Centre chorégraphique national d’Orléans (CCNO)
Direction Maud Le Pladec
Originally from Saint-Brieuc, Maud Le Pladec began a career as a contemporary jazz dancer, before enrolling in the “exerce masters’ degree” in 1999, the renowned contemporary dance curriculum by the CCN de Montpellier, under Mathilde Monnier’s leadership.
As a performer, she rose to success in the 2000s, working alongside Guillermo Botelho in Austria, and Takiko Iwabuchi in Japan. Subsequently, she collaborated with major figures in the field, such as Mathilde Monnier, Boris Charmatz and Loïc Touzé. At the same time, she initiated personal projects within collectives before founding her own company in 2009: Leda. Musical performance is as the heart of her choreographic creations, where she explores the unique connection between body and sound, as well as texts and visual arts. In July 2022, during the Festival d’Avignon, she presented Silent Legacy, a work that explores dance legacy, co-created with Jr Maddripp. She considers it one of her most essential works.
Maud Le Pladec’s mission at the CCNO (CCN d’Orléans) revolves around a central multidisciplinary dimension. Since her appointment in 2017, she has consistently aimed to break down barriers, allowing dance to transcend the boundaries of stages and venues. Her goal is to transform projects into unique artistic experiences, offering everyone the chance to broaden their understanding of dance, art and the world. The Traverses festival, renamed Jeunes gens modernes, was organised for the first time in 2019 with a clear objective: to highlight first works and new artistic forms so that many generations of artists can coexist.
In 2021, Nina Santes became an associate artist, followed by Soa Ratsifandrihana in 2024. For her final term as CCNO’s director, Maud Le Pladec presented “a manifesto for an ending term”. Its goal is to ensure that topical issues, like gender equality, artistic freedom of expression and environmental transition will be at the heart of the programme and the creations for the upcoming seasons.
The venue
The CCNO was founded in 1995 and joined the other CCNs that had been created since 1984. Choreographer Joseph Nadj was the first director until December 2016.
In 1999, Joseph Nadj created the Traverses festival, a multidisciplinary event that welcomed new choreographic perspectives, and explored diverse understandings of history and dance writing. The festival aimed to foster dialogue between dance, poetry, art history, performance, philosophy and circus arts.
In 2001, the CCNO moved to 37 Rue du Bourdon Blanc, the former offices of the La République du Centre newspaper, and the Institut d’Art Visuel. This former town house’s façade is listed as a historical monument. In 2010, the city of Orleans initiated extension works for the CCNO, to create new spaces, including a creation studio, a sound and video recording studio, a research studio, storage and set construction areas, and a costume-making area.
Press & medias
Key dates
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1995
Creation of the Centre Chorégraphique National d’Orléans (CCNO) under the leadership of choreographer Josef Nadj.
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1999
First edition of the Traverses festival, directed by Josef Nadj
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2001
EThe CCNO moves to 37 Rue du Bourdon Blanc, former offices of La République du Centre and the Institut d’Art Visuel
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2010
Extension works initiated by the city of Orléans to create new spaces (studios, set construction workshops, etc.)
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2017
Maud Le Pladec becomes the new director of the CCNO
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2019
First edition of the Jeunes Gens Modernes festival under Maud Le Pladec
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2021
Nina Santes becomes the first associate artist at the CCNO
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2024
Soa Ratsifandrihana becomes the second associate artist at the CCNO
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