Cecilia Bengolea et François Chaignaud
She was born in Argentina, he in France. Trained at Mathilde Monnier's school, she worked for Claudia Triozzi, Mark Tompkins, Yves-Noël Genod and Alain Buffard. He danced for Emmanuelle Huynh, Gilles Jobin, Tiago Guedes and Boris Charmatz, with whom he followed the project of a nomadic and ephemeral school, Bocal. Cecila Bengolea and François Chaignaud met in 2005. Ever since, their dialogue has been enriched by many exchanges and experiments and has given rise to the creation of three plays born from the desire to connect art with reality. Their writing is closely related to experience - through a kind of phenomenology of intensity. After their first joint creation Pâquerette (2005-2008), Sylphides presented in 2009 at the Festival d'Avignon, puts the bodies under vacuum in a latex casing and suspends their vital functions to the minimum, between destruction and mutation. In 2010, Castor et Pollux brought together technicians and dancers, using slings and pulleys to replay the tragic myth of the twins. At the same time, Cecilia Bengolea and François Chaignaud have been involved in many collaborations, notably with Bodak for Danses libres, and Marlene Monteira Freitas and Trajal Harrell for (M)IMOSA.
MF, May, 2011.