Since childhood, speech in all its forms has been a question, a guiding thread - breath, song, word, silence... The speech of others, then mine, and then ours; shared speech in humanity. Tales quickly appeared to me as a safe place …
Shah Ismail and other dastans of Azerbaijan "The ustads tell that there was a pasha named Adil in the city of Kandahar. Adil Pasha was so rich that if all the oceans were ink and the forests of pencils, it would be impossible to write the …
The storyteller's body. Oral storytelling workshop. Teenagers and adults These workshops address the storyteller's work through an exploration of the body, the voice, and the symbolic path offered by tales, to delve into the uniqueness of …
The Armenian epic of David of Sassoun (the most common name) was discovered by Armenian ethnologists at the end of the 19th century and has been carefully collected and documented since. It includes about 160 variants, whether concordant …
Work notes The Caucasus has become like a second home in 2007, the year I set foot in Georgia for the first time. Arriving by bus from Turkey, stuck for hours in the snow at the customs in the middle of January, not even having crossed the …
The death of the master - based on a tale by Jean-Philippe Faure - Private storytelling in Nantes, March 2023. "A Master is dying. Who will take his place? Three disciples must each answer a question…"
Storytelling • Performing Arts • Visual and Sound Arts Born in 1979 in Angers, France Lived and worked from 2009 to 2019 in Armenia, Georgia, Switzerland, Germany Currently lives in Charente Maritime, in Haimps My training is varied, I …
For whom: The workshops are intended for people seeking an introduction to storytelling or for those who have already had an initial approach and wish to deepen their practice. There are no levels, and we progress together based on each …
The workshops are essentially based on the repertoire of Grimm's tales. Each workshop begins with listening to one of these tales, told in the moment, followed by a time of collective reflection to feel how the tale touches us and what it …
An inspiration is like a door in a wall. When in our life we face an obstacle, feeling stuck, inspiration is the opening, the breakthrough that allows us to free ourselves from the obsessive vision in which we are treading, by accessing …
In the tale, the dimension of transmission seems paramount to me, even more so: the moment of transmission. It is a moment one can encounter regardless of the material being transmitted, a moment that gives the impression of receiving …
Audience: All ages from 8 years Duration: Approximately 1 hour Technical sheet: provide sound equipment for an audience of more than 50 people or outdoors Rates: contact me Work notes The first task was to collect my tales. I spent two …
Audience: Adults and teenagers from 10 years old Duration: Approximately 1 hour Technical sheet: plan for sound equipment for an audience of more than 50 people or in case of poor acoustics. Rates: contact me Work notes Return to the …
Encounter with the tale The Devil's Desire is an adaptation of a Gypsy tale from the book The King of Snakes by Vania de Gila. When I encountered this tale, it immediately fascinated me. It obviously had a Christian symbolism, sheep, fish …