Name: Constant Vigier
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Constant Vigier
Dance Style: Classical Ballet, Commercial, Contemporary, Film, Lyrical, Movement Direction, Musical theatre, Staging
Work Context: advertising,ballet company,clubs,commercials,corporate events,cruise ships,dance theatre,digital internet,film,installations,live art and performance art,music video,musical theatre,opera,physical theatre,pop promos,sports events,stadium arena ceremonies,television,video
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2020
"ARSENIK" by YLLWSHRK
Music video for YLLWSHRK.
Music written, performed and produced by : YLLWSHRK.
Dancer : Katie Miller.
Director and Choreographer : Constant Vigier.
Editor and Producer : Jamiel Laurence.
2020
"My Beautiful Life" by Jerry Burns
Film created in October 2020.
Dancer : Amy McEntee.
Singer/songwriter : Jerry Burns.
Co-written by : Jerry Burns and Sally Herbert.
Director / Choreographer / Editor : Constant Vigier.
2020
YoYo
Film created in May 2020.
The narrative of this short screendance is inspired by the situation of lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Dancers : Claire Souet, Rimbaud Patron and Marge Hendrick.
Music : Dan O’Connor’s “Copper Mountains”.
Director / Choreographer / Editor : Constant Vigier.
2020
"And Let Them Glow" YLLWSHRK
Music Video for the song “And Let Them Glow” by Yllwshrk featured on their debut album I AM ALADDIN.
Director : Lewis Landini.
Choreographer : Constant Vigier.
Dancer : Nicholas Shoesmith.
Steady Cam Operator : Diana Dumi.
2020
16:1.5
Film created in September 2020.
A collaboration with William Chambers Millinery.
Dancer : Marge Hendrick.
Choreographer : Constant Vigier.
Music : Ooyy’s “Come 2gether”.
Editing : Jamiel Laurence.
2020
16:1.4
Film created in September 2020.
Dancer : Rishan Benjamin.
Choreographer : Constant Vigier.
Music : Weval’s “The Most”.
Editing : Jamiel Laurence.
2020
16:1.3
Film created in August 2020.
Choreographer/dancer : Constant Vigier.
Music : Woodkid’s “Run Boy Run”.
Editing : Jamiel Laurence.
2020
16:1.2
Film created in July 2020.
Dancer : Kayla-Maree Tarantolo.
Choreographer : Constant Vigier.
Music : Saint-Saens’ Carnival of the Animals.
Editor : Jamiel Laurence.
2020
16:1.1
Film created in May 2020.
I recorded myself dancing 16 versions with different counts and slight variations to create canons and formations.
Choreographer/Dancer : Constant Vigier.
Music : Sonia Killmann.
Editing : Jamiel Laurence.
2019
Chaos
Premiered at Théâtre de la Mer, Arcachon, France. Festival Cadences. 22 September 2019.
Inspired by Nadine Labaki’s movie “Capernaum” this new piece by Constant Vigier is a reflexion on matters such as the responsibility of procreation, the conflict between modernity and tradition, and how one wants to decide for someone else.
Choreographer : Constant Vigier.
Dancers : Hélène Bernadou, Elio Clavel, Grace Paulley, Constant Vigier.
Costumes : Annie Robinson, Constant Vigier.
Music : Mouzanar, Prokofiev, Grieg, Shostakovitch, Piazzolla.
2015
Oh, Lord
Premiered at Dance Base Edinburgh, UK. Special Edition, Fringe Festival. 16 August 2015.
I created this piece wondering about the origin of our actions. Do we follow others and the rules of society or do we make deliberate choices? How much does a change of situation affect our behaviours?
Choreographer : Constant Vigier.
Dancers : Ellen Elphick, Laura Joffre, Constant Vigier.
Music : Schubert’s String Quintet in C major D956 : I- Allegro, ma non troppo.
2015
Raw
Premiered at Cottier Theatre, Glasgow, UK. Independant : Ballet, Cottier Dance Project. Cottiers Theatre. 19 June 2015.
This choreography was first inspired by the song “Animal” by Maroon 5.
This strange feeling of wanting someone who has so much power on you that they can destroy you was the main line of the inspiration of the movement.
Choreographer : Constant Vigier.
Dancers: Madeline Squire, Victor Zarallo.
Music : Jon Hopkins’ Breathe this Air.
2014
Stabat Mater
Premiered at Dance Base Edinburgh, UK. Special Edition, Fringe Festival. 10 August 2014.
The choreography is inspired by the lyrics of Vivaldi’s score.
From the pain a mother gets as she loses her child, I tried to re-live the whole journey of one’s life. This journey brings us around the themes of motherhood, childhood, education, relationships… How much does our life depend on others’ ?… and vice versa.
Choreographer : Constant Vigier.
Dancers : Chloë Réveillon, Constant Vigier.
Music : Vivaldi’s Stabat Mater.
2014
Origine
Movie by Lewis Landini created in April 2014.
Even though this duet could be the ending of a project with a return to the roots, it is for me as a choreographer the start of a reflexion on communication.
Technology offers us incredible possibilities of communication through so many devices but however it seems harder and harder to communicate face to face.
The title for the bigger project would be “Uprooted Optimists” and that sums up very well my point of view on that matter.
Choreographer : Constant Vigier.
Dancers : Brenda Lee Grech, Victor Zarallo.
Director/Editor : Lewis Landini.
Music : Bach’s Harpsichord Concerto No.4 in A major, BWV 1055 : II- Larghetto.
2012
3x2 für M&M
Premiered at Deutschen Schauspielhaus, Hamburg, Germany. Junge Choreografen II. 27 March 2012.
This piece is a representation of my relationship with dance. There are days when everything seems possible and easy and other days when it feels much deeper and profound like a very intimate love story. However it can also be very frustrating and become a fight between the body and the mind.
Choreographer : Constant Vigier.
Dancers : Priscilla Tselikova, Xue Lin, Yun-Su Park, Marcelino Libao, Aleix Martinez, Thomas Stuhrmann.
Music : Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto no.1 in D Minor : I- Allegro.
Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto in A Major : II- Adagio.
2015
Northern Ballet's Choreographic Lab
Constant Vigier took part in the two-week program to create with dancers from Norther Ballet Company.
2019
"Edinburgh Military Tattoo" 2019
Constant Vigier created a French Cancan routine for the French military.