Les Gens du Quai

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Les Gens du Quai (in English People of the Quay) is a Contemporary dance company founded in 1993 in Montpellier, France.

Les Gens du Quai
General information
NameLes Gens du Quai
Year founded1993 (1993)
FoundersAnne Lopez & François Lopez
Websitegensduquai.org
Idiots mais Rusés (stage set)

It is directed by its co-founders, Anne Lopez (choreographer, dancer) and François Lopez (composer, performer), who are brother and sister.

Besides their choreographic creations, performances and concerts, the Gens du Quai offer workshops in schools, medico-educational or psychiatric institutions.

Anne Lopez, who received in 2004 the prize of the new choreographic talent of the Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques for her piece De l'avant invariablement, is also a teacher[1] and a lecturer.

Works

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Choreographic creations

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  • Paradox (2016)
  • Trident (2016)
  • Celui d'à côté (2015)
  • Comment j'ai réussi à ne pas aplatir mon mari (2015)
  • Miracle (2013)
  • Mademoiselle Lopez (solo, 2012)
  • Feu à volonté (2010)
  • Duel (2009)
  • La Menace (2008)
  • Idiots mais Rusés (2007)
  • Face à vous (2005)
  • De l'avant invariablement (2004)
  • Litanies (2002)
  • De l'autre (solo, 2002)
  • Révoltes (2000)
  • Écoute œnone (solo, 1999)
  • L'Invité (1999)
  • Meeting (1998)

Performances

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Anne Lopez et François Lopez
  • Le Grand Direct (2009)
  • Potlatch
  • Organic
  • Pixels
  • Vox populi
  • Petite ligne
  • La Ligne jaune

Films

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  • 10 Petits Danseurs[2]
  • Les Géographes, ceux qui écrivent l'espace[2]

Concert

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  • Le Concert Insolite (Frédéric Tari & François Lopez)

Distribution

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Except their country of origin, the Gens du Quai showed their work:

References

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  1. ^ (in French) Anne Lopez' Archived 2015-11-24 at the Wayback Machine lessons, « Exploration in movement », on the Sciences Po website
  2. ^ a b Released on France 3 Sud television channel in december, 2000
  3. ^ menace-tv, the website
  • Content in this edit is translated from the existing French Wikipedia article at fr:Les Gens du Quai; see its history for attribution.
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