 Before attending the American round of shows during the Anticodes Festival (31 March-03 April 2011), students from the EAC school in Lyon have taken part in an Open Class with Dan Safer, from the Witness Relocation ensemble, on 17 March of this year at Les Subsistances. This was an artistic practice workshop, halfway between theatre and dance, during which each participant was able to examine the relations between people, and to work on group dynamics. This special opportunity ended with friendly discussions between Dan Safer and the students, who were keen to ask the artist about his approach when creating a show. .gif){kind=small} Pictures-EAC Open Class with Dan Safer  Pupils involved in the drama department at intermediate school Collège Alain de Saint-Fons welcomed Turak Theatre’s Jean-Pierre Hollebecq, who went there to run a workshop on the theatre of objects, based on the world of Michel Laubu. Following the students' visit at Les Subsistances, where they came to see Les Fenêtres éclairées, they were able to handle the show’s puppets and characters themselves, imagine a world inspired by their everyday environment, and somehow create their own land of “Turakie” during the workshop. Pictures-Turak's Workshop  Les Subsistances, in terms of its objectives of producing new shows, is committed to implementing ways of supporting young artists and admin staff in the cultural field, who are trying to make a career in the field of circus, dance, theatre, and all other disciplines in between. On the morning of Thursday 6, two groups of students came to work with artists in residence at Les Subsistances. Events management students from the EAC school met with choreographer Yuval Pick for a lesson on the creative process. The day's schedule included 1.5hr of discussions on Pick’s creative method, his company and the handing-down objectives of his course, and 1.5hr spent physically engaging on stage to understand - through practice - the artistic language developed by Pick for his productions. Second meeting: choreographer Laurent Pichaud welcomed students from the School of Fine Arts on stage and shared the outcomes of his research on the In Situ issue in the theatre. This meeting lasted 1.5hr, during which time singular experiments took place, as well as researching and documenting these experiments through drawings, and finally, some group discussions on this shared experience and individual feelings. Each student was able to face the usual questions artists are faced with, and to examine them in terms of their training and future career. Pictures-From studies to a career How can we introduce contemporary circus to office automation students? For example, by developing a project with their teacher, focusing on a specific artist in residence like Xavier Kim. This highly educational project incorporates artistic workshops with the artist, performances, a guided tour of Les Subsistances, and a video conference on the history of contemporary circus. Students learn to become proactive and willing spectators, and to see the circus like a live discipline that allows them to develop their aesthetic taste and critical mind. Pictures-MFR in Chessy les Mines |
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 Nov 2010 - Culture and Disability
Circus Workshops at Les Subsistances Every Tuesday, Stage 4 hosts circus arts practice workshops. The energy and the enthusiasm of its occupants reverberate each week all over the place! This project allows participants to come to Les Subsistances on a regular basis, to feel at home there after a while, and to meet artistic teams in residence when public rehearsals or shows take place. This holistic approach allows participants and social workers to experience artistic practice and to come in contact with various art forms. The workshops are supervised by members of the Ecole du Cirque of Lyon. www.ecoledecirquedelyon.com TESTIMONIALS: “For three years now, Les Subsistances and the Ecole du cirque have been offering circus training for disabled people living in sheltered accommodation. They can practice regularly and discover the foundations of circus arts, by experiencing first-hand physical engagement as a way of expressing oneself, the exhilaration of singularity and the joy of belonging to an active community. Their training is punctuated with meetings with artists and daily contacts with a venue offering residencies, its team, its shows, etc.” Hervé Burrial, in charge of amateur practice and artistic training for the Ecole de cirque de Lyon “After three years of Circus Arts practice, we can see growing enthusiasm. The people we work with have developed new relations with their bodies, their physical capacities, and experienced things such as sharing, reaching new targets, developing relationships with others and achieving new degrees of independence. The site, reception and help offered by Les Subsistances helped create and maintain these activities, and the shows we attend stimulate their creativity. Our participation to the Open Day Workshop in June 2010 in the Verrière helped consolidate existing relationships between the Accueil de Jour Ile Barbe, the Ecole de Cirque and Les Subsistances.” Brigitte THEVENET and Jennifer ZONOU, social workers for the Accueil de Jour du foyer ALGED de l’Ile Barbe/Caluire et Cuire For more information on the workshops, please contact Bénédicte Beaudot, Public Relations Manager Ph: 04 78 30 37 39 benedicte.beaudot@les-subs.com Partners for the 2010-2011 Season - Accueil de Jour du foyer ALGED de l’Ile Barbe / Caluire et Cuire - Œuvre Saint Léonard / Couzon au Mont d’or - Foyer de Brianne / Anse Pictures from the Culture and Disability |
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 Who are these students? They are young people aged 17-25 who wish to work as circus artists in the future. For two years, 12 young people currently professionally trained at the Ecole de Cirque de Lyon gain sound basic knowledge of circus arts, study the artistic and creative aspects of these arts, and learn the skills required, in order to prepare for their entry examination to national and international circus schools. Les Subsistances support their professional training to allow this new generation to experience direct contact with circus artists in residence, to attend the various stages of the development of circus shows, and to open their minds to different disciplines… This year, they appropriate Stage 4 (reserved for artistic practice) twice a week for dance lessons and personal work. In February, they will attend two workshops, with Xavier Kim (acrobatics) and Nicolas Mathis/Collectif Petit travers (juggling), to follow the creative process of these 2 artists. All through the season, meetings, public rehearsals and shows by all the circus artists in residence will also take place. Before going to Stage 4 where they were to work on their technique, they met with acrobat Sylvain Decure and director Christophe Huysman, who invited them along to a run-through of their next production, Demain, je ne sais plus rien. This was an opportunity for them to talk about the project of these artists, to give them some feedback, to discuss their backgrounds, and to allow them to picture themselves one day as circus professionals! Do YOU want to be one of these students? For more information, click here. Pictures of the meeting with S. Decure |
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 Just like every year for the pas 6 years, the 70 students of drama classes (PAC) specialised in theatre, music and visual arts from high school Lycée ST Exupéry in Lyon have started their academic year by spending a week in residence at Les Subsistances. The residency was focused on the topic “Contemporary works, movement and texts”. Students practiced music, theatre, photography, watched performances, visited modern cultural venues and created multidisciplinary performances. In depth reflections have emerged on David Bobee’s Hamlet, which lays somewhere between circus, theatre and dance. Discussion on staging and scenography, a public rehearsal and watching the show have allowed students to discover a contemporary adaptation of the famous play, linked with the issues of today. At the end of the residency, students have performed their own works at Les Subsistances, with a new anthem: “Les Subsistances, once again!” Lycée St Exupéry school in residence |
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