"Dance has as its preferred tool what we all have at our disposal: a body, fabulous, possibly listening to oneself, to the other, to others and to the world..."
« top » is an onomatopoeia, an injunction, a starting signal
« top » tinkles boldly in the ear
« top » is a tiny word consisting of 3 characters
« top » means above, even higher, a kind of summit
« top » is an arrow; a link between nadir and zenith
« top » is the ultimate name given by Régine Chopinot to a piece that has constantly changed name and format since its inception, in May 2019, as part of the Fabrique d'expériences, an initiative of Hortense Archambault, director of the MC93 - Maison de la culture de Seine St Denis in Bobigny.
While waiting for the work to be definitively named, the piece was first entitled deuxzérodeuxun then deuxzérodeuxdeux then 2 0 2 2 then 2 0 2 ... and finally « top ».
With time as an absolute companion, and in the form of fundamental and applied research laboratories, this is how Régine Chopinot creates, in the company of those close to her artistically.
With regular openings to the public to share the progress of the work in the form of stages, each as important as the next, the idea is to meet people without it being auditions, and to work on the spirit and resonance of the places.
« top » is a kind of danced, performed, choreographed matrix, made up of people on a long-term basis, a moving team with arrivals and departures. « top » remembers everything, every person, every place, every improvisation. « top » is a kind of iceberg; it's advisable not to rely on the emerged part.
OCTOBER 2022
3presentations at Théâtre Garonne (presented with La Place de la danse - CDCN) on the 19th, 20th and 21st
1 additional performance on October 22
Reservations and more information
13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th performances
NOVEMBER 2022
Twoperformances at the Kiasma Theater, part of the Montpellier Danse winter season, on the 8th and 9th
Reservations and more information
17th and 18th performances
1 performance at L'Onde Vélizy during the Immersion Danse festival on the 24
. Reservations and more information:
. 19th performance
JANUARY 2023
2performances at the Manège de Reims on the 12th and 13th
Reservations and more information
20th and 21st performances
1 performance at the Scène Nationale de Mâcon on the 20
. Reservations and more information:
. 22nd performance
MARCH 2023
1performance at the Halle aux grains in Blois on the 23rd
Reservations and more information
23rd performance
APRIL 2023
1performance at Les Bords de scènes, Juvisy-sur-Orge, on the 1st, as part of the Essonne Danse festival
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24th performance
Tour « top » 2023 - 2024
DECEMBER 2023
2 performances at the Pôle Sud - CDCN Strasbourg on the 5th and6th. Reservations and more information:
25th and 26th performances
MARCH 2024
1 performance at L'autre Scène in Védène on the2nd. Reservations and more information:
27th performance
APRIL 2024
1 performance at Scène55 in Mougins on the5th. Reservations and more information:
28th performance
MAY 2024
: 2 performances at the Maison de la Danse in Lyon on the 28th and29th. Reservations and more information:
. Performances on the 29th and 30th
« top » 's 2025–2026 Tour
FEBRUARY 2026
3 performances at Points communs, Nouvelle scène nationale Cergy-Pontoise/Val d'Oise on the 17th, 18th, and 19
. Reservations and more information:
. 31st, 32nd, and 33rd performances
SEPTEMBER 2026
Two performances as part of the 20th anniversary of the Bird Theatre Festival in Tottori, Japan, on the 25th and 26th
Reservations by email at ticket@birdtheatre.org
: 35th and 36th presentations
Creative residency at Liberté scène nationale de Toulon from April 23 to 30, 2021
At Manège scène nationale de Reims from August 31 to September 5, 2021
Public opening Sunday, September 5, 4pm
At the MC93 from September 7 to 19, 2021
« top » will be created from September 22 to October 2, 2021, 10 public presentations at the MC93
2 presentations on October 8 and 9, 2021 at GRRRANIT scène nationale de Belfort
Production : MC93 Maison de la culture de Seine-St-Denis à Bobigny , Le Manège, scène nationale Reims, Le Liberté scène nationale à Toulon, GRRRANIT scène nationale Belfort and Cornucopiae.
With the support of the Fondation d'entreprise Hermès.
« top »
Rhythm is the key
The moment when the body starts to move
Rocking and shaking
Tying and untying
In vibration
Music
Vincent on drums
Nico on guitars
Energy
« top » is anything but soft
« top » dépote
A noisy, fearless force
Naoko Prunelle Mellina
Tristan Deyvron Bekaye Julien
Nicolas and Sallahdyn
Walk, walk, walk
Run
Jump, jump
Turn, turn, turn
Porter se faire porter
Always lend a hand, always
Let yourself look
Listen see smell
Conception and choreography Régine Chopinot
With Nicolas Barillot, Tristan Bénon, Mellina Boubetra, Prunelle Bry, Régine Chopinot, Bekaye Diaby, Naoko Ishiwada, Sallahdyn Khatir, Vincent Kreyder, Nico Morcillo, Deyvron Noel, Julien Roblès
And also Curro Escalante Vargas, Grégory Granados, Ixepë Sihaze
Drums Vincent Kreyder
Guitar Nico Morcillo
Sound Nicolas Barillot
Lighting Sallahdyn Khatir
Clothing Auguste de Boursetty
Production MC93 Maison de la culture de Seine-St-Denis à Bobigny , Le Manège, scène nationale Reims, Le Liberté scène nationale à Toulon, GRRRANIT scène nationale Belfort and Cornucopiae. With the support of the Fondation d'entreprise Hermès.
