the life of circus creations and provide greater recognition of their symbolic, artistic, and educational implications. It is also part of a process of remembering the past while questioning the present and the future.
This approach may require compromises, or at least transformations, when adapting the writing to serve contemporary dramaturgy or incorporate specific visual elements.
This round-table discussion will examine the progress made in this area and open up perspectives for the development of the circus repertoire.
An understanding of French will improve your experience at this event.
MODERATOR : Sophie Deschamps, member of the board of directors for the SACD
After studying literature and attending the Conservatoire National d’Art Dramatique acting school, Sophie Deschamps performed in more than a dozen plays. She then became a television scriptwriter, writing around 30 TV films.
Sophie Deschamps also writes for the theatre, with works such as La disgrâce de Jean Sébastien Bach, L’abbé́ de Choisy habillé en femme, and La boutique des miracles (in production).
Elected several times to the board of directors of the SACD authors’ rights society, where she served as president for five years, she is currently an administrator on the board.
Vincent Berhault, director of La Maison des Jonglages
Author, director, performer, and director of the nationally recognized cultural venue La Maison des Jonglages, Vincent Berhault has been working in the creative circus sector for nearly 30 years.
Trained as a juggler, he now serves as the artistic director of Compagnie Les Singuliers and has worked on productions where body, objects, music, and text are intimately intertwined. A graduate in anthropology and international relations, he has initiated creative projects with Turkey and is currently pursuing research into art and science. He is an associate artist at IREMAM (Institute of Research and Study on the Arab and Islamic Worlds). Vincent Berhault is vice president of the Territoires de Cirque professional network.
Florence Caillon, artistic director of the L’Eolienne company
Florence Caillon has pursued parallel activities for more than 20 years: circus choreography and film music composition. She has developed a body language she calls the choreographed circus, and is particularly interested in choreographing the circus vocabulary using states of the body and different principles of dance writing.
Pierre-Marie Quéré, director general of PESMD Bordeaux Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Trained as a dancer, Pierre-Marie Quéré has been a producer and event creator for 15 years in France and internationally. He was co-director of the Rosella Hightower national dance center in Cannes-Mougins from 2009 to 2020 and of the ENDM dance school in Marseille from 2012 to 2016. He was general secretary of the CNAC national circus arts center in Châlons-en-Champagne between 2020 and 2023. In March 2024, he became Director General of the PESMD music and dance school for Bordeaux Nouvelle-Aquitaine. He is co-president of Anescas association of stage arts schools and a qualified reference for the government’s CNESERAC council on artistic and cultural research and education. His cross-disciplinary career in higher education related to the performing arts has led him to examine the repertoires of dance, circus, and music.
Marie Tissot, doctoral student, theatre studies – Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier (Rirra21), museum science – Université du Québec à Montréal
Marie Tissot is writing her thesis on memory and transmission in the circus in France and Quebec (UQAM/Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier3). A member of the CCCirque collective of circus researchers, she co-founded the doctoral seminar “Faire corps”. Her research has been published in Lieux et milieux des arts vivants. Performer l’institution (edited by. A. Bénichou, les presses du réel, 2024) and the journal Circus Sciences.
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