Théatre en Hautes-Pyrénées : Corinne Mathou
Corinne Mathou fait bouger les frontières du théâtre/ Stéphane Boularand (c)Bigorre.org
Corinne Mathou is an artist from the Occitanie region. Trained by Georges Bigot, a former actor at the Théâtre du Soleil, she left to study traditional Indian arts: Kathakali, Môhiniyattam and Kalaryppayatt, in the Kerala region of southern India. She trained for more than fifteen years with several renowned masters: Fact Mohan, Kalamandalam Pradeep, Venu.G, CVN Unni, Gopi Ashan, Nirmala Paniker and Neena Prasad. In 2011, she moved to Bangalore, a platform for contemporary creation. There she met many artists with whom she collaborated, in particular the dancers of the Attakkalari company. Corinne has performed at temple festivals and on contemporary Indian stages. Back in France in 2018, she founded the Cie Théâtre-Danse La Mandragore. Corinne Mathou is a graduate in theater studies and performing anthropology. She was selected in 2015 to participate in Ariane Mnouchkine's Nomadic School in Pondicherry. She is also a State graduate of La Comédie de St Etienne in Dramatic Art and a member of the network of young researchers at the Center National de la Danse. She has produced several collective creations both in India, notably in the Alliances Françaises and in France. Today she works with the company Dans6T, the Festival de Gavarnie and the company LEA de Pessac as an actress, dancer and director. She recently took courses with La Batsheva by Ohad Naharin, Oona Doherty, Nach, Philippe Ménard and even Max Fossati and Emmanuel Grivet. Corinne Mathou was funded by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the ICCR (Indian Council for Cultural Relation). She was also the recipient of a Vocation Scholarship from the Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet Foundation in 2003.
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Saturday, October 1, 2022
Interview
Corinne Mathou fait bouger les frontières du théâtre
Danseuse, comédienne et metteur en scène, Corinne Mathou associe ses pratiques, la culture indienne et la musique pour une création d’un spectacle choral.