L'AUTRE MAISON

The inclusive dance company L’Autre Maison is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of choreographic creation. With Starting with the Limbs, the company continues its exploration of inclusivity in collaboration with choreographer Annie Hanauer. Annie Hanauer presents a hybrid work that takes the experience of wearing a prosthetic limb as its starting point. Starting with the Limbs brings four dancers into a series of innovative choreographic variations, incorporating “wearable and portable sculptures” designed by artist Ghali Bensouda. Using digital morphogenesis and 3D printing, these structures serve a dual function—both as costumes and scenographic elements—rooting the performers within the landscape in a way that is both poetic and organic.

L’Autre Maison is a company based in Marseille, committed to addressing social exclusion in the cultural sector by advocating greater diversity. London-based American Annie Hanauer has performed, choreographed and taught around the world for 16 years. She has created work for numerous companies, and as a dancer we saw her at the Mercat in Rachid Ouramdane’s striking piece Tordre. Annie is passionate about creating inclusive and accessible artistic practices, and is interested in the power, wisdom, creativity and resilience of people who have been “altered”, derived from her own experience as a person with a disability.

Choreography Annie Hanauer / Dancers Felix Tamm, Nadia Garrad, Greta Sandon, Coralie Viudes / Artistic Direction of the Company Andrew Graham / Choreographic Assistants Anne-Gaëlle Thiriot & Andrew Graham / Music Composition Azizi Cole / Costume & Set Design Ghali Bensouda / Lighting Design & Technical Direction Bastien Lagier / Production L’Autre Maison / Production Managers Sonia Gaspard & in’8 circle 
Co-production Festival de Marseille; Ballet National de Marseille; Scène 55; Mougins; EUROPE BEYOND ACCESS: Oriente Occidente, Rovereto, Italy; Holland Dance Festival, Netherlands; Mercat de Les Flors, Barcelona, Spain – Co-funded by the European Union. EXTRA-ORDINAIRE: Théâtre National de Bretagne, Centre Dramatique National (Rennes), with the support of the Centre National pour la Création Adaptée and the Cercle Culture d’Un Esprit de Famille (Chœur à l’ouvrage fund, Haplotès fund, Milk For Good fund, Guillaume and Charlotte Paoli fund, Regnier fund for creation, Simones fund) / With the Support DRAC Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur; Le Département – Bouches-du-Rhône; La Ville de Marseille; Cap Emploi / Sponsorship Caisse des Dépôts; Fondation SNCF