Aina Alegre (Spain, France) – FANDANGO; OTHER CADENCES / STUDY 4 / ETUDES

Duration: 30 min.

After developing research around the gesture of hammering for several years, Aina Alegre asked Yannick Hugron, a friend and choreographic artist, to talk to her about his experience as a former performer of Basque popular dances. She asked him to delve into his past, into his physical memory, and to animate a story to trigger the imagination.

With the aim of broadening her research, Alegre talked to other people practicing this music and these dances in the Basque territory, and thus collected fragments of stories. With this collection of memories, she invited Yannick Hugron to join her on stage to summon together, map and reinterpret the stories, gestures and movements gathered during these conversations. Here they spark the body’s memories and compose their own choreographic fiction.

Aina Alegre is a Catalan dancer, performer and choreographer based in Paris. She is interested in choreographic creation to “re-imagine” the body. She explores different cultures and body practices as social, historical and anthropological representations.

Her work has been exhibited in countries as diverse as Italy, Spain, France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Peru and Romania. From the beginning of 2023, Aina Alegre became the director of the Grenoble Choreographic Centre, together with Yannick Hugron.

Conception: Aina Alegre

Collaboration & with: Aina Alegre, Yannick Hugron

Sound Creation: Aina Alegre in Collaboration with Guillaume Olmeta

Artistic Advises & Dramaturgy: Quim Bigas & Capucine Intrup

Stage Manager: Guillaume Olmeta

Production & Distribution: Claire Nollez

Production Manager: Romain Courault

Production Assistant: Clémence Padou

Thanks to Jon Vernier, Julien Corbineau, Martxel Rodriguez Etxabide, Zibel Damaestoy, Arthur Barat & Yannick Hugron

Production: STUDIO FICTIF

Co-Producers: Le Festival d’Avignon & la SACD, Malandain Ballet Biarritz / Centre Chorégraphique National de Nouvelle-Aquitaine en Pyrénées-Atlantique; CNDC – Angers.

With the Support of: DRAC Île-de-France