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NINA SANTES

WET SONGS

In residence at CCN

MAY 12 TO 17, 2025

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Premiere on October 10 and 11, 2025, at the Excentriques Festival – CDCN La Briqueterie

CONCEPT AND CHOREOGRAPHY: Nina Santes
CREATION AND PERFORMANCE: Dalila Khatir, Wol, Sati Veyrunes, Makeda Monnet, Silex Silence
DRAMATURGY: Camille Louis
LIGHTING DESIGN: Louise Rustan
SOUND DESIGN: Aria de la Celle
SET DESIGN AND PROPS: Charlotte Gautier Van Tour
ECO-DESIGN CONSULTANT: Annie Leuridan
ADMINISTRATION, PRODUCTION, AND DEVELOPMENT: Barbara Coffy

PRODUCTION: La Fronde
CO-PRODUCTION: Centre Chorégraphique National d’Orléans – CCNO; Le Manège, National Stage - Reims; Charleroi danse, Wallonia-Brussels Choreographic Center; Royaumont Foundation; Carreau du Temple, Le Lieu Unique – National Stage of Nantes, La Briqueterie - CDCN of Val-de-Marne, CCN of Grenoble as part of the Accueil Studio program, CDCN Dancing.

The project is a winner of the ARVIVA Tremplins competition, which promotes sustainable initiatives in the performing arts, and receives support from the Caisse des Dépôts’ patronage program.

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In residence at CCN

MAY 12 TO 17, 2025

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Premiere on October 10 and 11, 2025, at the Excentriques Festival – CDCN La Briqueterie

"Wet Songs" is an experimental musical for five performers from various artistic fields—dance, music, spoken word, and opera singing—that invokes and celebrates the element of water.

As an act of resistance against the drying up of emotions and the prevailing air of isolation, the play explores space, bodies, and memories, searching for what emerges, flows, wets, gushes, overflows, leaks, sweats, transgresses, and dissolves within us… from the cracks and fissures.

In a paradoxical time when the air grows ever warmer yet bodies and emotions seem ever colder, individuals gather around a strange kitchen, from which they draw forth tides of words, gestures, and sounds through the power of listening and vibration. Wet Songs is a piece structured around songs, drawing inspiration from the musical genre to form a non-linear narrative of liquid worlds.

Choreographer and dancer Nina Santes sees the stage as a space for emancipation, metamorphosis and freedom. Descended from several generations of itinerant theater and puppet artists, she made her stage debut as a puppeteer before turning to dance. She has developed a transdisciplinary approach, articulating dance with song, music and her relationship with materials and objects. She is an associate artist at the Centre Chorégraphique National d'Orléans and at the Manège de Reims, in the company of La Fronde, from 2021 to 2024.

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NINA SANTES

CONCEPT AND CHOREOGRAPHY: Nina Santes
CREATION AND PERFORMANCE: Dalila Khatir, Wol, Sati Veyrunes, Makeda Monnet, Silex Silence
DRAMATURGY: Camille Louis
LIGHTING DESIGN: Louise Rustan
SOUND DESIGN: Aria de la Celle
SET DESIGN AND PROPS: Charlotte Gautier Van Tour
ECO-DESIGN CONSULTANT: Annie Leuridan
ADMINISTRATION, PRODUCTION, AND DEVELOPMENT: Barbara Coffy

PRODUCTION: La Fronde
CO-PRODUCTION: Centre Chorégraphique National d’Orléans – CCNO; Le Manège, National Stage - Reims; Charleroi danse, Wallonia-Brussels Choreographic Center; Royaumont Foundation; Carreau du Temple, Le Lieu Unique – National Stage of Nantes, La Briqueterie - CDCN of Val-de-Marne, CCN of Grenoble as part of the Accueil Studio program, CDCN Dancing.

The project is a winner of the ARVIVA Tremplins competition, which promotes sustainable initiatives in the performing arts, and receives support from the Caisse des Dépôts’ patronage program.

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In residence at CCN

MAY 12 TO 17, 2025

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Premiere on October 10 and 11, 2025, at the Excentriques Festival – CDCN La Briqueterie

CONCEPT AND CHOREOGRAPHY: Nina Santes
CREATION AND PERFORMANCE: Dalila Khatir, Wol, Sati Veyrunes, Makeda Monnet, Silex Silence
DRAMATURGY: Camille Louis
LIGHTING DESIGN: Louise Rustan
SOUND DESIGN: Aria de la Celle
SET DESIGN AND PROPS: Charlotte Gautier Van Tour
ECO-DESIGN CONSULTANT: Annie Leuridan
ADMINISTRATION, PRODUCTION, AND DEVELOPMENT: Barbara Coffy

PRODUCTION: La Fronde
CO-PRODUCTION: Centre Chorégraphique National d’Orléans – CCNO; Le Manège, National Stage - Reims; Charleroi danse, Wallonia-Brussels Choreographic Center; Royaumont Foundation; Carreau du Temple, Le Lieu Unique – National Stage of Nantes, La Briqueterie - CDCN of Val-de-Marne, CCN of Grenoble as part of the Accueil Studio program, CDCN Dancing.

The project is a winner of the ARVIVA Tremplins competition, which promotes sustainable initiatives in the performing arts, and receives support from the Caisse des Dépôts’ patronage program.

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In residence at CCN

MAY 12 TO 17, 2025

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Premiere on October 10 and 11, 2025, at the Excentriques Festival – CDCN La Briqueterie

CORRESPON
DANCES

CONCEPT AND CHOREOGRAPHY: Nina Santes
CREATION AND PERFORMANCE: Dalila Khatir, Wol, Sati Veyrunes, Makeda Monnet, Silex Silence
DRAMATURGY: Camille Louis
LIGHTING DESIGN: Louise Rustan
SOUND DESIGN: Aria de la Celle
SET DESIGN AND PROPS: Charlotte Gautier Van Tour
ECO-DESIGN CONSULTANT: Annie Leuridan
ADMINISTRATION, PRODUCTION, AND DEVELOPMENT: Barbara Coffy

PRODUCTION: La Fronde
CO-PRODUCTION: Centre Chorégraphique National d’Orléans – CCNO; Le Manège, National Stage - Reims; Charleroi danse, Wallonia-Brussels Choreographic Center; Royaumont Foundation; Carreau du Temple, Le Lieu Unique – National Stage of Nantes, La Briqueterie - CDCN of Val-de-Marne, CCN of Grenoble as part of the Accueil Studio program, CDCN Dancing.

The project is a winner of the ARVIVA Tremplins competition, which promotes sustainable initiatives in the performing arts, and receives support from the Caisse des Dépôts’ patronage program.

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between artists

RESIDENCY AT THE CCN GRENOBLE

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JUNE 29-30, 2024
DECEMBER 21-22, 2024

PUBLIC PROGRAMS: Ruth Childs, Katerina Andreou, Bryan Campbell, Luara Raio
SUPPORTED BY: CCN Grenoble, Pavillon/ADC, en cours

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RESIDENCY AT THE CCN GRENOBLE

FROM JANUARY 2024 TO DECEMBER 2025

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JUNE 29-30, 2024
DECEMBER 21-22, 2024

Upon arriving for her residency at the CCN studio CCN Grenoble, with the mountains before her, Ruth Childs thinking about the artists who had passed through—those who had been there before her and those who would come after. She knows some of them very well, others less so, by name or by sight, and still others not at all. She was struck by the lack of connection between them. She wanted to leave a little note of encouragement, a surprise, check in, ask a question about elements she had picked up from their work. But due to a lack of time, caught up in her own work, her thoughts simply materialized as “likes” via social media, a Facebook page, or Instagram.

To combat this lack of exchange, symptomatic of the current era, she draws inspiration from the free, intimate, handwritten correspondence of members of the Judson Church (Steve Paxton, Yvonne Rainer, Lucinda Childs…) to imagine a space-time that allows for correspondence with a small group of artists. A space-time to exchange ideas, ask questions, get lost together, have fun, and share the details of their artistic questions and struggles. These exchanges may be short and spontaneous (like a postcard) or more carefully crafted (like a letter), but should, ideally, be handwritten and sent by mail.

The primary goal of this project is to foster openness and the shared experience of a genuine, long-term exchange. In a second phase, and in agreement with the group, a publication of some or all of the correspondence produced in 2026 could be considered.

light.
conversations

CONCEPT AND CHOREOGRAPHY: Nina Santes
CREATION AND PERFORMANCE: Dalila Khatir, Wol, Sati Veyrunes, Makeda Monnet, Silex Silence
DRAMATURGY: Camille Louis
LIGHTING DESIGN: Louise Rustan
SOUND DESIGN: Aria de la Celle
SET DESIGN AND PROPS: Charlotte Gautier Van Tour
ECO-DESIGN CONSULTANT: Annie Leuridan
ADMINISTRATION, PRODUCTION, AND DEVELOPMENT: Barbara Coffy

PRODUCTION: La Fronde
CO-PRODUCTION: Centre Chorégraphique National d’Orléans – CCNO; Le Manège, National Stage - Reims; Charleroi danse, Wallonia-Brussels Choreographic Center; Royaumont Foundation; Carreau du Temple, Le Lieu Unique – National Stage of Nantes, La Briqueterie - CDCN of Val-de-Marne, CCN of Grenoble as part of the Accueil Studio program, CDCN Dancing.

The project is a winner of the ARVIVA Tremplins competition, which promotes sustainable initiatives in the performing arts, and receives support from the Caisse des Dépôts’ patronage program.

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Professional Meetings with JAN FEDINGER

RESIDENCY AT THE CCN GRENOBLE

FROM JANUARY 2024 TO DECEMBER 2025

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JUNE 29-30, 2024
DECEMBER 21-22, 2024

light.conversations is a format conceived by visual artist Jan Fedinger choreographers, dancers, lighting designers, and visual artists.

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In the form of a group discussion, participants analyze images, videos, or texts related to a specific theme to develop a shared vocabulary, gain understanding, express themselves, and nurture their creative vision of light.

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Two sessions are scheduled for April 22 and June 10 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at CCN Grenoble. These events are free of charge, but registration is required.

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