LIGNES#

Clémentine Vanlerberghe and Jérémie Ternoy

3 dancers, 2 prepared keyboards, 1 pianist.

“Reels” are a new type of video language on the internet. A new strain of found object-ivity. They form the raw material within the choreography of Clémentine Vanlerberghe, and interact with the deliberately repetitive music of Jérémie Ternoy. A powerful, playful and fascinating proposition.

Back in the 70s, visual artists got video cameras and filmed themselves in their studios, creating durational performances that are now shown in museums. Nowadays, our smartphones come equipped with cameras, allowing any of us to create our own video art, with short videos and simple choreographies that go viral, and are suddenly reproduced/recreated on a large scale.

Sharing a fascination with 1970s artists whose work emphasized repetition, Clémentine and Jérémie have created Lignes# : they each tap into the power of patterns, sourced from the endless well of #populardancetrend on social networks (where these videos play in permanent repeat mode), to weave movement and sound into something entirely new.

A tribute to momentary monuments, made up of videos with either the hashtag #populardancetrend or #public piano

About the Company - cats&snails

The cats&snails company was created in 2018 to follow Clémentine Vanlerberghe's work, inspired by pop culture, art history, serial writing and performance. Based in Northern France, the company develops choreographic projects on all scales, aiming to create choreographic forms that can be adapted to both theatres and non-dedicated spaces. The company is also keen to develop local projects with all kinds of audiences. it is is active both internationally and locally.

Jérémie Ternoy - Composer / Musician

A celebrated improviser in the world of jazz and improvised music (soloist prize at « Jazz à la Défense » competition, winner of « Jazz à Vienne » and « Jazz Migration »), pianist with the band MAGMA between 2011 and 2016, artistic director of Organik Orkeztra, he also tours in France and abroad with his own trio. Composer associated with Le Vivat in 2024-2026, his latest piece has been awarded “State Commision ”.

Clémentine Vanlerberghe - Choreographer / Dancer

Trained at the Ecole du Ballet du Nord and at Artez in the Netherlands, she has been since 2006 a performer for dance and puppet companies touring internationally (Tetris, Scooootch!). As a choreographer, she attented the Fondation Royaumont choreographic lab and benefited from the ‘Pas à Pas’ program run by the DRAC des Hauts de France with the Gymnase CDCN. Since 2018, she has been developing her choreographic work within the cats&snails company, in France and abroad.

Céline Lefèvre - Dancer

Trained as a dancer and singer, she has danced with a number of companies (CCN de Roubaix - Sylvain Groud, Nouveaux Ballets du Nord-Pas-de-Calais, La Ruse, etc.) and is the creative director of Cie Improbable with Maxime Vanhove.

Yutaka Nakata - Dancer

Born in Japan, Yutaka first studied dance in Australia and Italy. In 2002, he began his professional career with Ballet Theatre Munich in Germany. In 2007, he moved to France to work with the CCN de Roubaix, as well as other companies, notably Carolyn Carlson's company. He is also a freelance choreographer.

Distribution

Conception Clémentine Vanlerberghe & Jérémie Ternoy
Choreography Clémentine Vanlerberghe
Music Jérémie Ternoy
Performed by Céline Lefèvre, Yutaka Nakata, Jérémie Ternoy, Clémentine Vanlerberghe
Lights and scenography Rémi Vasseur
Sound engineering Alexandre Noclain
Costumes Lore Fasquel
Outside eyes Joseph Simon & Rehin Hollant

Production

Production cats&snails / Pauline Charlier
Distribution Louisa Fourage
Co-productions Le Vivat – Scène Conventionnée d’intérêt national Art et Création, Culture Commune – Scène nationale du Bassin Minier
Residencies Le Phénix – Scène Nationale de Valenciennes, Ballet du Nord – CCN de Roubaix Sylvain Groud, Le Gymnase – CDCN de Roubaix Hauts-de-France, La COOP – Les Fous à Réaction, Théâtre Monsigny – Boulogne S/Mer, Le Grand Sud – Lille, Le Vivat
Support (in progress) Hauts-de-France en Avignon, Département du Pas-de-Calais, Région Hauts-de-France, ADAMI