The A Corps dance festival starts this Friday in Poitiers. Among the shows on the program, 440 Hz – Part 1 is the very first creation of the Poitevine Claire Lavernhe, conceived as a dialogue with the conductor Jean-Louis Tingaud.
Beaulieu has become his “garden”. Claire Lavernhe has been frequenting the Poitevin entertainment center for several years. But Tuesday, April 4 will be a special date for the dancer: she will present her first creation, called 440 Hz.
– Part 1. A project initiated in 2020, in the midst of a pandemic, with conductor Jean-Luc Tingaud.
Facing the audience seated in the place of the musicians, the two artists play their score -in gestures- and gradually discover a common tempo. On music from the repertoire, from Mahler to Ravel, crushed by the accomplice brother Thomas Lavernhe. “I was very interested in conducting and I found that there was something choreographic, very beautiful in the gesture of the conductor, presents Claire, who started dancing with the Cie Pois Chiche, in Saint – Benedict. A friend introduced us, Jean-Louis and I were curious to learn about each other’s universe. We thought of this piece as a dialogue around our practices, to see how the music emerged from our movements. »
This abstract language, of the bodies with the music, is worth to the show to be found in the programming of the dance festival A Corps, which opens Friday. His one and only date to date. “We took a long time to build it, with few resources, and it is difficult to reconcile our agendas, agrees Claire Lavernhe, who created her own dance company, Amphibie, in Poitiers. A Corps allows us to present it to professionals in particular and, perhaps, to continue to bring it to life. I, who have known the festival for a long time, am impressed to see how it has grown! »
The choreographer already has “several ideas” for the second part of her diptych, and says she is delighted with her collaboration with Jean-Louis Tingaud.
Other strings to his bow
“This project was a challenge as much for him as for me. Getting out of your comfort zone is bound to be rewarding, I learned. It is also a pretext to be in relation with other artists. Holder of a dance degree from the London Contemporary Dance School, also a yoga teacher, Claire Lavernhe has continued to broaden her artistic horizons in recent years. In 2019, she trained in radio dubbing and acting in front of the camera with directors Mikhael Hers and Marie Monge. “Right now, I’m more focused on the game, in the theater or for the cinema, confides Poitevine, who landed a small role in the film Lovers. I have filming projects, but I can’t talk about them. I consider myself above all a dancer, but I am very curious by nature. “From there to imagine him playing one day alongside his comedian brother Benjamin…