| Trilogy: On the body:
XX...x (Étude #1 sur la séduction) created in 1998 and presented a second time during the Série des Majeurs at Tangente in the fall of the same year. This first work in the trilogy presents the body as an object of consumption. It also makes a statement about pornography, advertising and the ambiguity of the word «dancer». We must take pleasure from everything, immediately. Happiness is an advertising slogan.
La fiction du désir (Étude #2) , the second work in the triptych, was presented at Tangente in October, 1999 during the Série des Majeurs . It was also shown during the «choreographic marathon» at the Festival international de nouvelle danse and at l'Agora de la danse for the Rencontres chorégraphiques de Bagnolet in October, 1999.
( Étude #3) Le corps et les mythes : The first step of creation of the final piece in the trilogy was completed at the Ménagerie de Verre (spring 2000) and the next step will take place at the Regard du Cygne (spring 2001). Collaborators for the project include Anne-Marie Miéville (film director, co-screenwriter for Jean-Luc Godard), Jean-Charles Masséra (French author) and Fabrice Boutique (Belgian stage director).
Homage to New Wave cinema
Ainsi soient-ils (ou non) (1996) Presented twice at Tangente and during the off -FIND at the Maison de la culture du Plateau Mont-Royal in 1997, this piece pays tribute to the films Bande à part (Godard) and Jules et Jim (Truffaut). With themes such as playfulness and complicity, the work is a reflection on the fragility of friendships/love relationships.
As friendship has become a perishable good, we were careful to perform an infinite number of small gestures: mutual compliments on our hairstyles, a pat on the back, some small coconut biscuits...Ah! Harmony, playfulness, happiness: these were the foundations on which we established contact. We loved to laugh, that may seem obvious now but ...(unfinished) There was a girl in the group. I now know that this was essential. François Marquis
Trilogy: On love and the couple Forever love (1995): In the artificial style of a photo-romance novel or a musical ( à la Jacques Démy), this choreography is a relection on the couple. Blue Country (1993): Presented at l'Agora de la danse and during the noontime series at the Festival international de nouvelle danse, Manon explores once more the theme of love through a daring exploration of kitsch, a sort of choreography of the photo-romance novel. This piece inspired Radio-Canada's television show Enjeux to present a piece on Manon Oligny's vision of the contemporary couple (broadcast in November 1993). Les oeufs rient noir (1992): Inspired by Godard's film Vivre sa vie , Manon Oligny dusted off the famous Ken & Barbie dolls for the piece. Manon Oligny has been invited to collaborate with the following directors: Claude Poissant, Jean Salvy, Serge Denoncourt, Wajdi Mouawad, Pierre and Denis Bernard. In June 2001, she was invited to participate in a choreographic residence in the city of Tunis in Tunisia as part of Danse à Lille .
Special events :
January 1998 Nomination as one of the «NEW FACES» of choreography by the Montreal weekly paper Voir .
October 1999 Selected for the Rencontres chorégraphiques internationales de Seine Saint-Denis 2000
November 2000 Oligny was awarded the Prix de la création by the Office Franco-Québécois pour la jeunesse |
