As part of the exhibition « Métamorphoses, les chapeaux de Maison Michel », Galerie du 19M partners with Souffle Collectif to present MOIRE, an unprecedented performance featuring Panamanian artist Ana Elena Tejera and violinist Sylvain Rabourdin, accompanied by guest musicians.
The program features a concept resonating with the exhibition Métamorphoses, les chapeaux de Maison Michel. MOIRE explores spinning, repetition, and the forms these movements create. Present in numerous dances and ritual practices, notably in the Sufi tradition of whirling dervishes, circular movement can transform the experience of time and open other states of consciousness. Ana Elena Tejera's spinning engages in dialogue with live music composed of patterns, pulsations, and repetitions. MOIRE investigates what covers, protects, reveals, and transforms the body, like a hat does: it shifts the silhouette, extends gestures, and brings new presences into view. Through movement, sound, and matter, the performance creates a body in constant transformation. Appearances, circulations, and disappearances succeed one another, tracing the stages of a metamorphosis. MOIRE, a performance by Souffle Collectif; Credits: © SOUFFLE Collectif MOIRE, a performance by Souffle Collectif; Credits: © SOUFFLE Collectif MOIRE, a performance by Souffle Collectif; Credits: © SOUFFLE Collectif MOIRE, a performance by Souffle Collectif; Credits: © le19M - Bastienne Plan your visit - Free and open to all, by reservation - From 7:30 PM to 10 PM (doors open at 7 PM) Throughout the evening, the public can enjoy a night visit of the exhibition Métamorphoses, les chapeaux de Maison Michel and refreshments and beverages offered by the Café du 19M. About Souffle Collectif Founded by Julien Colardelle, SOUFFLE is a creative company and curatorial platform that explores collective forms at the intersection of performance and traditional and contemporary music. Since 2020, SOUFFLE has developed an independent cycle at Consulat Voltaire and at the church of Saint-Merry in Paris, while also deploying creations in France and internationally based on meeting, improvisation, and dialogue between cultures. Its projects have notably been hosted by the Cartier Foundation, the Avignon Festival, the Villa Medici, Chaillot – National Dance Theater, the Arab World Institute, the Pompidou Center, the CAPC, and the Théâtre du Peuple. Ana Elena Tejera Ana Elena Tejera is a multidisciplinary Panamanian artist and filmmaker whose practice spans performance and dance. At the intersection of cinema and live arts, she works from political archives, embodied memories, and sonic experimentation. Trained at Fresnoy – National Studio of Contemporary Arts, her work has notably been presented at MoMA, the Berlin Film Festival, Ars Electronica, and the International Film Festival Rotterdam. Sylvain Rabourdin Sylvain Rabourdin is a French violinist and improviser whose practice spans traditional music, jazz, and contemporary creation. Trained in classical and baroque music as well as popular musical practices, he develops a performance nourished by orality, improvisation, and encounter. He collaborates notably with Clara Ysé, Senny Camara, Lynn Adib, and Abdullah Miniawy, and composes as part of Trio Marsa.
Source: paris.fr — photo: © SOUFFLE Collectif - Bastienne