WHO ARE WE ?

The Company Mot Ki Danse has just been born! It was created following the connection between two friends , Thais Daher from Brazil and Anna Maceda from Germany. Two Sisters of stage and dance, these two women discovered each other during their theater studies at the school of Jacques Lecoq in Barcelona.

Polyglot and multicultural, the Company Mot Ki Danse is inspired by different forms of scenic art, juggling with the language, beyond words, through the body, dance, singing, Butoh, drama and puppetry techniques, in order to propose an original theatrical language, eager to explore the boundaries of the collective imagination.

Anna Maceda, actress, grew up in Germany. She obtained her diploma in the Dramatic Arts in 2010 in Berlin, she joined the company no fourth wall, from 2009-2011. Anna performed with the company Masks on Stage from 2010-2014. This is where she became familiar with the mask, creation of mask, commedia dell'arte and puppet work. Before to live in Paris, she specialised from 2014-2016 in physical theatre in « Estudis de teatro » (International Theatre school of Lecoq, Barcelona). Anna has acted in various plays in classical theatre, visual arts and performances.

Thaïs Daher, dancer and actress, was born in Brazil. She has trained in Artistic Gymnastics, Classical Dance, Contemporary Dance and Drama Theater (FUNCART - Fundacao Cultural Artistica of Londrina). Thais joined the Visao Futuro Institute's artistic team between 2012 and 2014 as a dancer and actress (Techniques de Forum Theater and Theater-images - Theater of the Oppressed). Since 2011 she is also worked as a yoga teacher. Thaïs left Brazil in 2014 to study theater and dance in Paris, where she began her training at the International School of Jaques Lecoq, which she finished in Barcelona. Since 2016 she has participated in various courses of Butoh (dance), and in solo and collective performances.

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THE SHOWS :

First Project:

Lilith

Creation of Movement Theater and Dance

"A tribute to women"

Photo: Marlene Jöblst

With:

Anna Maceda and Thais Daher, actresses and creators

Marlene Jöbstl, director

It seems important to us during this period of transition and awareness of gender equality, in the 21st century to create the show Lilith. We want to make a tribute to all women, no matter there ethnic group, religion, social class or age, etc.

Synopsis :

This theatrical experience is the result of our research on the feminine universe in all its diversity.

Starting from the contemporary context and everyday situations through which many women can find their way. We broden the thematic field to let ourselves be carried away by the feminine imagination. The Projet Lilth offers a journey through time and the history of the stories from our childhood. We can find Mata Hari, bacchantes, witches rituals, and other ceremonies referring to the strength of our femininity.

It is a poetic trajectory, surreal, eventful, funny and emotional.

The form :

Through a fragmented dramaturgy, Thais and Anna mix genres: physical theater, contemporary dance, voice, rituals and audiovisual techniques. They play several characters, playing with words, poetry and body language.

Creation process:

After four months of research and long discussions in Parisian cafés, Anna and Thais have made one residence in the Pyrenees region of France to set up the first scenes of there show and a second one in September of this year, in Ocata, Spain with our director Marlene Jöbstl. The third residence is planned for the beginning of the next year to finish the show.

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Second Project:

Princesse Œuf de Caille

Initiatory tale, musical and poetic from 5 years

"A dive into the heart of the imagination and childhood"

Image: Barbara El

With:

Anna Maceda, actress and creator

Ewa Maria Wolska, director and puppets

Marta Mattotti, music

Julien Usseglio, translation

When she started to study, Anna Maceda was already a big fan of Albert Wendt's text. So there is no surprise that she chooses this as her first solo creation. To discover this award-winning German author of the 2009 grand prize of Austrian children's literature, and yet still never translated into French.

Synopsis :

Princess Œuf de Caille takes us into her daily life, pushes her mechanical heart on the space of the stage, then the room becomes a space open to the game and the imagination. When she hears the tears of a small abandoned animal, she has no hesitation. Who has a heart of gold, can offer a meal, a shelter, to the most deprived. But daddy the king does not see that with a good eye. She will have to fight, while in her heart, the animal grows, grows, grows up, to take up too much space.

The form :

This poetic tale written by German Albert Wendt and translated into Alexandrine by Julien Usseglio pushes for personal development, listening and assertiveness. Over the scenes, Princess Oeuf de Caille has fun, imagination, revolt, love and development.

Funny, endearing, round and delicate, Princesse Œuf de Caille looks for her voice between that of wild nature and the world of adults. Going from laughter to tears, she leads the audience in a whirlwind of emotions, in a musical and whimsical waltz, from which one emerges with a smile, grown up and ready to face the world.

A poetic spectacle: The language, modern and poetic, resonates with a clever mix of free and rhymed verses, in a simple vocabulary accessible to all.

A musical show: Different original melodies accompany the text, in order to compose a true musical universe.

A puppet show: Authentic, the puppets bring a particular aesthetic while returning the spectator to his own childhood games.

Creation Process :

In the beginning of 2018 Anna Maceda and Julien Usseglio translated the play from German into French. Actually Anna and Ewa Maria Wolska are currently working on the conception of the play, costumes, puppets and the diffusion and Marta Mattotti on the music creation.

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PROVISIONAL CALENDAR:

*For the show: LILITH

October-December 2018: Weekly rehearsals in Paris at theThéâtre de Verre (75019), and currently searching for venues and festivals.

March 2019: Final residency with our Director Marlene Jöbstl

Summer 2019: Presentations all over France and Europe!

*For the show: Princesse Oeuf de Caille

December 2018: Two weeks of creation residency in Poland.

January 2019: Finalisation of Costumes, accessories, scenography, and in process of deciding on show dates for 2019.

February 2019: Two weeks of residence of finalization of the show in France.

From February 26 to March 3: First performances at the Théâtre de la Plume in Montpellier.

Cie Mot Ki Danse