Xavier Le Roy 

After studying molecular biology at the University of Montpellier, Xavier Le Roy has been working as an artist since 1991. His first solo works opened up new perspectives in the field of choreography by questioning the conventions of spectacle: Self Unfinished (1998), Produit de Circonstances (1999), Giszelle (2001), Le Sacre du Printemps (2007). Part of his research takes the form of works created specifically for exhibition spaces. Since 2018, he has been a professor at the Institute for Applied Theatre Studies in Giessen, Germany. 

Embodiments and Exhibitions 

« This workshop extends the experiments of Retrospective (2012-2018) and Temporary Title (2015), designed for museum exhibition spaces. We will explore: the interpretations generated by spaces without a predefinedfrontality; how the possibility for visitors to enter and exit freely encourages choreographing without controlling the duration of their experience; and how the oscillation between proximity and distance becomes an essential choreographicparameter. Materials: movements, sounds and vocal noises, conversationalsituations. To question the boundaries of the human or the “more than human,” theydraw inspiration from the animal, plant, mineral, or mechanical worlds. We willexplore how a material is linked to its mode of embodiment and conditions relationships with other performers and spectators, favoring specific modes of being together. No technique is required, only the desire and curiosity to explore these materials. Alternating between performer and spectator, participants willexplore how they choreograph each other, and vice versa. After a presentation of the “Matters of Concern” guiding this research, given the duration of the workshop, we will focus on constructing an exhibition sketch rather than delving deeper intothe materials.This sketch will be open to the public during the last hours of the workshop. » Xavier Le Roy