Le Grand C

Cast

Creation: Cie XY

Acrobats: Abdeliazide Senhadji, Airelle Caen, Adrià Cordoncillo Mitjavila, Anne De Buck, Ann-Katrin Jornot, Antoine Thirion, Aurore Liotard, Birta Benonysdottir, Caroline Le Roy, Chloé Tribollet, Denis Dulon, Emilie Plouzennec, Emmanuel Dariès, Eve Bigel, Federico Placco, Guillaume Sendron, Héloïse Bouillat, Maxim Pervakov, Michaël Palandre, Mikis Minier-Matsakis, Romain Guimard, Thibaut Berthias, Tomàs Cardus, Xavier Lavabre

Artistic collaboration: Loïc Touzé

Acrobatic collaboration: Mahmoud Louertani

Music creation: Marc Perrone

Light design: Vincent Millet

Costume design: Marie-Cécile Viault and Géraldine Guilbaud

Producers: Peggy Donck and Antoine Billaud

Abdeliazide Senhadji

acrobat, base

Abdeliazide Senhadji graduated in 1994 from the National Center for Circus Arts in Châlons-en-Champagne, France. Since then, he has participated in many projects. Among others: Vox populi vox by the Pierre Doussaint company, the 1996 founding of Mauvais Esprit company, Ningen and Frankenstein by Cirque Baroque, Bartleby by François Verret. In 2001, he created the shows Cabane, jeu du cirque and Rushs with l’ Ebauchoir and Ici ou Là companies. He worked for the Sublimes created by Hendrick Van der Zee. In 2004, he founded Cie XY and participated in its three collective creations Laissez-Porter (2005-2010), Le Grand C (2009-2013) and It’s not yet midnight… (2014- 2018). In those years he performed in the show Tangente of MPTA company (2005) with which he collaborated within Cie XY by creating together Utopistes (2009). In 2016, he collaborated on writing and staging the show Halka with the Acrobatic Group of Tangier. Since 1998, training and transmission have been at the heart of his concerns. Every year he teaches handstands as a guest speaker at the Lomme Circus School and he regularly conducts master classes and laboratories.

Airelle Caen

acrobat, flyer

After training at the National Circus Schools in Châtellerault and Lomme where she specializes in handstands, Airelle Caen joined « Le fardeau » for the show L’incident (2004). Co-founder of Cie XY that same year, she participates in all the collective creations of the company: Laissez-Porter (2005), Le Grand C (2009) and It is not yet midnight… (2014 ). Airelle also contributes to the work of MPTA Company with the in situ creations of Utopistes (2011). In 2016, she collaborated on writing and staging the show Halka with the Acrobatic Group of Tangier. She then participates as an outsider on O let me weep (2018) created by Les mains sales company. Today, alongside Cie XY, she plays in the show Strach, a fear song (2018) written by Théâtre d’Un Jour company.

Adrià Cordoncillo Mitjavila

acrobat, base

Elevé à l’huile d’olive, il part en France à ses 19 ans pour se former aux arts du cirque. Après 5 ans à l’Ecole Nationale de Cirque de Châtellerault et au Centre National des Arts du Cirque de Châlons-en-Champagne, il sort avec «La Tribu Iota» en 2000, il co-crée «Porque No?!» en 1999 puis «Béchtouta’» en 2003 avec Baro d’Evel Cirk Cie. Fin 2003, avec la rencontre d’Ondine Awen Korn, née Univers Cyrc Sourcier et ils créent «Bys» (duo au mât), puis «Bicefal» en 2005. Trois expéditions humanitaires en Ex-Yougoslavie en 1996, au Salvador en 1998 puis au Liban en 2009 avec Clowns sans frontières Espagne s’alternent avec les tournées de «El Circ de Sara» en 2006-2007, «Bys», «Mât dans la Main» (solo au mât), Collectif Tierra de Nadie en 2008-2009 et de la cie Trans Express avec «Cabaret Chromatic».

Anne De Buck

acrobat, flyer

Après un passage par le Lido, école de cirque de Toulouse, et l’Ecole Nationale de Cirque de Rosny-sous-Bois, elle intègre le Centre National des Arts du Cirque de Châlons-en-Champagne. On a pu la voir entre autres dans le spectacle «IJK» de la compagnie 111. En 2003, elle crée avec Mikis Minier-Matsakis (son porteur) le spectacle «Fardeau» (compagnie du Fardeau). En 2004, ils créent avec Airelle Caen et Denis Dulon le spectacle de rue «L’Incident», puis participent à la création de «Laissez-Porter» de la compagnie XY. En 2006, ils créent encore à quatre le spectacle déambulatoire «1896».

Ann-Katrin Jornot

acrobat, flyer

Ann-Katrin is a 2009 graduate of l’Ecole Supérieure des Arts du Cirque de Bruxelles, having been trained in hand balancing (Slava Kukushkin and Samuel Jornot), hand to hand (Claude Victoria, Anatoli Tishler), and street theater (Cie Jo Bithume). Ann-Katrin first performed in the show Tôle, directed by Roberto Magro and performed by his company Slovaks before joining, in 2010, the cast of le Grand C and continuing the adventure with Il n’est pas encore minuit…

Antoine Thirion

acrobat, base

After studying at the National Center for Circus Arts in duet with Aurore Liotard, Antoine Thirion joined  Nouveaux Nez Circus (2005). With his duo, he collaborates with various cabarets and circuses (Roncalli, GOP …). Their show was awarded with a silver medal at the World Circus Festival of Tomorrow and with a gold medal at the Moscow Nikulin Festival (2009). The same year, he joined Cie XY for the collective creation of Le Grand C and further on It is not yet midnight… (2014) and Les Voyages (2018). In 2010, he collaborates with Théâtre d’Un Jour company for the show L’enfant qui…. Antoine also contributes to the work of MPTA company during the in situ creation of Utopistes.

Aurore Liotard

acrobat, flyer

After a course at the Centre National des Arts du Cirque de Châlons-en-Champagne with her partner Antoine Thirion, they followed the teachings of Nordine Allal, Abdeliazide, Senhadji and Mahmoud Louertani in partner acrobatics. They joined the Cirque des Nouveaux Nez and created their own act in June 2006. With that act, they collaborated with the Cirque Bouffon in Germany  and a number of cabarets. The piece was awarded a silver medal at the thirtieth Festival of the Circus of Tomorrow in Paris and a gold medal at the eighth International Festival of Moscow. In 2008, they joined Compagnie XY for the creation of le Grand C and the continue the company’s collective adventure.

Birta Benonysdottir

acrobat, flyer

Birta Benonysdottir

Caroline Le Roy

acrobat, flyer

Backup for Compagnie XY for Il n’est pas encore minuit…

Caroline is a circus artist and acrobat who trained at cirque de Ménival in Lyon,  Arc en Cirque in Chambéry, and Le Lido in Toulouse, in rebound juggling. In 2003, upon completion of her training, Caroline traded her white juggling balls for flying acrobatics and joined Michaël Pallandre, Laurence Boute and Albin Warrette to form the company Prêt à Porter and the show Histoire amère d’une douce frénésie which is currently on tour (140 performances in France and abroad). Since 2004 Michaël and Caroline have worked as a duo in hand to hand. In June 2006, they created the piece Le Diable au corps (which they toured with 40 performances in France, Hungary, Germany, Sweden, and Spain).

Chloé Tribollet

acrobat, flyer

Chloé graduated from the Centre National des Arts du Cirque de Châlons-en-Champagne in 1996, and she performed first with the Cirque Romanès and the Compagnie Convoi Exceptionnel before forming, with Jeff Odet, the Cirque Zanzibar in 2003 and working in the creation of Mano a mano, Sang et Or, Cabaret Z and Hechicero. In 2010, she formed a duo with Xavier Lavabre and performed at the Festival mondial du cirque de demain at Roncalli and at the Festival de cirque de Moscou en 2012. In 2010, she joined Compagnie XY and Le Grand C.

Denis Dulon

acrobat, base

Denis discovered the circus arts at Pop Circus at the age of nine. His partner Airelle Caen obtained her bachelor’s degree in circus at l’Ecole Nationale de Cirque de Châtellerault in 2001. They joined the Centre des Arts du Cirque de Lomme in 2002 and graduated in 2004 with the piece Contrecarré. In 2005, they founded Compagnie XY et participated in its two collective creations Laissez-Porter (2005-2010) and Le Grand C (2009). They were also performers in the Fardeau company for L’Incident and 1896.

Emilie Plouzennec

acrobat, flyer

Emilie sort de l’Ecole Nationale de Rosny-sous-bois en 2004, passe brièvement au Centre National des Arts du Cirque de Châlons-en-Champagne, travaille pendant trois ans auprès de Nordine Allal, Abdeliazide Senhadji et Mahmoud Louertani au Centre des Arts du Cirque de Lomme. En 2007, elle intègre la compagnie XY pour une reprise de rôle dans «Laissez-Porter» et dans les pièces de la compagnie du Fardeau. Avec Maxim Pervakov (son porteur) ils participent à la création de «La pièce» chorégraphiée par Fabienne Donnio. En 2009, ils font partie du projet «Bulles de rêves» mis en scène et chorégraphié par Nordine Allal et Salem Hammadi.

Emmanuel Dariès

acrobat, base, artistic collaboration

It was at the age of eight years that little Emmanuel began circus with Pop Circus at Auch. In 1992, he left to complete his training at the Centre national des arts du cirque (CNAC) where he met several other circus acolytes, with whom he founded, in 1997, Le Cirque Désaccordé. Together, they created C’est pour toi que je fais ça!, directed by Guy Alloucherie; Les oiseaux – le bord du monde, directed by François Cervantès; Ildémik, directed by le Cirque Désaccordé,; Après la pluie… directed by le Cirque Désaccordé, Petites mythologies populaires directed by Christian Lucas; and Petit Apéro Populaire directed by Le Cirque Désaccordé. He was part of the 1998 creation and production of the clown show Marcher sous les étoiles en évitant les crottes with the company l’Apprentie. In 2011, he joined XY as a backup on tour with Le Grand C and joined the company full time for its most recent show.

Eve Bigel

acrobat, flyer

Backup for Compagnie XY for Il n’est pas encore minuit…

Eve completed her training in partner acrobatics with Thibaut Berthias (her base) at the Centre des Arts du cirque de Lomme; Le Grand C was her first creation.

Federico Placco

acrobat, base

Après avoir accompagné la compagnie XY dans divers stages de portés, il l’a rejoint pour Le Grand C.

Guillaume Sendron

acrobat, base

Guillaume trained at the Centre des Arts du Cirque de Lomme with Abdel and Mahmoud. In 2006, he was part of the creation the show The Flying Doctor by Molière with the company Avis de Tempête, and toured with it by tent. The same year he joined Zanzibar Circus with the show Blood and Gold directed by Christian Lucas. In 2008, he joined Compagnie XY for the creation of le Grand C.

Héloïse Bouillat

acrobat, flyer

Elle suit la formation artistique aux métiers des Arts du Cirque de Lomme où elle se spécialise en portés acrobatiques avec Guillaume Sendron. En 2006, création du spectacle «Le Médecin Volant» d’après Molière avec la compagnie Avis de Tempête. Tournée sous chapiteau (23 représentations). En 2006, création du spectacle «Sang et Or» avec le cirque Zanzibar, mise en piste par Christian Lucas.

Maxim Pervakov

acrobat, base

Formé à l’école de cirque de Moscou puis au Centre National des Arts du Cirque de Châlons-en-Champagne, il participe à la création du spectacle «Voir plus haut» mis en scène par Jacques Rebotier. De 1998 à 2001, il tourne avec le Cirque Baroque dans «Frankenstein» et «Ningen». De 2001 à 2006, il crée avec le Cirque Désaccordé «Les oiseaux le bord du monde» mis en scène par François Cervantes et «Après la pluie» mise en scène collective. Il tourne deux ans «Sang et Or» avec le Cirque Zanzibar. Avec Emilie Plouzennec (sa voltigeuse) ils participent à la création de «La pièce» chorégraphiée par Fabienne Donnio. En 2009, ils font partie du projet «Bulles de rêves» mis en scène et chorégraphié par Nordine Allal et Salem Hammadi.

Michaël Pallandre

acrobat, base

Backup for Compagnie XY for Il n’est pas encore minuit…

Michaël is a circus artist and acrobat who trained at cirque de Ménival in Lyon, Arc en Cirque in Chambéry, and Le Lido in Toulouse, in partner acrobatics with Laurence Boute. In 2003, upon completion of their training, they joined Caroline Le Roy and Albin Warrette to form the company Prêt à Porter and the show Histoire amère d’une douce frénésie which is currently on tour (140 performances in France and abroad). Since 2004 Michaël and Caroline have worked as a duo in hand to hand. In June 2006, they created the piece Le Diable au corps (which they toured with 40 performances in France, Hungary, Germany, Sweden, and Spain).

Mikis Minier-Matsakis

acrobat, base

Even before completing his training in 2004 at the Regional Center for Circus Arts in Lomme, Mikis founded with his partner Anne de Buck « Le Fardeau » company with which he created several shows: The Burden (Gold medalist at the World Circus Festival of Tomorrow 2007), The Incident, 1986 and The Machine. That same year, he co-founded Cie XY and participated in the creation of Laissez-Porter (2005), Le Grand C (2009) and Les Voyages (2018). He also joined It is not yet midnight… for a replacement.

Romain Guimard

acrobat, base

Romain trained as an acrobat and aerialist at les Noctambules, then at Balthazar and at the Ecole Nationale de Cirque de Châtellerault. He continued his artistic training at the Centre des Arts du Cirque de Lomme. He created the show Yvan le T. with the company Sisyphe and Trans(e) with the company Comme la Lune. He performed in Monteverdi’s opera Orpheo, Don Quichotte with the company Fahrenheit 451, Cocons with the company Tréteaux du Cœur Volant, and appeared regularly at concerts performed by Marc Perrone. He also trained during this period as a stage technician and light designer with Company XY’s Laissez-Porter and proceeded to tour with the show. In 2008, he rejoined Company XY for the formation of Le Grand C.

Thibaut Berthias

acrobat, base

Thibaut trained in partner acrobatics and teeter board at the Centre des Arts du Cirque de Lomme between 2005 and 2008 with Abdel Senhadji and Mamhoud Louertani. Upon finishing, he participated in a number of events with a trio, performing Chinese pole and acrobatics. In 2009, he joined Company XY to participate in the creation of Le Grand C. Since 2011, he has managed, with L’Assolstice La fête des caberioles, an open-air festival of circus arts and music in the French countryside.

Tomàs Cardus

acrobat, base

Dès 6 ans, il participe à la tradition catalane des “Castells” (tours humaines) puis entre en formation à la escola de circ Rogelio Rivel de Barcelone en 2001. En 2003, école de cirque de Lomme où il se spécialise en portés acrobatiques. En 2006, il rejoint le spectacle «Après la pluie» du Cirque Désacordé.

Xavier Lavabre

acrobat, base

Trained by the Italian Nicolodi circus family from 1999 to 2005, he joined the Cirque Zanzibar for the productions of Sang et Or, Cabaret Z, and Hechicero. In Québec, he performed in Les 7 doigts de la Main with Traces and La Vie in 2009 and 2011. In 2010, he formed a duo with Chloé Tribollet that performed in the Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain at Roncalli and in the Festival de Cirque de Moscou in 2012. In 2011, he joined Compagnie XY and Le Grand C.

Antoine Billaud

production director

With a degree in political science and law, he began his career as an advisor for street theater and circus arts at HorsLesMurs (2000-2006) before founding Rouge Production with Peggy Donck the same year, an adventure that has continued to this day. He joined Compagnie XY in 2008 when Le Grand C was in gestation, and he hasn’t left since.

Peggy Donck

production director

After legal training in human rights and business management, Peggy first encountered the circus in 2000 with the Collective AOC, where she was the company’s administrator for five years. After a brief post as the general secretary at HorsLesMurs, she joined the company Un loup pour l’homme in 2005 and shortly thereafter, Compagnie XY for Le Grand C. It was clear after that tour that she would continue with the company for its next creation.

Vincent Millet

lighting director, technical director

Having graduated from ENSATT (rue Blanche) in 1989, Vincent creates light for many shows including: Lost illusions by the Bolshoi Theater with Alexey Ratmanski; Prince Hodong, Wedding and The Unkept Girl by the Korean National Ballet; Letter to a friend from Africa by Karine Saporta; Giselle of the Ballets du Louvre; We have the machines by the Navarre Dogs; Our Spring by Das Plateau; Troilus and Cressida and The plow and the stars by Bernard Sobel, The night just before the forests by Eric Castex; The Marriage of Figaro, The Bear and The Marriage Proposal by Philippe Berling… He also works with musicians, such as Antoine Herve, Florence Pelly, Chantal Galliana and Parabellum as well as for circus performances such as Le Grand C by Cie XY.

Mahmoud Louertani

acrobat, flyer, acrobatic collaboration

Diplômé du Centre National des Arts du Cirque de Châlons-en-Champagne en 1994, il a participé à de nombreux projets: «Vox populi vox» de la compagnie Pierre Doussaint, «Ningen» du Cirque Baroque, «Bartleby» de la compagnie François Verret. En 1996, il fonde avec son partenaire, Abdeliazide Senhadji, la compagnie Mauvais Esprit. En 2001, il crée les spectacles «Cabane, jeu de cirque» et «Rushs» avec les compagnies de l’’Ebauchoir et Ici ou Là. On a pu le voir à l’affiche des «Sublimes» de la compagnie Hendrick Van der Zee. Co-fondateur de la compagnie XY, il créait en 2005, le “sixtet” acrobatique «Laissez-Porter». Depuis 1998, Mahmoud intervient comme formateur en portés acrobatiques au centre des arts du cirque de Lomme. Il accompage l’équipe du «Grand C» en tant que collaborateur acrobatique tout au long de la création.

Marc Perrone

music creation

Fils d’immigrés italiens, né en France, il a passé son enfance en banlieue parisienne. Il est d’abord devenu guitariste mais la chanson de Brel, Vesoul, avec Marcel Azzola, puis des musiciens cajuns, écoutés un dimanche à la fête de l’Huma, ont fait tomber Marc Perrone fou amoureux de l’accordéon diatonique. C’était dans les années 70. Cette passion ne l’a jamais quitté. Rien de ce qui touche à cet instrument ne lui est inconnu. Il en possède plus de trente. Il est passé par la danse et la musique traditionnelles, les bals, la lutherie, l’enseignement. Son premier album est sorti en 1979 chez Polydor sous le titre épuré de «Accordéons Diatoniques». A partir de là, Marc Perrone a partagé sa musique avec de nombreux musiciens qui sont tous restés ses amis: Marcel Azzola, Bernard Lubat, Michel Portal, Louis Sclavis, Jacques Di Donato, Andé Minvielle, Arthur H. Il a fait des musiques de films dont La Trace de Bernard Favre et Un dimanche à la campagne de Bertrand Tavernier. Il a composé de nombreuses musiques qu’il a jouées en direct sur des films muets (Jean Renoir, Charlie Chaplin, Jean Vigo…). Il a aussi fait des musiques pour le théâtre et la télévision et il a donné des concerts, des milliers de concerts dans toutes sortes de salles et dans les cinq continents. Il a créé des spectacles-concepts, Cinéma-Mémoire en 1993, Ciné-Guinche pour le festival de Cannes 98, Voyages en 1999.