{"id":454,"date":"2026-03-05T16:43:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T16:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.annavanneau.com\/work\/autre\/empire-en\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T21:16:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T21:16:04","slug":"empire","status":"publish","type":"anne_project","link":"https:\/\/www.annavanneau.com\/en\/work\/artiste-choregraphique\/empire\/","title":{"rendered":"Empire"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Can we look at an empire from its fall, when it may not be quite over?<\/h3>\n<p><em>Empire<\/em>, a term both total and vacillating. The word evokes vertigo, excess and, of course, the authority that always accompanies it. La Zampa seizes the imaginary power of this term with six dancers and a musician on stage. First, there&#8217;s the space. Twenty-five pale green tatami mats form an irregular, delimited geometric shape, on which the trajectories, twists, rolls and suspensions of six dancer-passengers are inscribed.<em>Empire<\/em> becomes a playground, a plastic and choreographic intention to thwart domination, in a group. Judo and English contredanse, La Zampa&#8217;s incongruous allies for this new creation, imprint their gestures, slowing down the falls, adjusting contacts, disturbing lines and turning their loss of balance into moments of invention and relationship. To the enveloping pulse of Marc Sens&#8217; looped, harmonized and strummed guitars, this continuous flow of pearly-colored bodies is tinged with brilliance, ruffles and flowery crowns as the dance becomes electrified. Empire begins with the body standing up and looking at the world. Empire is a matter of perspective and landscape&#8230; In a continuum of falls, surges and suspensions, La Zampa advances in one of its most luminous collective scores.<\/p>\n<p><b>Credits<br \/>\n<\/b>Choreography:<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Magali Milian, Romuald Luydlin<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>Assistant and artistic collaborator: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laurie Bellanca<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>Dramaturgy:<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Marie Reverdy<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>Collaboration and interpretation:<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Alice Bachy, Joseph Kraft, Romuald Luydlin, Magali Milian, Camilo Sarasa Molina and Anna Vanneau<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>Live music: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marc sens<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>Set design: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Antoine Desnos, Magali Milian, Romuald Luydlin, Denis Rateau<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>Costumes: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Violette Ang\u00e9<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>Lighting: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Denis Rateau<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound design and direction: Val\u00e9rie Leroux<\/p>\n<p><\/span><strong>Production<br \/>\n<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Producer: La Zampa<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>Coproducers :<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sc\u00e8ne Nationale d&#8217;ALBI-Tarn, L&#8217;Empreinte Sc\u00e8ne Nationale Brive &#8211; Tulle, Le Parvis Sc\u00e8ne Nationale Tarbes-Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es, Charleroi danse &#8211; Centre chor\u00e9graphique de la F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Wallonie-Bruxelles, La Place de la Danse CDCN Toulouse-Occitanie, ICI-CCN Montpellier-Occitanie, La Sc\u00e8ne Nationale du Sud-Aquitain &#8211; Bayonne, La Maison Danse CDCN Uz\u00e8s Gard Occitanie, KLAP Maison pour la danse \u00e0 Marseille (finalization residency 2025)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>Residency support :<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> L&#8217;Usine CNAREP Tournefeuille Toulouse M\u00e9tropole, Charleroi danse &#8211; Centre chor\u00e9graphique de la F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Wallonie-Bruxelles, La place de la Danse CDCN Toulouse-Occitanie, Mairie de Durfort 09, Dojo de L\u00e9zat-sur-L\u00e8ze, ICI-CCN Montpellier-Occitanie, Ch\u00e2teauvallon-Libert\u00e9 sc\u00e8ne nationale, KLAP Maison pour la danse \u00e0 Marseille, Ville de Tournefeuille, Mairie de Carla Bayle 09<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>Partners: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Transmission of repertoire) Creation of the piece IMPERIO with dancers from the Compa\u00f1\u00eda Nacional de Danza del Ecuador as part of the La Plaza de la Danza festival organized by the Alliance Fran\u00e7aise de Quito and La Place de la Danse, in partnership with the Compa\u00f1\u00eda Nacional de Danza del Ecuador, La Zampa and Teatro Capitol<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thanks to Guillaume and Serge Bertrand<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La Zampa is subsidized by the Direction R\u00e9gionale des Affaires Culturelles Occitanie as part of its &#8220;Aide aux compagnies conventionn\u00e9es&#8221; program, by the R\u00e9gion Occitanie \/ Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e, and by the D\u00e9partement de l&#8217;Ari\u00e8ge.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can we look at an empire from its fall, when it may not be quite over? 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