

"Developing for several years a study project around the gesture of hammering, I asked Yannick Hugron, friend and choreographic artist, to talk to me about his experience as a former dancer of Basque folk dances.
As if in a kind of self-hypnosis, I asked him to dive into his past, into his physical memory, and to elaborate a story with a few gaps, temporal voids allowing to activate the imagination.
I wanted to expand this research and speak with other people who practice these forms of music and dance in the Basque Country... and thus gather fragments of stories.
With this body of memory, I invite Yannick Hugron to join me on stage so that together we can gather, map, and reinterpret the stories, gestures, and movements collected during these conversations. We will activate the body’s memories and compose our own choreographic fiction.” Aina Alegre
CONCEPT: Aina Alegre
COLLABORATION & PERFORMANCE: Aina Alegre, Yannick Hugron
SOUND DESIGN: Aina Alegre
SOUND EDITING AND STAGE MANAGEMENT: Guillaume Olmeta
ARTISTIC & DRAMATURGICAL CONSULTANTS: Quim Bigas & Capucine Intrup
PRODUCTION DURING CREATION: Claire Nollez, Romain Courault
Sound editing based on recordings of conversations with Jon Vernier, Julien Corbineau, Martxel Rodriguez Etxabide, Zibel Damaestoy, Arthur Barat & Yannick Hugron, performers of Basque folk dances
Christophe Raynaud de Lage, Nathalie Sternalski
PRODUCER: STUDIO FICTIF
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Centre chorégraphique national de Grenoble
CO-PRODUCERS : Festival d’Avignon & la SACD, Malandain Ballet Biarritz / Centre chorégraphique national de Nouvelle-Aquitaine en Pyrénées / Atlantiques ; CNDC – Angers.
WITH THE SUPPORT OF: DRAC Île-de-Franc
The Centre chorégraphique national de Grenoble is financed by Drac Auvergne - Rhône-Alpes/Ministère de la culture et de la communication Grenoble-Alpes Métropole, Département de l’Isère, Région Auvergne – Rhône-Alpes.















