In partnership with FEDORA
Hosted by Collectif MEUTE
Inside the Prize is a new, biannual event curated by RESEO and FEDORA in collaboration with the previous year’s winner of the FEDORA Education Prize.
On the occasion of the world premiere of Panoptique, RESEO and FEDORA are inviting arts education professionals to Saint Omer and Lille to explore current transformations within the opera and classical music world. Key themes such as diversity, accessibility and representation are at the forefront of contemporary creative processes, paving the way for new work, new co-creators and new formats. These new methods and narratives are exemplified by the electro-lyrical performance piece Panoptique, which involved a three-year co-creation process with the inmates, patients, caregivers and staff and closed prisons and psychiatric facilities.
Participants are invited to engage in a reflective dialogue on creative methodologies and new narratives through a series of workshops, talks and performances. Participation is free.
Find out more about applying for the FEDORA Education Prize here. The Prize is sponsored by Carlara International.
Details
20 – 21 April 2024
St Omer and Lille, France
Participation fee
Free of charge for all participants.
How to register
Please fill in the registration form below and contact vania@reseo.org with any questions.
Programme
Saturday – 20/04
La Barcarolle / Saint- Omer
14h – Introductions
Welcome from RESEO and FEDORA
Sarah Théry – Co-artistic director of Collectif Meute and creator of Panoptique
Frédérique Tessier – RESEO Steering Committee
Diandra de Lima – Funding Programmes Manager at FEDORA
14h45 – “What If We Tried?” practical workshop
Violaine Fournier – Artistic director of Cie Minute Papillon
Claire Pasquier – Co-artistic director of Collectif Meute
16h15 – Coffee break
16h30 – The Opera And Its Public – An Outreach Necessity
Sabine Revert – Head of audiences – Opéra de Lille
17h – “Connecting The Dots” practical workshop
David Chocron – Visual artist and dramaturg
18h – Panoptique – performance
19h30 – Reception
Sunday – 21/04
Opera De Lille
As part of the event, the Opéra de Lille invites you to attend a performance of its participatory project Finoreille.
14h45 – Doors open
15h – Short concerts
16h – Singing workshop
17h – Presentation of Le Coq et l’Arlequin
17h30 – Performance of Le Coq et l’Arlequin
Workshops
Connecting the Dots – David Chocron
Connecting the Dots is a talk about the power of storytelling, how it impacts all art forms and can be a driving force in any creative process. Drawing on experiences from his own productions as well as research into recent revelations in neuroscience, David demonstrates the fundamental link between connectivity and creativity.
What if We Try? – Violaine Fournier and Claire Pasquier
We often want or are asked to create collaborative work and participatory projects. But what does that actually involve? In this practical workshop, Violaine Fournier and Claire Pasquier present tools and methods to enable focus, freedom and purpose, three of the most important pillars of artistic creation.
Performances
Panoptique
How to take action when you can’t see the horizon? Panoptique merges opera, performance, and research into a collaborative project inspired by Franz Schubert’s lieder, involving inmates, patients and caregivers as creators. It transforms confinement into a narrative, blending live music with the sounds of participants’ lives, creating an immersive experience where audience and space interact, questioning and exploring the themes of physical and mental confinement.
Finoreille
The music education programme Finoreille, launched by Opéra de Lille in 2015, brings together over 390 children aged 8-12 per year for regular vocal training workshops. Alongside their own musical practice, the young singers are given the opportunity to meet opera professionals (composers, choir and orchestra conductors, musicians, stage directors, choreographers, costume designers, set designers, technicians, etc.) and discover their work.