In residence at CCN Grenoble
April 1 to 5, 2024
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Creation October 11 and 12, 2024 Charleroi Danse, Les Ecuries
CONCEPT, CHOREOGRAPHY, WRITING AND INTERPRETATION: Mercedes Dassy
DRAMAATURGY: Hanna El Fakir
MUSICAL PRODUCTION AND SOUND CREATION: Maxime Pichon
COSTUME, ACCESSORIES AND SCENOGRAPHY: Flavie Torsiello
LIGHT CREATION: Vera Martins
EXTERNAL REGARDS: Sabine Cmelmiski, Svétäl-Anand Chassol, Alphonse Eklou
RESEARCH DJ SET: Yasmina Tayoub
ASSISTANCY: Fanny Brulé Kopp
STAGIAIRES: Morgane Brien-Hamdane, Géraldine Tatard, Angelica Ardiot
PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION: ama brussels, Babacar Ba, France Morin, Clara Schmitt
PRODUCTION: ama brussels
COPRODUCTION: Charleroi danse, les Halles de Schaerbeek, CCN d'Orléans, CCN de Grenoble, les SUBS
HOME IN RESIDENCE: Charleroi danse, le Théâtre Varia, les SUBS, CCN d'Orléans, CCN de Grenoble, Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles, Centre national de la Danse, Lafayette Anticipations
SUPPORT: Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles- Service de la Création artistique, Wallonie-Bruxelles International, SACD
Mercedes Dassy is associate artist at Charleroi danse from 2023 to 2025.
In residence at CCN Grenoble
April 1 to 5, 2024
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Creation October 11 and 12, 2024 Charleroi Danse, Les Ecuries
SPONGEBABE IN L.A. (4 LOVE & ANXIETY) is the new solo choreographic work by and performed by Mercedes Dassy.
In it, she stages the musical and choreographic performance of SpongeBabe - a fictional double - as she rehearses the show from her new album before its grand premiere. We share with her her last night underground before her big return to the surface.
In between rehearsals, SpongeBabe shares a more intimate, elliptical narrative, a kind of behind-the-scenes or voice-over, in movement and words, in which she confides her experiences and reflections on brokenness, vulnerability, gentleness and rebirth.
Mercedes Dassy (1990, Brussels) is a dancer and choreographer active in the fields of dance, performance, film, theater and video. In 2009, she joined S.E.A.D. Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance and completed a Summer Program at the Tisch School of Art/Dance Department - New York University. Back in Brussels since 2012, she has worked with Voetvolk/Lisbeth Gruwez, Compagnie3637, Cie P H O S / P HO R, MUGWUMP, Notch company/Oriane Varak Leslie Mannès/Thomas Thurine/Vincent Lemaître, Lafayette Anticipations, Bertrand Mandico, Delphine Girard, Erwan LeDuc, and others.
Since 2015, Mercedes Dassy has also been creating her own work with Pause (2015), i - c l i t (2018), TWYXX, in collaboration with actor Tom Adjibi (2019), B4 summer (2020), Deepstaria bienvenue, a commission from L'Opéra de Lyon for dancer Maeva Lassère (2020) and Pamela Chapitre 6765, a performance for the 2020 edition of Marseille's Actoral festival, and RUUPTUUR (2022) a piece for 4 dancers.
In July 2018, Mercedes Dassy was awarded the Jo Dekmine prize for promising creations and artists by the Théâtre des Doms. In November 2021, she received the jury prize in the Podium choreography competition in the "solo/duo" category, with her piece B4 summer.
