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NEW MAGIC THE EMERGENCE OF A CONTEMPORARY ART ➜ story, the narration. “I never bring a purely technical performance”, Thierry Collet explains, “it’s also a matter of participating in the meaning, of offering a stylistic or thematic interpretation.” At the Opera The key word of this incursion of magic into the performing arts is illusion; an important theme in the stage arts. After having solicited Philippe Beau for “Kà”, a creation of the Cirque du Soleil, Robert Lepage called on him for a sequence of shadows in the opera “The Nightingale and Other Short Fables”, by Stravinsky. As for Thierry Collet, he recently explored the links between magic and film in a “Cinderella” by Massenet in the Opéra Comique. He is also at the side of Jean Lambert-Wild for a hybrid creation mixing together texts, images and objects, presented this summer in Avignon. These are all creations where magic inserts itself into a multi-facetted context that fascinates the spectator. “When events take place as if by magic”, writes Philippe Genty, “the spectator is propelled into a world where not everything is logical. A small door opens up. Surely, some will refuse to get involved. But most will tell us ‘We don’t need any explanations... We entered into the images as if in a dream!’ The idea is not to use magic for the sake of magic, but to reinforce what’s happening on stage.” ★ ANNE GONON www.cie-dca.com (Philippe Decouflé) ; www.philippegenty.com www.lucpetton.com ; www.philippebeau.com ; http://a.alafrez.free.fr Abdul Alafrez abounds in collaborations, from the Comédie Française to jazz. © JACQUES BÉTANT Distribution. From Rouen to Rome, enthusiasm is on the rise New magic is quite certainly creating a distribution network for itself. It can now be found on national stages in Dieppe, Douai, Marseille or Poitier, in the ring in Amiens or Elbeuf, in festivals in Auch, Paris or Rome... The fascination surrounding new magic can be found in the programming of an ever-growing network. The Hippodrome, the national performance space in Douai and a major supporter of the movement, partnered up with Cie 14:20 for three years because, as its Director Gilbert Langlois explains it, “their movement brings out thought and meaning. Magic crosses over civilisations and cultures. It resonates with everyone.” On the programme we find shows, exhibits, films and conferences on new magic. Modern and new. In Marseille, Le Merlan is extending the worked it started last season. In October it will be organising a 10-day festival to bring modern and new forms of magic together. It hopes to make a regular occurrence of these gatherings up until Marseille 2013. dossier from stradda #16 / page 16 The Norman stage, where this movement began, has since been a staunch supporter. DSN (Dieppe Scène Nationale) and La Foudre in Rouen have taken on the work of new magicians. In Paris, the Théâtre National de Chaillot will open a pavilion on magic in July 2010, during the festival Imaginez maintenant (put in place by the Council for artistic creation) and has called on Cie 14:20 for its next season. On the circus end, Roger Le Roux in Elbeuf has programmed several events based on new magic forms (magic shows, gatherings and meals). At the Cirque Jules Verne in Amiens, Jean- Pierre Marcos is organising an evening of discussion between modern and new forms of magic. In the Paris region, the Académie Fratellini is actively supporting the movement. It regularly hosts the “laboratory” of experimentation and of residency for new magic. And in Auch, Circuits will be offering several shows coming from this movement. The Festival mondial du cirque de demain created a new magic section in 2009. Brothers of Calcutta. Abroad, Roma Europa is including a wide range of magic for its autumn festival. The Indian Brotherhood of Magicians (Delhi) and the Magic Research Society (Calcutta) will, on an increasingly regular basis, host new magic artists for their festival. The Big Apple Circus from New York aims to create American exposure, bringing its help to the work of Cie 14:20. A growing and composite network reflective of the kind of work and potential found in the field of magic, or rather a rhizome with both visible and underground roots, all promise a wonderful flourishing, necessary to give life to this emerging form. ★ A. Q.
Who’s who in new magic ARTISTS Here are a few artists whose work subscribes to the concepts proposed by new magic (non-comprehensive list): Cie 14:20 www.1420.fr Cie Décalée www.compagniedecalee.fr Cie La Torgnole www.cielatorgnole.com Cie L’Elan Bleu www.clebarts.com Cie des Femmes à Barbe www.femmesabarbe.com Cie Mobilobadour cie-mobilobadour.org Cie Pentimento pentimento.free.fr Circo Aero www.circoaereo.net Antoine Terrieux www.cie-tilos.fr Bastien Authié bastienauthietsonblog.blogspot.com Bébel magicbebel.jimdo.com Dis Bonjour à la dame disbonjouraladame.over-blog.net François Chat www.francoischat.com Kristoff K.Roll (J-Kristoff Camps) kristoffk.roll.free.fr Kurt Demey www.rodeboom.be Le Phalène (Thierry Collet) www.thierrycollet.net Les Décatalogués www.decatalogues.com Monstre(s) (Etienne Saglio) www.ay-roop.com Porkeno membres.multimania.fr/porkeno Romain Lalire www.lalire.com Scorpène www.scorpenehorrible.com Théâtre du Signe theatredusigne.org Tide Company www.tidecompany.fr Tour de Cirque www.cirk.fr WHS (Kalle Hakkarainen) www.taikuri.org Xavier Mortimer www.xaviermortimer.com Yann Frisch Yvan Gauzy yvangauzy.canalblog.com SITES Through key events that are made part of their performance programme, supportive actions or gatherings, these structures have expressed their interest in new magic: IN FRANCE ★ Académie Fratellini, La Plaine Saint- Denis. The Académie Fratellini wishes to play an active role in supporting the new magic movement and the recognition of magic in the broadest sense of the term: regularly hosting the Compagnie 14:20’s Monolith, an itinerant, new magic laboratory; conferences; classes available to apprentices of the CFA (Conservatory for the circus arts); the booking of magic shows in the future... www.academie-fratellini.com ★ Bibliothèque Municipale de Lyon. www.bm-lyon.fr ★ La Chaufferie / Cie DCA. www.cie-dca.com ★ Circuits, state-recognised performance space, Auch. www.circuits-circa.com ★ Cirque Jules Verne, Amiens. For this new season dedicated entirely to the circus, the Cirque Jules Verne in Amiens will be setting up a special event for magic on May 11 with a new magic conference, followed by a magical evening: “a panel of acts representative of the way in which New Magic has presented itself as an independent artistic movement, with a very strong link with modern magic, at the crossroads of all disciplines, form the arts of time to those of space, the visual and the performing arts.” Among the artists present, there is Bebel the magician, Cie 14:20 – Kim Huynh and François Chat, Norbert Ferré, Gaëtan Bloom, Philippe Beau and Olivier Porcu, with the special participation during the week of Jacot the Illusionist. w2.amiens.com/artsducirque ★ Cirque Théâtre d’Elbeuf, Elbeuf. www.cirquetheatre-elbeuf.com ★ CNAC, Châlons-en-Champagne. Since 2006, the Centre National des Arts du Cirque has offered a unique training programme in new magic. It is intended for all professionals of the performing arts wishing to broaden their knowledge or to perfect a new approach to magic (artistic aspects, technical aspects, etc.). Furthermore, a writing and composition workshop is offered to students of the CNAC: theoretical tools for comprehending the structures of circus creation, as well as the aesthetic and performative notions that they imply; with a practical application of new magic tools and the compositional potential that they offer, all taking into account the specialities of the students. The resource centre of the CNAC constitutes a unique source of information on new magic. It currently includes 250 reference works - and some are very rare, as most of them have been released in only a small number of copies. These are the only open-access resources for magic professionals, artists interested in object manipulation and scholars. www.cnac.fr ★ DSN Dieppe Scène Nationale. www.dsn.asso.fr ★ Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain. www.cirquededemain.com ★ FFAP (Fédération Française des Artistes Prestidigitateurs). www.magie-ffap.com ★ L’Hippodrome, Douai. This national performance space of Douai persistently offers a multi-disciplinary performance programme (theatre, dance, concerts, circus...) and is a strong proponent of new magic, with a three-year partnership with Cie 14:20 (on-site artistic and cultural education), the creation and distribution of shows, exhibits, cartes blanches, seminars, conferences, itinerant research laboratories... The Hippodrome has also partnered with the universities of Artois to develop research on new magic. www.hippodromedouai.com ★ Ay-roop [production group] www.ay-roop.com ★ Le Cube, centre of digital creation (creation hub). www.lesiteducube.com ★ Le Rayon Vert, subsidized performance space of Saint-Valeyen-Caux. rayon-vert@ville-saint-valery-en-caux.fr ★ Le Merlan, scène nationale, Marseille. www.merlan.org ★ TAP, Scène nationale de Poitiers. www.tap-poitiers.com ★ Théâtre de la Cité Internationale, Paris. www.theatredelacite.com ★ Théâtre National de Chaillot, Paris. www.theatre-chaillot.fr ★ Théâtre de La Foudre, scène nationale Petit Quevilly/Mont- Saint-Aignan. www.scenationale.fr ★ Théâtre Romain Rolland, state-recognised performance space, Villejuif et du Val de Bièvre. www.trr.fr ★ The City of Tremblay-en-France. www.tremblay-en-france.fr ABROAD ★ Big Apple Circus, New York. www.bigapplecircus.org ★ Indian Brotherhood of Magician, Delhi. ★ Magic Research Society, Calcutta ★ Roma Europa, Rome. romaeuropa.net dossier from stradda #16 / page 17
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