Ex Nihilo

Iskanderia leh ?

Anne Le Batard, Jean-Antoine Bigot

For Iskanderia leh? Ex Nihilo has brought together an international team, in which each of the dancers – Peruvian, Korean, Egyptian and French – is traversed by a plural history and has shaped a multifaceted identity, with a tension in their bodies caught between the resurgence of traditional dance forms and the language of freedom that is contemporary dance, a language at once foreign and common.

How do you cross the corniche in Alexandria? What’s your technique? It’s a dance, you can’t hesitate… If you stop, you die!

Company presentation

Created in 1994, Ex Nihilo is codirected by Anne Le Batard and Jean-Antoine Bigot. Ex Nihilo develops both the idea of public space as a specific place for choreographic research and creation, as well as connecting public space to art venues by questioning the theater stage and is based at La Cité des arts de la rue in Marseilles.

The company has always been involved in long-term cooperation projects with its accomplices from France and around the world. In 2016, Ex Nihilo led a 3-year Creative Europe project of training for contemporary dance in public and singular spaces, SHAPERS.

www.exnihilodanse.com

ANNE LE BATARD and Jean-Antoine Bigot - Choregraphers

Anne Le Batard and Jean-Antoine Bigot have written about fifteen choreographic pieces, ranging from duets to compositions for 15 or 17 dancers. They teach and train in France and abroad the repertoire and the technique of the company through workshops and specific creations.

Cast

Conception/ artistic direction Anne Le Batard, Jean-Antoine Bigot
Dancers Corinne Pontana, Jean-Antoine Bigot, Mohammed Fouad, Rolando Rocha, Ji-in Gook
Associated artist Martine Derain, visual artist
Scenography Jean-Antoine Bigot
Lighting design Jean-Philippe Pellieux
Video Camille Sanchez

Production

Production Ex Nihilo
Coproduction and residencies Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations / The National Ballet of Marseille / KLAP Maison pour la Danse in Marseilles / Die Theater Chemnitz / L’Usine – Centre national des arts de la rue et de l’espace public-Tournefeuille – Toulouse Métropole / Le Cirque Jules Verne – Pôle National Cirque et Arts de la Rue d’Amiens
Coproduction Coopérative De Rue et De Cirque (2r2c) | L’Officina Dansem
Partners Nassim el Raqs | La Cité des arts de la rue, Marseille

Ex Nihilo is subsidized by the Ministry of Culture and Communication as well as by the City of Marseilles, subsidized by the Region SUD, and the General Council of Bouches-du-Rhône. For its international projects, Ex Nihilo is supported by the SPEDIDAM, the French Institute and the City of Marseilles.