Symphonia Harmoniæ Cælestium Revelationum

François Chaignaud – Marie-Pierre Brébant

October 27 – 28, 2023

ITALIAN PREMIERE

A remarkably eclectic performer, choreographer and dancer, François Chaignaud continues to reimagine myths and stories from the past through his body and voice. Together with the hypnotic Baroque musician Marie-Pierre Brébant (and the bandura, an ancient traditional stringed instrument from Ukraine), in Symphonia Harmoniæ Cælestium Revelationum the French artist tackles the musical compositions of Hildegard of Bingen, a 12th-century nun, theologian, mystic, healer, playwright and musician.
This performance-concert turns into a total artwork – visual, musical and choreographic. Chaignaud and Brébant evoke a vanished world of emblems and enigmas through a dreamlike and visionary performance.

A writer, historian and singer, as well as a true master of cross-dressing, François Chaignaud has created a unique character over the years, capable of skilfully mixing high and pop culture, tradition and innovation, defying genres and categories. A graduate of the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris, this artist creates performances in which song and dance come together through different sources of inspiration. Chaignaud has been awarded the title of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Republic.

Marie-Pierre Brébant studied music and ballet in Rheims, and then early music at the Conservatoire national de Région. She has engaged with the Renaissance and Baroque repertoire in a variety of ways: as a dancer, as a musician in orchestral and chamber ensembles, as an accompanist for ballet classes and as the musical director of the Baroque ensemble Sept Mesures de soie (until 2012).

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Running time 150’

Credits

conception, performance: François Chaignaud, Marie-Pierre Brébant
based on: Hildegard of Bingen
musical adaptation: Marie-Pierre Brébant
scenography: Arthur Hoffner
light creation: Philippe Gladieux, Anthony Merlaud
sound design: Christophe Hauser
artistic collaborator: Sarah Chaumette
costumes: Cédrick Debeuf, Loïs Heckendorn
tatoos creation: Loïs Heckendorn
impression: Micka Arasco
technical manager: Anthony Merlaud
latin prosody: Angela Cossu
administration, production: Garance Roggero, Jeanne Lefèvre, Emma Forster
diffusion: mandorle productions
international: A PROPIC – Line Rousseau – Marion Gauvent
mandorle productions is subsidised by: French Ministry of Culture – DRAC Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
co-production: Bonlieu – Scène nationale Annecy, Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Pact Zollverein, Centre chorégraphique national de Caen, BIT Teatergarasjen, Arsenal/Cité musicale, CN D – Centre national de la danse, MC93 – Maison de la Culture – Seine Saint-Denis, Les 2 Scènes, Scène nationale de Besançon, La Bâtie – Festival de Genève, TANDEM – Scène nationale, Festival Musica – Strasbourg
with the support of: Villa Noailles, CN D – Centre national de la danse (residency), BoCA – Biennale of Contemporary Art, La Métive lieu international de résidence de création artistique (residency), FRAC Franche-Comté (residency), Les Subsistances – Lyon (residency)
thanks to: Lucie Jolivet, Lyubomyr Shevchuk, Catherine Schroeder, Léo Henry, Eugénie de Mey, Patricia Allio

François Chaignaud is associate artist at Bonlieu – Scène nationale d'Annecy and at Chaillot – Théâtre national de la danse (Paris), as well as at the Maison de la danse and the Biennale de la danse de Lyon