Ivanov - CDN Orléans

EXTIME compagnie
Ivanov
[What remains of life...]
Calendar season 2010-2011 :
Production 16 to 21 November 2010 at CDN Orléans/Loiret/Centre; touring 23 to 27
November 2010 at Nouveau Théâtre-CDN de Besançon et de Franche Comté, November
30 at Agora Boulazac, January 25 to February 13 2011 at Théâtre Silvia Monfort (Paris),
March 25 at Made in Cannes
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Ivanov [what remains of life...]
an adaptation of Ivanov by Anton Chekhov
Adapted and directed by
Jean-Pierre Baro
Cast
Simon Bellouard, Cécile Coustillac, Elios Noël, Philippe Noël, Tonin
Palazzotto, Ruth Vega Fernandez, Franck Gazal, Florence Coudurier
Sound
Loic Le Roux
Set design and Costumes
Magali Murbach, Jean-Pierre Baro
Lights
Bruno Brinas
Administration
Jean-Baptiste Pasquier (Bureau formART)
Production
A coproduction with CDN Orléans/Loiret/Extime Company, in partnership with
the Silvia Monfort theater (Paris) and the Nouveau Théâtre-CDN de
Besançon with the support of ARCADI, The Cultural Ministry of Culture and
Communication DRAC Ile-de-France, ADAMI, and La Générale. Selected as
a part of the French-Russian year 2010 / www.france-russie2010.fr
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Full stop to intention notes
«There is no need for subject. Life doesn’t know subjects, in life everything is mixed
together, the profound and the insignificant, the sublime and the ridiculous»
A. Chekhov
Let’s be honest, having a standpoint on Chekhov’s plays is difficult and may be
even ridiculous. Chekhov obviously doesn’t develop a guideline of thoughts in his
plays.
The plays are more an observation of life and people. Each character develops his
own system of thought. We should not only stop to one single standpoint.
Although there is something that permeates through all of Ivanov‘s characters: a
conscious or unconscious desire and will to free and extirpate themselves from
their physical, geographical and social imprisonment.
Marguerite Duras said that it was the act of writing that taught her what she was
writing. One should know what he looks for when expressing it. Defining what one
is going to do is admitting that one «is not going to learn anything from what is to be
done ». It is dead art. When directing, I watch the world freed from my (our)
preconceived images of this world.
I will here try to express what I look for and which has to do with theatre and
therefore to show the beauty of life. Chekhov is a witness of life and I would like the
production to be a testimony and an ode to life.
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Ivanov, I am to be created
Ivanov,
the story of a man who does no longer recognize his life, and who decides
passively and unconsciously to change it, to transform it. Ivanov is a man in a state
of mutation.
Ivanov says:
I am to be created and I am going through that experience.
Ivanov,
or the necessary violence to free oneself from an unsatisfactory life, a life where
one does no longer recognize oneself.
How is it possible to avoid becoming the ghost of our own existence when life… is
ahead?
Why doesn’t his life correspond to him anymore?
Where does the violence he turned against him come from?
Why is he not understood by other people?
How to remain in life? How to be alive?
The question that Ivanov deals with is finally fairly simple, how do you not ruin your
life? How to stay alive?
I think the theater may offer us how to develop its own time and timing inside the
general time.
I have always been obsessed with the question of freedom, in all its aspects. It
seems to me that freedom comes from the refusal of accepting to be imprisoning
and the courage of extorting oneself.
There is violence in the solemn act of acquiring freedom, that violence is not so
different from the one of the world surrounding us.
Ivanov is a man with no goal. Not having a single goal opens a lot of possibilities.
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A theatrical composition
Working on Ivanov with eight actors implies a necesary adaptation as the play is
composed of fifteen characters. Thus, we have had to stage our own Ivanov.
The actors and I work on the text in order to stress out what closely touches us,
deeply moves us and speaks to us the most
A production based on the echo, what does Chekov’s text echoing on us and
feeding us back.
What appeals to me in this work is not simply the story, but the interpreters and my
own intimate response to it, the intimate journey…. The staging process of Ivanov
[What remains of life…] begins there.
A production made of the many subjectivity of the interpreters, as artists, describing
with their bodies, their voices, their minds, a sensible vision of the piece, of the
world…
In this process, the staging will be a simple gathering of plurality.
Ivanov [What remains of life...] is a theatrical composition is a visual, physical and
sound approach and track.
It is a painting, a dance, a music air, a calligraphy of the soul and the written
expression of beauty.
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Artistic team
JEAN-PIERRE BARO – Director
Jean-Pierre Baro is actor and director, he studied at the National Drama School of
Cannes (ERAC), with David Lescot, Valérie Dréville, Jean-Pierre Vincent, Bruno
Bayen …
As an actor, he plays theatre under the stage direction of Jean-Pierre Vincent,
Gildas Milin, Thomas Ostermeier, Didier Galas, David Lescot, Romain Bonnin,
Enrico Stolzenburg, Gilbert Rouvière, Stéphanie Loik, Lazare…
Artistic director of Extime Compagnie, he has directed the following plays :
l’Epreuve du feu by Magnus Dahlström at the Friche de la belle de mai (Marseille),
l’Humiliante histoire de Lucien Petit by Jean-Pierre Baro at the National Theater of
Odéon and the National Theater of Nanterre Amandiers, Léonce et Léna by Georg
Buchner at the National Theater of Odéon, Je me donnerai à toi toute entière from
Victor Hugo…
He also assisted Gildas Milin on L’homme de Février at the National Theater-La
Colline, and Force faible at the Théâtre de la Bastille.
In may 2011, he will direct Ok,nous y sommes, by Adeline Olivier at the StudioTheatre of Vitry.
CECILE COUSTILLAC – Actress
Cécile Coustillac is and actress with a TNS background (National Theater of
Strasbourg) (with Antoine Caubet, Jean-François Peyret , Ludovic Lagarde, YannJöel Collin or Stéphane Braunschweig...)
She plays theatre under the stage direction of Sylvain Maurice, Amir Reza
Koohestani, Oriza Hirata, Kheiredine Lardjam, Stéphane Braunsweig, Arnaud
Meunier, Hubert Colas...
In 2007, She wins le Prix de la "Révélation théâtrale de l'année" (New theatre
talented actor award) confered by the theatre critic association.
She plays on movies under the direction of Cyril de Gasparis and Bruno Bardot.
She is the co stage director of "Passages" (adapted from
Le bain et
L'apprentissage de J-L Lagarce) with Daniella Labbé Cabrera (studio théâtre
d'Alforville).
In 2010, she works under the direction of Stéphanie Loik in Palais de glace (Ice
palace), a texte of Terjei Vesaas at the CDN of Marseille. She also plays under the
direction of Michael Thalheimer in Combat de nègre et de chiens (Black and dogs
fight) de B.M Koltès at the Théâtre National de la Colline.
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SIMON BELLOUARD – Actor and dancer
Simon Bellouard is actor and dancer with a ERAC background (National Drama
School of Cannes) (with Christine Bernard-Sugy, Didier Galas, Bruno Bayen, David
Lescot...)
He plays theatre under the stage direction of Anne Torres, Jean-Pierre Vincent,
Gildas Milin, Didier Galas, Jean-Pierre Baro…
He dance with the Finnish choregrapher Juha Pekka Marsalo.
In 2010, he works under the direction of Didier Galas (Quichotte, paroles
horrifiques, La flèche et la moineau).
He plays on movies under the direction of Manuel Huerga (Salvador) and Vincent
Monnet (L'amour dans le sang).
This year, he works under the direction of Jean-Pierre Vincent in Meeting Massera
of Jean-Charles Massera at Théâtre de la cité internationale et dance with Juha
Pekka Marsalo and Carolyn Carlson.
ÉLIOS NOËL – Actor
Elios Noel is and actor with a TNB background (National Theater of Bretagne) (with
Claude Régy, François Tanguy, Bruno Meyssat, Yann-Joël Collin, Frédéric
Fisbach…)
He plays theatre under the stage direction of Stanislas Nordey (Atteintes à sa vie of
Martin Crimp, Le triomphe de l’amour of Marivaux and La nuit au cirque d’Olivier
Py), Éléonore Weber (Je m’appelle Vanessa of Laurent Quinton and Rendre une
vie vivable n’a rien d’une question vaine at festival d’Avignon 2007), Eric Louis (Le
bourgeois, la mort et le comédien of Molière), Yan-Joël Colin (Le songe d'une nuit
d'été of Shakespeare) at Odéon, he also works with Lumière d’août company.
TONIN PALAZZOTTO – Actor
Tonin Palazzotto is actor with ERAC background (National Drama School of
Cannes) (with Simone Amouyal, Valérie Dréville, Jean-Damien Barbin, Jean-Pierre
Vincent…)
He plays theatre under the stage direction of Jean-Pierre Vincent, Philippe
Granarolo, Gildas Milin, Guillaume Vincent, Jean-Pierre Baro, Charles-Eric Petit,
Catherine Marnas...)
PHILLIPE NOËL – Actor
Philippe Noël is actor, musician and director with a Jacques Lecoq, Antoine Vitez,
Annie Fratellini, Edouardo Manet, Philippe Avron, Marceau school background...
He creates is first company with Coluche, Colline Serreau, Brigitte Rouan.
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He plays theatre under the stage direction of Patrice Chéreau, Jacques Mauclair,
Michel Dubois, Hubert Guignoux, François-Michel Pesanti, Jacques Rosner, Pierre
Santini, Daniel Mesguich, Marion Bierry...
He plays on movies under the direction of Colline Serreau, Yannick Bellon,
Genneviève Ripeau, Charles Nemes...
he has directed the following plays : Leonce et Lena of Georg Buchner with Pascal
Rambert, Mémoire d'un fou of Gustave Flaubert, Doublages de Michel Vittoz...
He also assisted Daniel Mesguisch on many plays.
In 2010, he works under the direction of Fédéric Borie in Hamlet at CDN Montpellier
(National Drama Theatre).
RUTH VEGA-FERNANDEZ- Actress
Ruth Vega-Fernandez is actress with a ENSATT background (National school of
Drama Lyon).
In France, she plays theatre under the stage direction of Christophe Perton, Sergei
Golomazov, Philippe Delaigue, Enzo Cormann and Christian Schiaretti with the
National Théâtre Company of Lyon (TNP)...
In Sweden, she plays theatre under the stage direction of Stefan Metz, Maria
Lövgren, Sven-Åke Gustavsson at National theatre of Goteborg.
She plays on movies under the direction of Minka Jakerson, Per Hanefjord, Mikaël
Marcimain, Peter Pontiki, Anders Nilsson, Staffan Lindberg...
FRANCK GAZAL – Comédien
Franck Gazal is actor with ERAC background (National Drama School of Cannes)
(with Simone Amouyal, Jean-Pierre Vincent, Bernard Chartreux, Didier Galas,
Jean-Damien Barbin…)
He plays theatre under the stage direction of Stephanie Chevara, Oskaras
Korsunovas, Jean-Pierre Vincent, Gildas Milin, Aurélie Leroux, Jean-Pierre Baro,
Didier Galas, Arketal company…
In 2010, he Works Under the direction of Didier Galas in Les pieds dans les étoiles,
at TNB (National Theatre of Bretagne.)
BRUNO BRINAS – Light designer
Bruno Brinas is light designer, He realizes light for theater with Nathalie Garraud,
Jean-Pierre Baro, Lazare, Lézarts Hurlant company, Zakariya Gouram, Frédéric
Leidgens, Jérôme Hankins, Guillaume Allardi, Catherine Tartarin, Laurent Maurel,
Catherine Riboli, Véronique Caye.
And for dance with avec Nathalie Gatineau, Eléna de Renzio et Stéphanie
Auberville.
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LOIC LE ROUX – Actor and sound designer
Loic Le Roux is actor and sound designer with a TNB Background (National
Theater of Bretagne) (with Claude Régy, Stanislas Nordey, Bruno Meyssat, Robert
Cantarella, Serge Tanvouez…)
He plays theatre under the stage direction of Stanislas Nordey, Arnaud Meunier,
Nathalie Garraud, Blandine Savetier, Yan-Joël Collin, Cedric Gourmelon Pascal
Kirsch, Madelaine Louarn...
He realizes sound design for Eléonore Weber, Laurent Sauvage, Jean-Pierre Baro,
Sebastien Eveno, Nathalie Garraud, Guillaume Allardi...
He creates with Guillaume Allardi and Constance Arrizzoli, Continuum company.
MAGALI MURBACH – Set designer/Costumes
Magali Murbach is a set designer with a TNS background. ( National Theatre of
Strasbourg).(with Stephane Braunschweig, Daniel Janneteau, Didier Payen...)
She creates Costumes and realizes set design for Nicolas Oton (Machine Théâtre),
Jean Pierre Baro, Gildas Milin, Susann Vogel, Célie Pauthe, Aurélia Guillet, Michal
Artur Sieczkowski, Guillaume Vincent, Stéphane Braunschweig, Daniela LabbéCabrera et Cécile Coustillac...
JEAN-BAPTISTE PASQUIER – Administration
Jean-Baptiste Pasquier is administrator and Producer with a ENSATT background.
He creates with Aurélien Guillois the house of production : Bureau FormArt.
(http://bureau-formart.org)
He works with several company of theatre and dance, Jean-Pierre Baro (Extime
compagnie), Matthieu Roy (compagnie du veilleur), Anne Monfort (Théâtre de
l’heure), Kaori Ito …
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Going along with Extime Compagnie
Founded in 2004, Extime compagnie at the very beginning gathers former students
of the Ecole regionale d’acteur de Cannes (Actor school of the city of Cannes ERAC).
Extime compagnie combines and joins genuine theatre and energic, though and
rough choregraphy. Extime name is a shortcut for two ideas: timeless and intimacy
revealing. The genuine part of the human being (the intimacy), variations upon time
and duration, the subjectivity of the actor, the superposition and overlapping of the
bodies of the actors and texts in a determined space are one out of many of the
tracks explored by the company.
Extime Compagnie’s shows:
Turn on/Turn off, adapted from Kathy Acker, Choreography Brut. Festival « Il faut
brûler pour briller » - Creation 2008
L’humiliante histoire de Lucien Petit, Jean-Pierre
Odéon/Festival Berthier 07, Théâtre Nanterre Amandiers.
Baro.
Creation
2007.
Léonce et Léna, G. Büchner, directed by Jean-Pierre Baro. Creation 2006. La
Guillotine, Odéon/Festival Berthier 06.
Je me donnerai à toi toute entière adapted from V.Hugo, directed by Jean-Pierre
Baro. Creation 2005. Théâtre Antique de Vaison-la-Romaine.
L’épreuve du feu, Magnus Dahlström, directed by Jean-Pierre Baro. Creation 2004.
La Friche de la belle de Mai/Marseille.
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Press release
Ivanov [What remains of life...]
The stage director Jean Pierre Baro shows a very personal and unusual
interpretation of the drama Ivanov, this character full of disdain and bothered about
life.
He fully makes his own lecture of Tchekhov in this version of Ivanov (what
remains of life) in order to transmit & reveal to us a very strong message. His actor
direction put lights on vanity of the man, completely absorbed by his own fate: In
the middle of the world, in the middle of his own word about the world, soliloquizing
and pulsing words out ad libitum about his own person, prisoner in this position in
the centre of the world from where he sees nothing at all. (…)
Jean-Pierre Baro not only criticises the petty life of a Russian village but also the
open space & so vast landscapes which surrounds it and digs impassable trenches
out. Turbulences, vacuity, black shadows, permanently threaten them following the
rhythm of the Tchekhov writing which is made of a continuity of acts and cuts
without a main guideline. This is this space that JPB shows out by his actor and
stage direction. Few music airs, few chairs, one table, almost nothing concerning
decor and accessories, describes the unequal and uneven relationship between the
Human being and The space around him. The poverty of the human being, the
armless side of the human personality gives to every word a performing life, partly
free of all conventions.
The actress Caroline Breton as Sacha expresses her personal poetry in acting in
performances sourcing them into Magic and legends. As Ivanov, Elios Nöel is an
actor who generally does not play a character into the creation of Helene Weber or
Les Lumières d’août (August Lights). With her Swedish accent and her flamboyant
way of acting, Ruth Vega-Fernandez gives to Sarah this accurate strangeness. As
Lebedev, Philippe Nöel is really a resume of the theatre himself. At last, Simon
Bellouard, Tonin Palazzotto, Franck Gazal, Roxanne Cleyet-Merle add to this list of
actors : They more deeply dig these abysses where characters are precipitated into
and dragged in and then lost their words.
Mari-Mai Corbel. Revue Mouvement.
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About Extime Compagnie, Press release:
… Jean-Pierre Baro claims for a theatre expression where the text is extracted out
from the bodies to reveal troubles and conflicts more than just a weak and fade
pedagogy of the meaning. The stage direction of Extime Companie takes its roots
in day to day life and then reaches the world of the mythology.
Without taking into account realism, JPB likes to combine tragedy to comedy and
irony, a way to be as much as possible into an empiric manner very near from the
ideal definition of… theatre…
Patrick Sourd. Les Inrockuptibles
… A play with a very strong and deep energy, where the body sometimes replaces
the text itself.
Theatre in action which goes out of any convention with a very large liberty and
freedom and a so personal fantasy which makes us so happy…
Joëlle Gayot. Radio France Culture
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Contacts
Extime compagnie
[email protected]
www.extimecompagnie.com
Artistic director : Jean-Pierre Baro
Administration : Jean-Baptiste Pasquier
Adress : c/o bureau formART
18 allée de Fontainebleau, 75019 PARIS
Licence catégorie 2 : 2-1006089 Siret : 497 762 575 000 15
Contact production / Diffusion: Bureau Formart
Jean-Baptiste Pasquier
[email protected] / www.bureau-formart.org
Tél : +33 6 79 04 57 04 / +33 9 70 46 89 38
Production déléguée à Orléans :
Centre Dramatique National Orléans/Loiret/Centre
Direction Arthur Nauzyciel
Théâtre d’Orléans
Bd Pierre Ségelle, 45000 Orléans
Tel : (+33) (0)2 38 62 15 55
Administratrice : Sophie Mercier, [email protected]
Secrétaire générale : Anne Cuisset, [email protected]
Production : Emilie Leroy, [email protected]
Presse : Nathalie Gasser, +33 (0)6 07 78 06 10, [email protected]
Crédit photos : Marina Damestoy / JB Pasquier
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