Photo © Julien

Third part of the series Newtopia 3, invited by the festival the Rendez Fous du Roi Re-né in Saint Mathurin-sur-Loire, the 20-21 of June 2015.

Program :

June 20th, at 16H00 in the marquee :

Fraises Indigo (Strawberries – Indigo)

Contemporary dance performance, result of the partnership between Omnivion and the CHRU of Tours, psychiatric services. It’s a collaboration between persons following a psychiatric treatment, Professional and amateur dancers, and medical team.

Conception / direction : Dimitri Tsiapkinis
Performers : Emilie Coudère, Claire Gervais, Claire Guillaume, Carl Loiseau, Bruno Morin, Severine Waeber.
Lighting design : Renaud Chaillou

June 20th, at 16H30 in the marquee :

Fragments : The Assembly (excerpts)

A work in progress, choreographic adaptation of the comedy by Aristophanes the Ecclesiazusae (Assembly Women).

Conception / direction : Dimitri Tsiapkinis
Performers (Provisoire) : Claire Gervais, Claire Guillaume, Carl Loiseau, Bruno Morin, Rosa Pires de Matos, Keely Sigot, Emilie Coudère.
Duration : ~ 25min

June 21st, at 17H30 on terrace of the Lieu Dit :

Dance conference : wild poetry in psychiatric hospitals.

Healing through art or simply expressing through art ? What’s exceptional about the art of dance ? What are the intrinsic et instrumental benefits of dance outside of all therapeutic objectives ? What performance to create with dance amateurs following psychiatric treatment and for what public ? Question that arised during D. Tsiapkinis’ Master 2 research project at the CHU of Tours / psychiatric service in 2012-2014.

Lecturers : Dimitri Tsiapkinis & Roland Lebret
Dancer : Bruno Morin
Duration : ~ 30min