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ÇA Association (ça can mean either this, that, or it) is a choreographic company directed by Hervé Diasnas. ÇA was born in the Paris region in 1982. Its aim is to produce and diffuse choreographic works by Hervé Diasnas, or by Hervé Diasnas in partnership with other artists, while collaborating with theatres and other venues, and with other cultural organizations. ÇA Association is also involved in increasing public awareness of the choreographic art and in providing tuition, with workshops given either by the choreographer himself, or by other members of the company.

Diasnas made his first dance pieces, The Naï impact came in 1984... Naï ou Cristal qui songea solo he presented at Théâtre de la Ville, Paris. (The First Silence), a puppetry-dance duet, and Uoriginal universe. He has been moving towards group pieces since

In 1990 Diasnas met both Butô, through Carlotta Ikeda, and juggling, through Jérôme Thomas and others. These encounters were to lead to journée blancheshow,

From ’92 to ’97, the company’s repertory was enriched with five new dance pieces, including six dancers which examined dance-circus relations long before it was usual to do so, and Le sourire de l’aubeDawn, 1994, a duet), what the specialized press baptized « 

Particularly sensitive to sound (Diasnas composed or co-composed the music of all his shows), he came to work with the composer and double-bass player Stefano Scodanibbio in 1998. Together they composed Giorgio Agamben, who initiated the project himself. The trio Sans voix (Voiceless) andCocagnefestival, commissioned

In May 2000, Diasnas conceived and directed Le tabloïd des anges, (Angel Tabloid) at the Manège theatre in Reims, working in collaboration with the sculptor and visual artist, Christian Lapie. The piece was to be presented several months later at the 2000 Avignon Festival, and then several times a day in such State-run theatres as l'Apostrophe in Cergy-Pontoise, the Théâtre in Mâcon, the "Eclectiques" series at the Halle aux Grains Scène Nationale in Blois, and the Centre Culturel André Malraux in Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy... It was also given at Le Prisme, Elancourt, Avignon’s winter festival (Les Hivernales), the Îles de danse festival in Paris, Vanves Theatre, Espace Gérard Philippe in Saint André des Vergers, and in the Maison de la Culture et de la Danse, Epinay sur Seine. This entirely adaptable piece for six dancers was part of the emerging “close-up” dance movement, as it was commonly called.

In January 2001, ÇA Association, subsidized by the Ministry for Culture and Communication – DRAC Île de France, became a registered choreographic company. In the autumn of the same year (October 2001), Diasnas created a cultural event in Reims city center with dancer and choreographer Valérie Lamielle, who had made, amongst other pieces, Enfance aux éclatssous les ongles This street event was called TRANSPARENCES... and it brought together 16 artists: dancers, jugglers, acrobats and puppeteers. For four days, eighteen shop windows were the scene of live performances five times a day - surprising passers-by and shoppers. The event was so successful that thanks to the support of City, Province and State, the company launched a new edition of Transparences...

Between times the company had come back to the stage with two new pieces: Les buveurs de brume(Fog Drinkers), for five dancers, and Passage éclair d'une libellule (sans aile et au ralenti) (Lightning Passage of a Dragonfly, Wingless in Slow Motion,) an aerial dance solo. Both were first performed in November 2002, during a three-year residency at the Centre Culturel André Malraux - Scène nationale de Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy. The music of both shows was by Hervé Diasnas, and was released on CD by CCAM several months later.

Late in 2004, Le sourire de l’aube

2004 / 2006: The company enjoyed a two-year choreographic residency at the Théâtre de la Madeleine, Troyes. Thanks to the residency, two works were created: Chroniques aériennes, (Aerial Chronicles), an aerial /ground duo in the same vein as Passage éclair d'une libellule, and a joint effort with the aerial dance company Motus Modules; and a solo presently entitled Vlaï ou la légende des marionettes

2006 / 2007: The company will be celebrating a double anniversary during its residency at the Théâtre de Vanves. The solo Naï ou Cristal qui songe is 25 years old, while the Artdanthé Festival is 10. Vlaï ou la légende des marionnettes, a solo first performed recently in Troyes, will be given almost once a month in Vanves right up to an exceptional evening at the end of the season, when both solos will be danced. That same evening, students will perform the Vol chorégraphique they worked on during residency training.

This season, the company will be appropriating the stage in an untypical fashion (windows, stage fronts, and unconventional areas of the theatre (La muse du théâtre)Le parvis des ondes, will come to life. This time it’s a choreographic and musical piece composed by the Yep duo (music with transducers) and danced by Hervé Diasnas.

(H.B.D.P ) 2is a duo co-created with Bruno Pradet. This playful piece will be performed for the first time in Aurillac next spring (see Dates).

And Shadow Dream, , is under way.

There is on-going training, with regular workshops in Paris (once a month), Strasbourg, and Montpellier, as well as in Switzerland and Italy.

The company also plans to publish a work on Movement Practise for Dance, written by Hervé Diasnas.

A moving season...

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