Centre chorégraphique national de Grenoble

Direction Aina Alegre & Yannick Hugron

A unique team within the CCN landscape, Aina Alegre, a Catalan artist, and Yannick Hugron, a French dancer, have partnered to create a unique project for the CCN de Grenoble, drawing on the strength of their diverse backgrounds.

Aina Alegre came to France to study at the Cndc in Angers, and soon embarked on a career as a choreographer, dancer and comedian. In 2014, she founded her company in Paris: STUDIO FICTIF. With about ten creations to her name, she produced her first major work for 9 performers, THIS IS NOT (an act of love & resistance) in December 2022, followed by a large-scale production with 100 amateur dancers for the Marseille festival in June 2023. Her approach involves an anthropological study of movement, inspired by the motions that mark collective events, celebrations and rites. Her research frequently explores the concepts of a shared body, the interdependency of bodies and the rhythm of movement (hammered movement, measure, music). Alegre now collaborates with many composers and light artists, who contribute to the plasticity of her creations and enhance the fictional aspects of her work.

Yannick Hugron, a performer who has worked with several choreographers, has experienced many different dance aesthetics. He is currently collaborating with Marion Carriau, Alban Richard, and Aina Alegre. His extensive career as a choreographic artist includes roles as a costume designer and scenographer, which have driven him to reflect upon the trade and its fragile longevity. His perspective now feeds into the project of the CCN de Grenoble.

Considering all the obstacles that choreographers must overcome is the driving force behind the duo’s thinking. With this in mind, and to meet the challenges that all CCNs face, they decided to try out a dual co-management system, combining their visions as a dancer and a female artist. This shapes a place that should “adapt” rather than “manage”. Even though the project is still in its early stages, it already encompasses all the aspects of choreographic art. The underlying objective here is to shed light on other professions, outside dance and choreography: dramaturgy, dance writing, costumes, light creations, visual arts, sound creations but also administration, production and communication. By emphasising the collective momentum that supports any creative project, Aina Alegre and Yannick Hugron envision the CCN de Grenoble as a venue dedicated to creative flows and porous, horizontal openness. It focuses on movements that shape the social arena and reshuffles the missions of training, awareness-raising, and local anchorage.