Don Juan

DON JUAN o u l e Fe sti n d e Pi e r re ( D o n J u a n o r Pet e r’s fe a st ) of Christoph Willibald von Gluck (1761) Tape by the Tafelmusik, direction : Bruno Weil Conception et choreography : Marie-Geneviève Massé (creation 2001) Assistant to the Choreography : Marie Blaise Costumes : Olivier Bériot Technical staff: Lightings managing :Carlos Perez Stage managing :Marc Tuleu Wardrobe assistant : Marie-Claude Garcin Hairdresser and make up artist: Véronique Désir Length : 35 min.

Reasoning and arguments

Don Juan of Gluck "D o n J u a n o u l e F e st i n d e Pi e rr e" of C.W. Gluck, represents a major step of dance history. At the 18TH century, its creation has been revolutionary : by the true concept of the work and of the music. Magnificent subject of creation, it offers the whole mobility and liberty peculiar to masterpieces. Don Juan ou le Festin de Pierre is the first “action’ ballet or dramatic ballet. It has been created at the Burgtheater of Vienna the 17th October 1761. It is a ballet in three scenes, written in French by the choreographer Angiolini from whom not a single choreography remains. Ballet master at the Vienna court and Noverre’s rival, Gluck composed the music following the score submitted to him. The final chaconne is the gem of this score of Gluck, very descriptive and thanks to which music becomes an important part of the ballet and not only a simple accompanying background music.

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The ballet action: Acte 1 : The commander is going to marry the noble Don Juan to his daughter Elvire. Everyone introduces himself and finishes to prepare the wedding party. The two handmaid Mathurine and Charlotte are under the spell of Don Juan in spite of the jealousy of Pierrot, Charotte’s lover. The celebrations of the wedding hardly begin but Don Juan neglects Elvire to seduce Angélique, the young and adorable wife of the commander. Outraged, this one interrupts the wedding, makes everyone leave the room. Challenging his son-in-law to fight, he dies in front of Sganarelle, Don Juan’s manservant. Acte 2 : Still ignoring the Commander’s death, the guests keep on partying. Amongst them is the beautiful masked Dona Ana, also betrayed in the past by Don Juan. Suddenly, one hears someone knocking at the door: the Commander’s ghost comes to require a repentance from Don Juan. Don Juan refuses, flouts, and goes to meet the Commander at the cemetery despite Sganarelle’s terror. Acte 3 : At the cemetery, the Commander makes the Hell appear for the arrival of Don Juan. Surrounded and prostrated by the threatening ghosts of everyone he betrayed, Don Juan dies at his turn. Commander : Marc Barret Angélique : Emilie Bregougnon Toinette : Irène Ginger Sganarelle : Bruno Benne Don Juan : Olivier Collin Elvire : Anne-Sophie Berring Mathurine : Sarah Berreby Charlotte : Marie Geneviève Massé Pierrot : Marc Leclercq Dona Ana : Bérengère Bodénan

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Press “Don Juan of the Eventail pass in a bit more than half an hour in an achieved dramatic dance where the elegance of Olivier Collin as Don Juan combine with the personality of Marc Barret in the Commander’s role, the piquant and graceful part of Marc Leclercq in the picaresque role of Pierrot, and the fineness of the feminine group lead by Marie Geneviève Massé herself… An asset of this sparse in decors show, is constituted by Olivier Bériot’s costumes”…”With a work of a spectacular quality, Marie Geneviève Massé’s company prove that Baroque Dance art keeps an esthetical and emotional treasure for the contemporary spectators.” A.M El periodico de la capital,Guanajuato 18th October 2008 (translation ) “In the Goya-like costumes, magnified by the inventive choreography of Marie Geneviève Massé, the dancers play the tragic story of the Burladore of Sevilla. Superb and thrilling will be the Commander’s appearance…”. Le Monde, M.A.R, 23rd November 2006 “The choreography opened a space to each dancer to show its character and ndividuality. Not only the dancers were good as actors with a comic potential but also by their whole baroque gestures. The public applaud the entire show’s duration. It was the best entertainment of the Festival.” Lidove noviny, 31st July 2006 (translated from the Czech) “A baroque ballet full of energies.” Le Mag du Télégramme, 19th October 2005 “This lively dance performance, which starts as a comedy before descending into an emotional drama …” Hong Kong Mag, 21st May 2004 “Don Juan, interpretado por el grupo l’Eventail, dirigido por Marie-Geneviève Massé, recupera la esencia del barroco frances.” Danza en Español, 25th June 2003 “This magnificent show combines flowing moves, physical performances and expressional strength of the movements.” Ouest France, 14th April 2003 “These two creations are revolutionary, by their concept, their music and their choreography. » Les Saisons de la Danse, August 2001 “ … The dancers (…), served by a dynamic staging and a good lighting work, knew how to create rich, lively and coloured scenes, in which every move express a feeling.” “At stake, a show full of energy and emotion, flitting gracefully from comedy to drama, with an incredibly strong finale….” Ouest France, 27th August 2001

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The Dance Company L'EVENTAIL After being accommodated during 4 seasons at the Espace Carpeaux of Courbevoie, the Eventail company is established since 2001 at Sablé in the Pays de la Loire, near Entracte, theatre specialised in erstwhile dance and music. In 2004 it becomes recognised by the Culture Department-DRAC of the Pays de la Loire. Through its specificity, baroque dance, it is known as a reference point in the living show field. The objectives of the company are: -to realise creations turned to both France and the international, thus making discover baroque style vivacity, and play a part in the French choreographic creation influence. -to establish links, by sensitisation actions (classes, exhibitions, dance at school, library…) to transmit our choreographic culture, but also to feed an imagination, open door to creativity. -to give marks to the professional artists by running training courses, gathering different scenic arts including Baroque dance. Its charge of memory purveyor hinges on the three lines that are creation, sensitisation and training, interplaying together. Gathering artists, dancers, musicians, singers and comedians, the Eventail company multiplies its looks at every facet of baroque art. The company presented choreographies of Marie-Geneviève Massé in France (Champs-Elysée Opera, Opera Comique, Royal Opera of Versailles, Arsenal of Metz, Nantes, Vichy, Rennes, Reims Operas, National theatres, Sablé and Biarritz festival…), as well as abroad (Insbruck, Praha, Bratislava, Riga, Montreal, New Orleans, Hong Kong, Mexico…) LATELY AT VERSAILLES: Spectators will remember the creation of the Petits Riens of Mozart and of the Don Juan of Gluck, choreographied by Marie-Geneviève Massé, in a magnificent scenery, rebuilt in collaboration with the Baroque Music Center of Versailles, which has been presented at the Royal Opera of Versailles in November 2006 with the Folies Françaises, under the conduct of Patrick Cohen Akenine. AT PARIS, the Eventail company has presented: Dialogues, music of Bach and Vivaldi at the amphitheatre of Bastille Opera (from 17th to 19 th January 2008), Then the “Carnival and the Madness”, opera-ballet of Destouches, conducted by Hervé Niquet, directed by Jaques Osinski, the 1st and 2nd February 2008 at the Opera Comique. IN MEXICO, it presented Donc Juan and Dialogues in tour in the country during the International Festival Cervantino in October 2008

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Marie-Geneviève Massé, choreographer Coming from classic training, she starts modern dance with Aaron Oosborn, Sarah Sugwihara and Françoise Dupuy. In 1980, she discovers Francine Lancelot’s work upon baroque dance and becomes one of the first dancer of the company “Ris et Danceries”. In 1985, she starts choreographing and constitutes her own company l’Eventail. She keeps at the same time her interpreter career with François Raffinot, Sophie Rousseau, Mireille Larroche, Dominique Bagouet, Robert Kovitch and Andy Degroat. Her choreographies are the occasion to meet personalities of the music world, in France and Abroad, such as William Christie, Hervé Niquet, Patrick Cohen Akenine, Hugo Reyne, Christophe Rousset, Héloïse Gaillard, Giovanni Antonini, Peter Zajicek, Andris Veismanis… In 2000, she is made Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. She just directed several creations: In 2006: “DIALOGUES”, music of Bach and Vivaldi; “LES PETITS RIENS” of Mozart with the Folies Françaises with the musical conduct of Patrick Cohen Akenine. In 2007, she directed the choreography of “LE CARNAVAL ET LA FOLIE” of Destouches with the Concert Spirituel, with the musical conduct of Hervé Niquet. As for 2008, she directed “LE BALLET DES ARTS” of Lully with the Simphonie du Marais with the musical conduct of Hugo Reyne.

Olivier Bériot: Costumes Nominated to the Césars for his costume creation in “Le roi danse” of Gérard Corbiau, he just realised the costumes for “Bandidas” of luc Besson, and also realised numerous costumes in other films: “Viva Ladjérie” of Nadir Mokchène, “RRRrrr” of Alain Chabat in 2003, “Fanfan la tulipe” of Gérard Krawcyk and “Volpone” of Frederic Aubertin in 2002, “Femme fatale” of Brian de Palma and “Embrassez qui vous voudrez” of Michel Blanc in 2001, , and “Le libertin” and “Absolument fabuleux” of Gabriel Aghion. For theatre, one discovers his work in the mise-en-scenes of Olivier Py ((« Le s dr ô l e s » et « L e s ave n t u re s d e Pa c o G o li a r d »). He also made costumes for “Le pain dur” of Däg Jeanneret and” Monsieur de Pourceaugnac” of JLM. Barbaze. Concerning dance, it is possible to see his work in “Le Mandarin merveilleux” of Maurice Béjart at the Opera de Paris in 2003, “Puccinella” of Douglas Dunn, “Nosferatu” of Jean Claude Gallotta at the Opera Bastille; « Di o n y s o s l a st d ay s » and “L’âme au diable” of Thierry Smits -Thor company, and in “Don Juan”, “Voyage en Europe”, “Caprice Rebel” and “Le ballet de l’amour malade” of Marie-Geneviève Massé, Eventail company. He just realised the costumes of two creations of the Eventail: “DIALOGUES”, “LES PETITS RIENS” and LE BALLET DES ARTS” of Marie Geneviève Massé.

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Carlos Perez: Lightings. Educated at the ENSATT, he starts at the Theater of the Cité Universitaire and at the Théatre du Lierre, then he is hired as a lighting director at the Espace Jaques Prévert of Aulnay-sous-bois. He realised lightings for numerous shows and worked particularly for Christian Landy, Jean Marie Lehec, Mireille Larroche and the choreographer Nadège Macleay. He created lightings for Vincent Tavernier in “Don Quichotte chez la duchesse”, “Le cocu imaginaire”, “Les Fâcheux”, “l’Amour médecin”, “Les Opéras-minute” and “L’heure espagnole”, and for Marie-Geneviève Massé “Le ballet de l’Amour malade”. He just realised lightings for three Eventail creations: “DIALOGUES”, “LES PETITS RIENS” and “BALLET DES ARTS”.

Beyond the show…

Exhibition of the costumes of different pieces of the company repertoire Public rehearsal and talk with the artists Training workshops introducing music and baroque moves in schools and conservatoires History of the show elaboration Length: 1h

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Distribution of Don Juan Creation 11th and 12th May 2001

Théâtre Montansier

Versailles

Reruns 25th August

2001

Centre Culturel Joël Le Theule

Sablé

12th September

2001

Festival Le Temps d'Aimer

Biarritz

29th January

2002

Espace carpeaux

Courbevoie

7th September

2002

Festival Seggni Barocchi

Foligno (Italy)

4th October

2002

Festival Baroque de Pontoise

Pontoise

25th October

2002

Auditorium St Germain

Paris

11th April

2003

Centre Culturel Joël Le Theule

Sablé

6th June

2003 Orleans(USA)

The N.O. International Ballet

New

20th September

2003

Septembre Musical de l'Orne

Flers

22nd May

2004

French May

Hong Kong

22 October

2005

Grand Théâtre de Lorient

Lorient

27th July Republic.)

2006

Prague Festival

Praque (Czech

Opéra Royal de Versailles Opéra de Rennes

Versailles Rennes

Early Music Festival

Rundale

Saison estivale Opéra

Vichy

Théâtre Municipal

Cholet

18th, 21 st,22nd, 23rd,24 th November 2006 th 19 , 20 th January 2007 17th June (Latvia) 17th August 20th November

2007 2007 2007

13th et 16 th October 2008

Festival International Cervantino (Mexico)

27th January

Théâtre Municipal

2009

Roanne

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Technical requirements: -Stage: minimal area: 10 m depth x 10 m width -Set-up time and rehearsals: 3 services the day before+ services to plan the very day of the show. -Company staff: 10 dancers 1 choreographer 1 Wardrobe assistant 1 stage manager 1 lightings manager 1 choreographer assistant 1 production attaché

- stage manager : Bertrand Killy: [email protected] : 06 07 68 27 41

Financial requirements: - One show: 10 000€ HT plus per diems and transports for 16 personnes . carriage of the equipment (scenery and costumes) copyright for the SACD.

Eventail Company

Artistic management Marie Geneviève Massé 32 rue Gambetta, 72300 Sablé-sur-Sarthe, France Tel. +33 (0)2 43 95 26 14 http://www.compagnie-eventail.com

Contacts: Management: Marie-Geneviève Massé: : [email protected] Administration Véronique Moigne: [email protected] Broadcasting Véronique Moigne et Irène Ginger: [email protected] Sensitisation Bérengère Bodénan: [email protected] Production attaché Olivier Collin: [email protected] Stage manager Bertrand Killy: [email protected]

The Baroque dance company l’Eventail has an agreement of the French Culture Department, is recognised by the Culture department DRAC of the Pays de la Loire, and subsidised by the Regional Council of the Pays de la Loire, the General Council of Sarthe and the Sablé-sur-Sarthe City.

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