Tour

Biographies

Nicola Leahey ^AUS | dancer

Nicola Leahey was born in Australia where she studied classical dance at the Terry Simpson Studios and then continued her training at the New Zealand School of Dance. In 2009, she was invited by Dance North to dance in Nowhere Fast by Ross McCormack before joining the company full time the following year, dancing for Raewyn Hill and guest choreographers such as Rob Tannion, Ross McCormack and Elie Tass. In 2011, she moved to Europe, working for Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, guesting in Faun, in the premiere of Puz/zle at the Festival d'Avignon, and appearing in the music video Valtari by Icelandic band Sigur Rós. In 2012, Nicola joined Compagnie Thor for Clear Tears|Troubled Waters (2013) and Cocktails (2014).

Maxime Bodson ^BE | music

Musician and sound artist, Maxime Bodson has to date released three albums with the group paTTon (Prohibited Records), including Hellénique chevaleresque récital (2009). He is also working on his own musical project squellette, drawn from specific sound objects. Given his keen interest in the performing arts, he has collaborated with various artists, such as Groupe TOC, Cali Kroonen, Christophe Sermet, Manah De Pauw, Collectif Rien de special, Natacha Nicora and Hervé Koubi. As a sound designer, he has also created soundtracks for short films. Maxime Bodson has been working with Thierry Smits since 2005 and composed the music and soundscapes of D'ORIENT (2005), V.-Nightmares (2007), To the Ones I love (2010), Clear Tears | Troubled Waters (2013), Petite Tragédie (2014) and Cocktails (2014).

Mina Ly ^KR | costumes

Mina Ly studied fashion at Seoul Women's University and pursued her training at the Institute Marangoni in Milan. Now based in Paris, she designs costumes for performances, operas and movies in Europe, South-Korea and the United States. She has worked with stage directors and choreographers such as Kaori Ito, Bernard Sobel, Philippe Calvario (notably for the Gentry de Paris with Dita Von Tees), Fatou Traoré, Catherine Dreyfus, Stéphanie Loïk, Armel Roussel and John Malkovitch (in his adaptation of Dangerous Liasons), and has collaborated for several years with the Dragone company. Her creations have been presented in venues such as the Opéra Bastille in Paris, the Lincoln Center in New York, Baluarte in Spain, the National Opera of south-Korea and the Almada Theater in Portugal.

Technical

Duration of the show: 50 min

Touring team: 5 (1 dancer, 2 technicians, 1 choreographer, 1 tour manager)

Setting-up: on the day of the performance

Stage dimensions:
• opening : 7m
• depth : 7m
• height under flying pipes : 5m

Dance mat: black, covering the entire stage

Masking: black box

Technical contact:
Gilles Brulard
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Press

"Nicola Leahey managed the remarkable feat of conveying oppression in a piece that leaves you feeling overwhelmed"
- L'Echo, 16.04.15, BE -

"intense solo in the feminine plural"
"A hymn to the body and its resources, without any filtering of its furious energy"
- La Libre, 16.04.15, BE -

"Like every time, something else" [Portrait of Thierry Smits by Didier Béclard - in French]
- L'Echo, 11.04.15, BE -

"A radical solo, minimalist and pugnacious" [Interview of Thierry Smits by Estelle Spoto - in French]
- L'Agenda Magazine, 10.04.15, BE -

[interview of Thierry Smits by Marie Baudet - in French]
- La Libre Belgique, 08.04.15, BE -