HISTOIRE(S)

June 25, 1946, Paris. The crowd rushes at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées for the premiere of a ballet created on an argument by Jean Cocteau. The amazing dancer Jean Babilée is topping the bill in the role of a young man dying for love. Fifty-eight years later, choreographer Olga de Soto conducts an inquiry on this ballet, which became legendary, and goes in search of spectators who saw it that night, to give voice to their memories and their forgettings. Personal stories mingle with that of the ballet, and few people tell the same story, or remember the dead, even so it is drawn at the heart of the ballet.

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Revival project
histoire(s) is available in French, German, English, Catalan, Spanish, Hungarian, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese and Turkish.

production Niels Production
partnerships in progress
contact Niels Production / productionniels@gmail.com

concept, direction, choreography, video direction, camera and sound Olga de Soto
video editing Montxo de Soto and Olga de Soto
set design Thibault Vancraenenbroeck
lighting Henri-Emmanuel Doublier
lighting control Henri-Emmanuel Doublier or Sarah Scouarnec or Geni Diez
sound mix Pierre Gufflet
sound technician Pierre Gufflet or Clément Marie
technical direction Christophe Gualde
with Mauro Paccagnella or Cyril Accorsi and Olga de Soto
This work was created with and performed by Vincent Druguet and Olga de Soto
with testimonies by (in order of appearance) Micheline Hesse, Suzanne Batbedat, Robert Genin, Brigitte Evellin, Julien Pley, Françoise Olivaux, Olivier Merlin and Frédéric Stern
music Johann Sebastian Bach (piano compositions, Sarabande from English Suite no. 2 BWV 807, Sarabande from English Suite no. 5 BWV 810, Passacaglia in C Minor BWV 852 - transcription for piano), performed by Angela Hewitt, piano (Hyperion Records Ltd London - CDA67309 & CDA67451/2)

production Niels Production (Brussels)

coproduction Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Brussels) and Centre National de la Danse (Paris)

supported by COM4HD (Madrid) and Ministère de la Communauté française de Belgique – Secteur danse

This project was initiated in the frame of Hommages, by Culturgest (Lisbon), in 2003

language French / subtitled in the language of the country

length 1h10

* An analytical work that takes The Young Man and Death by Jean Cocteau and Roland Petit as its starting-point.

The performance histoire(s) is a French speaking performance. To presented it in other languages subtitles are required.
histoire(s) has been translated in German, English, Catalan, Spanish, Hungarian, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese and Turkish.
CAT | Catalan version coproduced in collaboration with Mercat de les Flors, Barcelona (ES).
DE | German version coproduced in collaboration with Tanz Im August, Berlin (DT).
EN | English version produced by Niels Production, Brussels (BE).
ES | Spanish version coproduced in collaboration with Festival VEO, Valencia y Escena Contemporánea, Madrid (ES).
HUN | Hungarian version coproduced in collaboration with Trafó, Budapest (HUN).
NL | Dutch version coproduced in collaboration with Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Bruselas (BE).
NO | Norwegian version coproduced in collaboration with Dansenshus, Oslo (NO).
PT | Portuguese version coproduced in collaboration with Culturgest, Lisboa (PT).
TR | Turkish version coproduced in collaboration with Festival iDans, Estambul (TUR).
histoire(s) is an analytical work that has The Young Man and Death, by Roland Petit and Jean Cocteau, as its starting point.

© Dolorès Marat

Full recording filmed at Centre national de la danse, Pantin, 2004

TOUR CALENDAR

14 MAY 2004, Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Brussels (BE)
15 MAY 2004, Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Brussels (BE)
16 MAY 2004, Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Brussels (BE)
17 MAY 2004, Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Brussels (BE)
06 DEC 2004, Centre national de la Danse, Paris (FR)
07 DEC 2004, Centre national de la Danse, Paris (FR)
08 DEC 2004, Centre national de la Danse, Paris (FR)
09 DEC 2004, Centre national de la Danse, Paris (FR)
21 JAN 2005, Festival Les Eclectiques, La Halle aux Grains Scène Nationale, Blois (FR)
22 FEB 2005, Festival VEO, València Escena Oberta, Valence (ES)
23 FEB 2005, Festival VEO, València Escena Oberta, Valence (ES)
25 FEB 2005, Festival Escena Contemporánea, Madrid (ES)
26 FEB 2005, Festival Escena Contemporánea, Madrid (ES)
05 MAR 2005, Festival Art Danse, Dijon (FR)
20 MAR 2005, Festival La Belge Quinzaine, CCN Franche-Comté en collaboration avec Le Granit Scène Nationale, Belfort (FR)
23 AUG 2005, Festival Tanz Im August, Berlin (DE)
24 AUG 2005, Festival Tanz Im August, Berlin (DE)
23 SEP 2005, De (Internationale) Keuze, Rotterdamse Schouwburg, Rotterdam (NL)
24 SEP 2005, De (Internationale) Keuze, Rotterdamse Schouwburg, Rotterdam (NL)
29 SEP 2005, Théâtre de la Bastille, Paris (FR)
30 SEP 2005, Théâtre de la Bastille, Paris (FR)
01 OCT 2005, Théâtre de la Bastille, Paris (FR)
02 OCT 2005, Théâtre de la Bastille, Paris (FR)
04 OCT 2005, Théâtre de la Bastille, Paris (FR)
05 OCT 2005, Théâtre de la Bastille, Paris (FR)
18 NOV 2005, L’Espal Scène Nationale, Le Mans (FR)
29 NOV 2005, Théâtre de Chartres, Chartres (FR)
20 APR 2006, Centre Chorégraphique National de Montpellier / Montpellier Danse 06, Montpellier (FR)
11 MAY 2006, Le Lieu Unique, Nantes (FR)
05 JUNE 2006, Festival Danse Balsa Marni Raffinerie, La Raffinerie, Brussels (BE)
06 JUNE 2006, Festival Danse Balsa Marni Raffinerie, La Raffinerie, Brussels (BE)
07 JUNE 2006, Festival Danse Balsa Marni Raffinerie, La Raffinerie, Brussels (BE)
18 JUNE 2006, Festival Latitudes Contemporaines, Lille (FR)
16 JAN 2007, L'Apostrophe Scène Nationale, Cergy Pontoise (FR)
17 JAN 2007, L'Apostrophe Scène Nationale, Cergy Pontoise (FR)
07 MAR 2007, Théâtre Le Merlan Scène Nationale, Marseille (FR)
08 MAR 2007, Théâtre Le Merlan Scène Nationale, Marseille (FR)
09 MAR 2007, Théâtre Le Merlan Scène Nationale, Marseille (FR)
10 MAR 2007, Théâtre Le Merlan Scène Nationale, Marseille (FR)
28 MAR 2007, ADC, Maison des Eaux Vives, Geneva (CH)
29 MAR 2007, ADC, Maison des Eaux Vives, Geneva (CH)
30 MAR 2007, ADC, Maison des Eaux Vives, Geneva (CH)
31 MAR 2007, ADC, Maison des Eaux Vives, Geneva (CH)
01 APR 2007, ADC, Maison des Eaux Vives, Geneva (CH)
28 APR 2007, Dansenshus, Oslo (NO)
29 APR 2007, Dansenshus, Oslo (NO)
14 JUNE 2007, FRAC Lorraine / Fond Régional d’Art Contemporain, Metz (FR)
31 JAN 2008, Kampnagel, Hamburg (DE)
01 FEB 2008, Kampnagel, Hamburg (DE)
02 FEB 2008, Kampnagel, Hamburg (DE)
23 MAY 2008, Festival Nouvelles Strasbourg Danse, Pôle Sud, Strasbourg (FR)
15 JUNE 2008, Festival Uzès Danse, Uzès (FR)
18 SEP 2008, 13e Biennale de la Danse de Lyon, Maison de la Danse, Lyon (FR)
19 SEP 2008, 13e Biennale de la Danse de Lyon, Maison de la Danse, Lyon (FR)
20 SEP 2008, 13e Biennale de la Danse de Lyon, Maison de la Danse, Lyon (FR)
17 OCT 2008, Tanz International Bern / Copyleft, Bern (CH)
18 OCT 2008, Tanz International Bern / Copyleft, Bern (CH)
26 MAY 2009, Festival iDans, Istanbul (TR)
27 MAY 2009, Festival iDans, Istanbul (TR)
12 MAR 2010, Mercat de les Flors, Barcelona (ES)
13 MAR 2010, Mercat de les Flors, Barcelona (ES)
14 MAR 2010, Mercat de les Flors, Barcelona (ES)
10 DEC 2010, Centre Pompidou, Metz (FR)
26 JAN 2011, Trafó, Budapest (HU)
08 NOV 2011, Culturgest, Lisbon (PT)
09 NOV 2011, Culturgest, Lisbon (PT)
04 DEC 2011, Théâtre du Casino de Deauville, Deauville (FR)
04 NOV 2012, Festival Panorama, Rio de Janeiro (BR)
28 NOV 2012, Festival Latitudes, Les Halles, Brussels (BE)
29 NOV 2012, Festival Latitudes, Les Halles, Brussels (BE)