Journées Européennes du Patrimoine 2014
P E R E G R I N A T I O N
Prieuré de Ronsenac
Les
artistes de la Cie D M I interrogent un lieu pour en offrir une lecture
inédite et stimulante à travers un parcours ponctué d'évènements
musicaux, chorégraphiques et visuels.
Concerts,
Performances multimédias, Installations seront proposés dans différents
espaces typiques de ce très bel édifice datant du Moyen âge.
4 spectacles, performances et concerts dans différents espaces du Prieuré
Musique, Danse, Images projetées
Cellier du Prieuré de Ronsenac 16320
Cellier du Prieuré de Ronsenac 16320
Kent Carter, contrebasse
Albrecht Maurer, violon
Didier Lasserre, percussions
Etienne Rolin, cor de basset, flûte
Michala Marcus, danse
Odile Pellissier, visuels
Remerciements
La Mairie de Ronsenac, Les Carmes, le Prieuré de Rauzet, Laurent Montigny, ainsi que :
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SUD OUEST 22/09/2014 et CHARENTE LIBRE
BLOG TRISHA MCCRAE Artist Filmmke http://trishamccrae.com/
New life into old walls. A review of Cie DMI Peregrination at Prieure de Ronsenac.
I witnessed the calm but revolutionary energy of creativity yesterday at the wonderful Prieure de Ronsenac.
Every year French historic buildings open their doors to the public; Journees Europeennes du Patrimonie.
The title of the event was Peregrination and thus we were led on a
journey through the monastery and asked to pause at several
architectural significant rooms to experience short performances.
We gathered in the courtyard sun for the first where Michala Marcus
performed an engaging surreal piece accompanied by the haunting strings
of Albrecht Maurer. The acoustics and ambience were remarkable. Out of
the rooftop beckoned a solo call on the cor de basset from Etienne
Rolin. We were then led inside to a colorful and sensitive performance
of dance and percussion by Michala Marcus and Didier Lasserre. Up the
stone spiral stairs to a powerful duet with Kent Carter on the contra
basse and Albrecht Maurer on violin. Consummate performers both
electrifying and magic.
The final superb piece held in the vaulted cellar was a contemporary
performance of dance, live improvisation and video projection by the
talented Odile Pellissier. Using seven projectors the ancestral
limestone walls came alive with conversations. The experience was a rich
and pregnant one. Connotations emanated from the vibrant colors and
interplay of historic and local content of the imagery.
As so much of our viewing experience today is conventional and
prescriptive it’s exciting to come across a group of performers who are
tapping into the unconventional. Cie DMI’s (Dance
Music Image) performance awakens the passive viewer into an active
participant alive to the exciting psychological space where liminality
is exposed and conversations of light and sound travel across ancient
space and time.
It’s exciting to see in rural France avant guard performers exploring
the language and vocabulary of interaction, collaboration and
improvisation with utter integrity, courage and professionalism, each
inquisitive and sympathetic to their fellow performer. They are part of
the contemporary discourse around new ways of working, playing and
seeing. Lyotard was right when he prophesized the end of the grand
narratives. Collaboration, experimentation and plurality of vision allow
us to recognize that the old programme of mastering and possessing the
single narrative flow is out of date. These collaborative ways of
working also question the idea of being in control; here in Ronsenac
images, movements and patterns of sounds generate new processes
resulting in ever expanding connections, equivalents and meanings.
I was glad to be amongst such a creative lot.
TRISHA MCCRAE
