Atys [transmission 2025]

A choreographic extract remodelled by the compagnie Ti Art, coordinator Sophie Brun, as part of the “Danse en amateur et repertoire” programme 2024/2025 (a programme created to assist and promote amateur dancing).

Transmission by Ana Yepes, performer of the piece when it was created.

Presented on 14 June 2025, La Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand.

The piece when it was created

Atys

Firstly produced 20 December 1986 at the Teatro Metastasio of Prato (Italie)

Choreography: Francine Lancelot

Piece for 11 performers: Jean-Christophe Boclé, Jean-Charles Di Zazzo, Anne-Marie Gardette, Shona Hammonds, Mirentxu Housset, Marie-Geneviève Massé, Nicolas N’Guyen, Jean-Christophe Paré, Ken Pierce, Wilfride Piollet, Ana Yepes

Music: Atys (1676) by Jean-Baptiste Lully

Orginial duration of the « musical tragedy »: 3h

The group

Compagnie Ti Art (Paris, Île-de-France)

Under the direction of Sophie Brun, the Paris-based Ti Art association aims to promote and teach knowledge and traditions to safeguard cultural heritage. In this context, the group of amateur dancers founded in 2019 has set itself the mission of promoting Baroque dance. Comprising around fifteen members, the troupe offers workshops devoted to ancient dances, as well as performances accompanied by young musicians from the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris. In this context, the desire to tackle Francine Lancelot’s Atys presented itself as a new artistic challenge.

The project

By choosing Lully’s Atys, remodelled in 1987 by Francine Lancelot, the Ti Art association is highlighting the beauty of Lully’s music, whose arias are sung at, while interpreting Francine Lancelot’s rarely-seen dances. Following a reworking of the choreography in the historical style of the Beauchamp-Feuillet period, the six amateur dancers taking part in this project are based on the 1987 performance of the piece at the Opéra-Comique. They benefit from the teaching and transmission of Ana Yepes, the original performer, and also intend to pay tribute to Francine Lancelot and her impressive work on the revival of Baroque dance.

Danse en amateur et répertoire is a program of financial support and coaching for groups of amateur dancers. It provides a space for those wishing to deepen their knowledge and practice of dance and its history. 

Laurent Barré
Head of Research and Choreographic Directories
Anne-Christine Waibel
Research Assistant and Choreographic Directories
+33 (0)1 41 83 43 96
danse-amateur-repertoire@cnd.fr 

More information: https://www.cnd.fr/en/page/323-danse-en-amateur-et-repertoire-grant-programme