NEBULA

In Nebula, Vania Vaneau approaches the human body-nature relationship as the meeting of force fields in a post-apocalyptic context. In a kind of archaeology of the future, Nebula questions what other relationships to time, craft, soil, and chimeras could emerge to draw a new cosmogony. What mutations and hybridizations could come out of chaos? Nebula is also a crossing into the unknown, a moment of eclipse to glimpse at other possible worlds. A solo about the relation between metamorphosis, apparitions, materials, and gestures. About revealing the original state of the elements, creating healing rituals, fertilizing the space, and exploring notions of catharsis and ecstasy.

Vania Vaneau was born in São Paulo (1982). She first studied dance in Brazil, then at P.A.R.T.S school in Brussels. As a performer she takes part in creations of Wim Vandekeybus, Maguy Marin, Yoann Bourgeois and Christian Rizzo. Her choreographic research links a physical work to a plastic aspect through the production and handling of materials, costumes and scenographic objects, considered full-fledged actors on stage with the performers. She's interested in the multiple physical and mental layers that compose the human body, in a relation of continuity with the natural and cultural environment. Some of her creations are Blanc (2014), Ornement (2016) and Ora (2019). She co-directs Arrangement Provisoire with Jordi Galí, a company commited to an ecological approach. With Nebula they contribute financially to organisations working towards the protection of the Amazon forest and the defense of indigenous peoples.

Choreography and performance: Vania Vaneau / Scenography: Célia Gondol / Music: Nico Devos, Pénélope Michel (Puce Moment/ Cercueil) / Lighting: Abigail Fowler / Stage manager: Gilbert Guillaumond / Thanks to: Kotomi Nishiwaki, Melina Faka, Julien Quartier – Atelier De facto / Production: Arrangement Provisoire

Coproduction: ICI – CCN of Montpellier-Occitanie and Stuk- Louvain with Life Long Burning, project supported by the european commission, centre chorégraphique national of Caen in Normandie, dans le cadre de l’Accueil-studio, Programme Nomades of Nos Lieux communs (Extension Sauvage, Format danse and A domicile), Slow danse with le CCN de Nantes, Les SUBS, Lyon; Charleroi Danse, choreographic center of Wallonie – Bruxelles;  Le Gymnase – CDCN Roubaix and La Chambre d’eau / Support: Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (Aide au projet); L’Essieu du Batut (Aveyron); La Briqueterie CDCN du Val-de-Marne.