Phia Ménard (born 11 February 1971) is a French juggler, performance artist, and director.

Biography

Phia Ménard came out as a transgender woman in 2008. Upset by the show ''Extraballe'' performed by

Jérôme Thomas Jérôme Cedric Thomas (born 20 January 1979) is a French people, French former Boxing, boxer, he competed in the flyweight (– 51 kg) division as an amateur and as a bantamweight as a professional. Amateur boxing career Thomas won the ...

(1990), she followed her teaching in 1994, then joined her company for the show'' Hic Hoc'' (1995), which she performed. In parallel, she follows in 1997 the teachings of dancer and choreographer

Hervé Diasnas Hervé is a French masculine given name of Breton origin, from the name of the 6th-century Breton Saint Hervé. The common latinization of the name is Herveus (also ''Haerveus''), an early (8th-century) latinization was ''Charivius''. Anglicize ...

, founder of the Presence Mobility Danse. Ménard left the Jérôme Thomas company in 2003. She says of Thomas and Diasnas that "they taught her to walk." In 1998, she founded her own company, Non Nova, with the ambition according to her to abandon the question of virtuosity to work the defect, far from the circus and the juggling, getting closer to the dance, the theater and the performance. Her transition influenced her artistic career. She began the project "I.C.E." (Injonglabilité complementary of the elements), about the study of the imaginary and transformation and the erosion through natural materials. The first show that comes out of this project on 1 May 2018 is P.P.P. (Position parallel to the floor), whose dominant material is I.C.E.

Works

* 1998 : ''Le Grain'' * 2001 : ''Ascenseur, fantasmagorie pour élever les gens et les fardeaux'' * 2002 : ''Le Grand Bazar'' * 2003 : ''Zapptime, rêve éveillé d’un zappeur'' * 2004 : ''Jongleur pas confondre'' (conférence-spectacle) * 2007 : ' * 2008 : ''P.P.P.'' * 2010 : ' * 2011 : ''Vortex'' * 2011 : ''L’après-midi d’un foehn''Ce spectacle est une adaptation jonglée du ''

Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune ''Prélude à l'Après-midi d'un faune'' ( L. 86), known in English as ''Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun'', is a symphonic poem for orchestra by Claude Debussy, approximately 10 minutes in duration. It was composed in 1894 and first performed ...

'' de

Claude Debussy Achille Claude Debussy (; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionism in music, Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influe ...

. * 2015 : ''Belle d’Hier'' * 2017 : ''Les os noirs'' * 2018 : ''Saison sèche'' * 2021 : ''La Trilogie des Contes Immoraux (pour Europe)'' * 2022 : ''Les Enfants terribles'' by

Philip Glass Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an American composer and pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century. Glass's work has been associated with minimal music, minimalism, being built up fr ...

and

Jean Cocteau Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau ( , ; ; 5 July 1889 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, film director, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost avant-garde artists of the 20th-c ...

at the Opéra de Rennes

References

External links

Site of the Non Nova company
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