The Masse project is a choreographic composition based on an encounter between dancers and a community of individuals connected through their work or hobbies by a specific use of the body (firemen, rugby players, teachers...).
By definition, a mass is a group of people gathered and concentrated on a temporary basis. The Masse project is a representation of that movement and was conceived from the beginning as an exhibit.
Films and photographs bear witness to the experimentation. The procedure of the encounter is always the same, but the experience changes with each new context. Each participant steps
forward to the centre of the space with his eyes closed. The bodies press together and melt into each other until they create a mass. That mass rises up and then collapses. The length of the process varies according to the context and the people who take part in it. A mass was formed with a rugby team from Rennes and another with a brigade of firemen from Montpellier. The invitation from the Dourven gave the artists the opportunity to meet with the Skal Gouren Bear (the Breton wrestling club of Bégard) and to present the whole first phase of the project.
a performative act not public
Dates
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19 avril 2012, 1 représentation
Manège de Reims, dans le cadre d' "Un Grand Soir" dédié au travail de Loïc Touzé.
Programmé en parallèle de LOVE. -
2005, 1 édition
Dourven
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2004, 1 édition
Montpellier, avec une équipe de pompiers.
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2004, 1 édition
Belle-Ile en Terre
Avec un club de luttre bretonne -
2003, Création
Avec l'équipe de rugby de Rheu
distribution
Conception Loïc Touzé with Latifa Laâbissi and Jocelyn Cottencin
Mentions
Production ORO
With the support of Galerie du Dourven, Trédez-Locquemeau