For young audiences
Sébastien Ramirez and Honji Wang’s choreographic writing is an evolving sketch of a limitless country. They imagine it, erase it, and reinvent it with every movement. They live in this country with the profound naiveté of children fascinated by the interplay of their bodies in the mirror. They observe each other, brush past each other, avoid each other, throw themselves at one another, hurt each other, work it out, reject each other, get back together… just like grown-up couples, just like kids in the schoolyard.
Monchichi is the story of people who ask the endless question about converging identities of which every individual is composed (personal identity, social identity, geographic identity, borrowed identity, poetic identity) so in the end, there’s no more need to ask it.
We Are Monchichi will tell children, adolescents, adults, all audiences that the 21st century is, and will be, an “unfolding of self” in the self of others, an absence of borders, an intermingling of languages, an enriching time.
We Are Monchichi is a “poelitical” performance that lies between dance and theater, poetry and politics, where thoughts summon movements, where humor surpasses grace, where roots attach themselves to other roots all in order to create a sensual and diversely blended text. A text that transports situations, anecdotes, stories, our stories, whether we are 7 or 70 years old.
The question of community, of integrating a new group, of offering friendship, of budding love, of learning about class, of supporting neighbors already begins when there are two. We all exist in this couple. Virtuosos and childlike.
Fabrice Melquiot
Dramaturge
Credits
Artistic direction, conception, choreography, dance: Honji Wang & Sébastien Ramirez
With: Marco Di Nardo and Shihya Peng
Dramaturgy and text: Fabrice Melquiot
Light design: Cyril Mulon
Set design: Ida Ravn
Costumes: Honji Wang
Composer: Ilia Koutchoukov aka Everydayz /+∞
Additional music: Carlos Gardel, Alva Noto, Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
Arrangement: Fabien Biron
Voice recording and sound arrangement: Clément Aubry
Co-production
Théâtre de la Ville, Paris
Scène Nationale d’Albi
We are Monchichi received co-production support in the frame of the European Creative Pole – DRAC Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes / Pôle Danse de Lyon (Biennale de la Danse + Maison de la Danse), as well as a creation residency in Lyon.
Creation Residencies
Théâtre de l’Archipel, scène nationale de Perpignan La Villette / artist residencies
Support
Regional Cultural Affairs Directorate Occitanie Regional council Occitanie / Pyrénées-Méditerranée
Jun 20, 2018
L’Archipel
Perpignan, France
Sep 22, 2018
Théâtre de Roanne
Roanne, France
Sep 25, 2018
Espace Culturel Alpha
Charbonnières-les-Bains, France
Sep 28, 2018
La Machinerie
Vénissieux, France
Oct 2, 2018
Salle Léon Curral
Sallanches, France
Oct 4, 2018
L'Intégral
Belley, France
Oct 6, 2018
Centre culturel Les Quinconces
Vals-les-Bains, France
Oct 9, 2018
Espace Malraux
Chambéry, France
Oct 10, 2018
Espace Malraux
Chambéry, France
Oct 11, 2018
Espace Malraux
Chambéry, France
Oct 13, 2018
Maison du Peuple
Pierre-Bénite, France
Oct 16, 2018
Masion de la Danse de Lyon
Lyon, France
Oct 17, 2018
Masion de la Danse de Lyon
Lyon, France
Oct 18, 2018
Masion de la Danse de Lyon
Lyon, France
Oct 19, 2018
Masion de la Danse de Lyon
Lyon, France
Oct 20, 2018
Masion de la Danse de Lyon
Lyon, France
Oct 21, 2018
Masion de la Danse de Lyon
Lyon, France
Oct 22, 2018
Masion de la Danse de Lyon
Lyon, France
Oct 23, 2018
Masion de la Danse de Lyon
Lyon, France
Nov 4, 2018
Teatro Cavallerizza
Reggio Emilia, Italy
Nov 10, 2018
L'octogone
Pully, Switzerland
Nov 21, 2018
Théâtre de la Ville
Paris, France
Nov 22, 2018
Théâtre de la Ville
Paris, France
Nov 23, 2018
Théâtre de la Ville
Paris, France
Nov 24, 2018
Théâtre de la Ville
Paris, France
Nov 25, 2018
Théâtre de la Ville
Paris, France
Dec 13, 2018
Théâtre Am Stram Gram
Genève, Switzerland
Dec 14, 2018
Théâtre Am Stram Gram
Genève, Switzerland
Dec 15, 2018
Théâtre Am Stram Gram
Genève, Switzerland
Dec 16, 2018
Théâtre Am Stram Gram
Genève, Switzerland
Dec 20, 2018
Bourgoin-Jallieu, France
Jan 24, 2019
Pavillon Noir
Aix-en-Provence, France
Jan 25, 2019
Pavillon Noir
Aix-en-Provence, France
Jan 26, 2019
Pavillon Noir
Aix-en-Provence, France
Jan 30, 2019
Espace 1789
Saint-Ouen, France
Jan 31, 2019
Espace 1789
Saint-Ouen, France
Feb 1, 2019
Espace 1789
Saint-Ouen, France
Feb 2, 2019
Espace 1789
Saint-Ouen, France
Feb 5, 2019
Théâtre de Lorient
Lorient, France
Feb 6, 2019
Théâtre de Lorient
Lorient, France
Mar 5, 2019
Théatre de la Ville | Théatre des Abbesses
Paris, France
Mar 6, 2019
Théatre de la Ville | Théatre des Abbesses
Paris, France
Mar 7, 2019
Théatre de la Ville | Théatre des Abbesses
Paris, France
Mar 8, 2019
Théatre de la Ville | Théatre des Abbesses
Paris, France
Mar 9, 2019
Théatre de la Ville | Théatre des Abbesses
Paris, France
Apr 8, 2019
Scène Nationale d'Albi
Albi, France
Apr 9, 2019
Scène Nationale d'Albi
Albi, France
May 11, 2019
Dublin Dance Festival
Dublin, Irland
May 12, 2019
Dublin Dance Festival
Dublin, Irland
May 24, 2019
Espace Michel Simon
Noisy-le-grand, France
Jul 5, 2019
National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts
Weiwuying, Taïwan
Jul 6, 2019
Center for the Arts
Kaohsiung, Taïwan
Jul 6, 2019
National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts
Weiwuying, Taïwan
Jul 7, 2019
Center for the Arts
Kaohsiung, Taïwan
Jul 7, 2019
National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts
Weiwuying, Taïwan
Aug 14, 2019
Jacob’s Pillow
Becket MA, USA
Aug 15, 2019
Jacob’s Pillow
Becket MA, USA
Aug 16, 2019
Jacob’s Pillow
Becket MA, USA
Aug 17, 2019
Jacob’s Pillow
Becket MA, USA
Aug 18, 2019
Jacob’s Pillow
Becket MA, USA
Oct 15, 2019
Théâtre National de Bretagne
Rennes, France
Oct 16, 2019
Théâtre National de Bretagne
Rennes, France
Oct 17, 2019
Théâtre National de Bretagne
Rennes, France
Oct 18, 2019
Théâtre National de Bretagne
Rennes, France
Oct 19, 2019
Théâtre National de Bretagne
Rennes, France
Nov 7, 2019
Créteil Centre des arts
Créteil, France
Nov 8, 2019
Créteil Centre des arts
Créteil, France
Dec 5, 2019
Château Rouge
Annemasse, France
Dec 6, 2019
Château Rouge
Annemasse, France
Dec 9, 2019
Scène Nationale de Chalon sur Saone
Chalon sur Saone, France
Dec 10, 2019
Scène Nationale de Chalon sur Saone
Chalon sur Saone, France
Dec 13, 2019
Scène Nationale de Bar le Duc
Bar le Duc, France
Jan 21, 2020
Le Mans, France
Jan 22, 2020
Le Mans, France
Jan 23, 2020
Le Mans, France
Jan 24, 2020
Le Mans, France
Jan 25, 2020
Le Mans, France
Jan 28, 2020
Vierzon, France
Mar 13, 2020
Vernier, Switzerland
Mar 14, 2020
Vernier, Switzerland
Mar 20, 2020
Angoulême , France
Mar 27, 2020
Carros, France
Mar 31, 2020
Mougins , France
Apr 25, 2020
Freiburg, Germany
Apr 28, 2020
Rodez, France
May 30, 2020
Avignon, France