a s s o m b r a ç ã o: apparition at Nyon station

Ametonyo Silva BR FR
  • 18h
  • 17h30
Informations
  • In situ recreation
  • Duration 45'
  • Free
  • From age 5

Gare de Nyon
In front of La Roulotte
Route de St-Cergue 1
Nyon

La Roulotte (drinks, light snacks) is opened during the performance.

Sun 10.08 at 6 pm: apéritif and meeting before the performance with the artists.

This proposal is part of the Family and Dwelling in the World, Listening to Places routes.

  • Accessible to people with reduced mobility
  • English speaker friendly

With a s s o m b r a ç ã o: Apparition at Nyon Station, Brazilian artist Ametonyo Silva offers a dance where the body becomes a site of appearances and disappearances. In Brazilian Portuguese, “assombração” refers to a mysterious presence, an elusive trace that haunts or passes through a space, a body or a thought. More than a ghost, it speaks to a lingering imprint or an embodied memory. These invisible presences that pass through us and touch us resonate in our feet, stomachs, mouths, ears and eyes. For this site-specific performance at Nyon station, created in collaboration with Eduardo Joly, Ametonyo weaves together gestures, memories and sounds to shape a choreographed piece that is both committed and engaging. Powered by the sound setup co-designed with Joly, these ever-shifting apparitions are set in motion and shared with the intention of sparking dance-image-sensation in every passer-by. Feel free to join in and let yourself be moved by the dance!

  • A montage showing Ametonyo Silva performing near the Nyon train station. The montage combines photography and illustration.
  • Ametonyo Silva is dancing in a dark room; he looks like he’s bouncing. His hair is tousled, and one knee is raised. The audience is gathered around him in the room.
    © Shira Marek
  • Ametonyo Silva's interview.

choreographic research, performance Ametonyo Silva sound design Eduardo Joly sound setup Eduardo Joly with Ametonyo Silva artistic support Flavia Pinheiro costumes Ametonyo Silva, Flavia Pinheiro and Ana Silva (drawings and screen printing) delegated production Lucille Belland / cohue photos Shira Marek, Vítor Manon et Maxime Guedaly research in dialogue with Laura Salerno, Anne Kerzerho, Katerina Andreou, Myrto Katsiki, Pauline L. Boulba, Alix de Morant, Mareu Machado, Roberto Dagô, Barbara Novati, Sophia Seiss, Clarissa Baumann, Anabelle Yolle, Manuella Rondeau, Mathieu Bouvier co-production La Ménagerie de verre de Paris support from the post-exerce support fund initiated by ICI — Centre Chorégraphique National Montpellier Occitanie / Directed by Christian Rizzo, with backing from DRAC Occitanie and La Briqueterie – CDCN du Val-de-Marne, the MM – Mathilde Monnier association / Halle Tropisme, and Life Long Burning site-specific creations accompanied by La DÉTER with the support of Fonds de dotation Marie-Thérèse Allier pour l’art contemporain résidences et pour Plastique Danse Flore / Potager du Roi à Versailles residencies and creative support far° Nyon, Fête de la Danse Genève acknowledgements far° Nyon, Nicolas Dutour (Fête de la Danse Genève), Usine à Gaz, Emil Frey Nyon, la Roulotte, Michel-Félix de Vidas and the Bains des Pâquis, the team of the master of the ICI—CCN Montpellier, Anne Bautz, Anne Fontanesi, Anaïs Legris, Maïwenn Rebours, Alessandra Mattana, Julie Le Gall, to cohue et to each person who resonated/has supported this research