2024-10-16 04:00:00
This summer evening, the hall of the Maison de la danse de Lyon is full. On display, Partitions of instinctsby the choreographer and dancer Louis Combeaud. Dressed in black and white, a dozen dancers form a line, then advance slowly, to the music of Laurie Anderson.
Among them, young people aged 18 to 25, followed after a first psychotic episode, but also a sister, a best friend and four caregivers, including three “case manager” nurses (reference personnel) and the psychiatrist Emmanuel Monneron, responsible for the part of the temporary therapeutic reception center of the Central Centre, at the Le Vinatier hospital, in Bron (Rhône). Since 2017 he has been organizing “Dance and mental health” projects with the Maison de la danse de Lyon.
“It’s about offering healthcare workers and patients the opportunity to participate in a collective, highly civic adventure, where everyone has their place”describes Emmanuel Monneron, also a dancer and choreographer. “When we take part in a project that leads us to discover shows, share with other people, express ourselves, take a seat on stage in front of an audience, we contribute to the life of a communitycontinues the psychiatrist. Everyone is there as dancers. It is an inclusive project that also aims to combat discrimination. »
Improvisations and letting go
His previous collaboration with the Canadian choreographer Ariane Boulet resulted in a medium-length film released in 2023, Inby Claire Juge. Partitions of instincts is the subject of a documentary by director Pierre Schonbrodt which will be broadcast on Belgian television, RTBF, on 1 December 2024.
Here the children were taken care of by the PEP’S teams (Structured intervention program for the first episodes of psychosis), with a follow-up lasting three years. According to the report, in France at least 15,000 young people experience a psychotic episode every year University Hospital Group of Psychiatry and Neurosciences of Paris. It is characterized by a loss of contact with reality, the duration of which can vary, with symptoms such as hallucinations, loss of desire, disorganization… and which influences thoughts, emotions and behaviors.
During one of the rehearsals preceding the show, in which The world attended – they lasted a year -, in groups of two or three, some are invited to close their eyes, the others to make them move, then the roles are reversed. The bodies unfold little by little on the Mom was standingby the Czech composer Antonin Dvorak, and abandon yourself to improvisations.
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