Musard’s working tools includes multi-media documentation of performance of site specific environments interwoven with live performance. His archive material, mapping his international performance trajectory, has been published and included in numerous independent films including the Dia art commissioned The Man Who Believed He Could Move (1988), and English Promenade/ La Promenade in the Dan Graham Roof Top Urban Park Project (1991-1992). Solid Air (1990) was invited in Lyon(France) by the Dance Biennal Off and Michel Hallet Dance School, A romane Theater Le Regard(1996) in the works of Lothar Baumgarten at The Guggenheim Museum, The Invisible Ball ( 2011) and Segment de Traverse (2016) for a few months at the Collection Lambert in Avignon . Musard was invited at the Contemporary Museum in Marseille MAC in the works of Franz West and Jimmy Durham.

The French Cinematheque/La Nouvelle Cinematheque /CND created a film montage of his dance history (1982 onward). Select choreographic awards include the New York Foundation for the arts, New York State Council of the Arts, and the French Foreign and Culture Ministries.

WORKS

2020 

INHABITING THE VIEW / PIECE AND A FILM / DIRECTOR TAMIR ROLLINGS / SUPPORT BY THE SIERRA COUNCIL OF THE ARTS OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES / NEW MEXICO.

2019

SHADOW / RIO BRAVO FINE ARTS / TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES

OF THE PLAZA BY THE PLAZA FOR THE PLAZA / SEGMENT DE TRAVERSE / PROARTS AND COMMONS / OAKLAND / CALIFORNIA/ USA

DESERT ARCHAIC / TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES / NEW MEXICO

PUBLIC WORKS/ PARK BENEDETTI  /LES CATALANS PLAGE/FRANCE

INTERVIEW / AVEC LAURENT SEBILLOTTE / CND / PARIS PANTIN / FRANCE

2018

PUBLIC WORKS / PARK BENEDETTI /LES CATALANS PLAGE / MARSEILLE / FRANCE

2017

SPATIAL VISIT IN UNTIL NOW / RETROSPECTIVE / GREG MONTREUIL

RIO BRAVO FINE ART / TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES / NEW MEXICO / USA

2016

SEGMENT DE TRAVERSE IN COLLECTION YVON LAMBERT / AVIGNON FRANCE

IN NUIT EUROPEENNE DES MUSEES / MAC MARSEILLE / FRANCE

IN / JOURNEES DU PATRIMOINE / MAC MARSEILLE / FRANCE

2015

PERFORMANCE IN LUNGS FESTIVAL / EL SOL BRILLANT COMMUNITY GARDEN / EAST VILLAGE / NEW YORK CITY / USA

2014

STEEL//SPIRIT IN RICHARD SERRA ’S INSIDE OUT / GAGOSIAN GALLERY 21ST NEW YORK / USA

MOVEMENT CATALOGUE IN WRESTLING WITH SPACE / GREG MONTREUIL / GALLERY DU TABLEAU / MARSEILLE / FRANCE

IN ROURKE MUSEUM GALLERY / MOORDHEAD / USA

2013

PERFORMANCE IN RICHARD SERRA’S INSIDE OUT / GAGOSIAN GALLERY 21ST STREET / NEW YORK USA

SITE SPECIFIC/MULFORD FARM/MOBY PROJECT/ EAST HAMPTON/LONG ISLAND / USA

MOVEMENT CATALOGUE /NEOTERIC GALLERY/AMAGANSTT/LONG ISLAND / US

SPATIAL VISIT / WORKS BY DELMAS HOWE / FILM DE JULIE DURHAM / RIO BRAVO GALLERY / TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES / NEW MEXICO / USA

2012

CAPTURE / THE INVISIBLE BALL IN THE WORKS OF GREG MONTREUIL/ RIO BRAVO FINE ART / TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES / NEW MEXICO / USA

2011

CAPTURE / THE INVISIBLE BALL / COLLECTION YVON LAMBERT / AVIGNON / FRANCE

TIME LINE / IN THE WORKS OF VITTORIO SANTORO

CAMPAGNE-PREMIERE / BERLIN / GERMANY

JUXTAPOSITION / IN THE WORKS OF JOE WALDRUM

RIO BRAVO FINE ART / TRUTH AND CONSEQUENCES / NEW MEXICO / USA

PERFORMANCE / IN THE WORKS OF GREG MONTREUIL

STUDIO 308 / LAS CRUCES / NEW MEXICO USA

2010

JUXTAPOSITION / IN THE WORKS OF GREG MONTREUIL

BAGPIPE DAVID WATSON / RIO BRAVO FINE ART / TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES / NEW MEXICO / USA

2009

IMPRESSIONS D’UN HOMME DEHORS

BAGPIPE / DAVID WATSON LIVE

DOMAINE DE CHAMARANDE

CHAMARANDE / FRANCE

2008

IMPRESSIONS D’UN HOMME DEHORS / PERFORMANCE / TRAJECTORY IN NEIGHBORHOOD / PERFORMANCE CHEZ BUSHWICK

BROOKLYN / NEW YORK / USA

REPERCUSSION / AT THE LIVING THEATER ON RIVINGTON STREET

PART OF THE VISION FESTIVAL / NEW YORK USA

REPERCUSSION / AT RAPTURE / ON AVENUE A bet 12THAND 13TH

NEW YORK CITY/ USA

2007

IMPRESSIONS D’UN HOMME DEHORS / REPERCUSSION / PERFORMANCE INTERIEURE

SCENE NATIONALE / ST BRIEUC / FRANCE

BIENNALE DE L’ABBAYE DE BON REPOS / LE CLOITRE / CENTRE BRETAGNE / FRANCE

REPERCUSSION / DEHORS DEDANS / SCULPTURE JEAN-MARC

GALERIE DU DOURVEN / COTES D’ARMOR / BRITTANY / FRANCE

WALKING TRAJECTORY 3HRS FROM THE LEGUE / THE SEA TO THE CENTER OF ST BRIEUC FRANCE

ECHAPPEE DANS LE QUARTIER BERRIAT/NEIGHBORHOOD

CITE – DANSES / GRENOBLE / FRANCE

2006

UNITE DE LIBRE ESPACE / FREE SPACE UNIT / PERFORMANCE / STAR TRECK THEATER / MAINS D’OEUVRES

USINE ARTISTIQUE / ST OUEN / FRANCE

2005

HOMMAGE / GALLERIE 128 / LOWER EAST SIDE / NEW YORK CITY / USA

UNITE DE LIBRE ESPACE / MOVEMENT RESEARCH FESTIVAL

NEW YORK / USA

2004

GALAXIE PEARL WITH GUESTS

MUSIC COMPOSITION DAVID WATSON

DANSPACE PROJECT / ST MARKS CHURCH

NEW YORK / USA

FREE SPACE UNIT

BAGPIPE DAVID WATSON

AT VOLUME / BROOKLYN NEW YORK / USA

MAINS DOEUVRES / ST OUEN / FRANCE

2003

FREE SPACE UNIT / UNITE DE LIBRE ESPACE

AT MAINS D’OEUVRES /FACTORY ARTISTIC

ST OUEN / PARIS / FRANCE

STUYVESANT COVE/ SOLAR POWERED PERFORMANCE SERIES / NEW YORK / USA

FIDMARSEILLE / MODMARSEILLE / FRANCE

IMPRESSIONS D’UN HOMME DEHORS / JIMMIE DURHAM / MOVEMENT INSTALLATION

MUSEE D’ART CONTEMPORAIN / MAC MARSEILLE / FRANCE

2002

IMPRESSIONS D’UN HOMME DEHORS / FRANZ WEST

MUSEE D’ART CONTEMPORAIN / MAC MARSEILLE /FRANCE

MOVEVEMENT INSTALLATION / LA VILLA DU PARC /ANNEMASSE  / FRANCE

GALAXIE PEARL WITH GUESTS / MUSICAL COMPOSITION DAVID WATSON / THE JOYCE SOHO / NEW YORK / USA

DEAMBULATION WITH DOMINIQUE PAGE / TRAJECTORY / MAMCO – MUSEE D’ART CONTEMPORAIN DE GENEVE 2ND FLOOR / GENEVE / SUISSE

2001

LES GLANEURS / MOVEMENT INSTALLATION / DENNIS O’CONNOR / YVES MUSARD / MOUVEMENT DAVID WATSON / BAGPIPE / MARSEILLE OBJECTIVE DANSE/ MODAT LA FRICHE / LA BELLE DE MAI / MARSEILLE / FRANCE

DEAMBULATION WITH DOMINIQUE PAGE / MAMCO –  MUSEE D’ART CONTEMPORAIN DE GENEVE/ 3RD FLOOR / GENEVE / SUISSE

2000

LE BOLIDE WITH ERIC MAT CITE RADIEUSE/LE CORBUSIER WITH LES ATELIERS D’ARTISTE DE LA VILLE DE MARSEILLE / MARSEILLE / FRANCE

1999

SPOTS AND LOOPS FOOFWA D’IMMOBILITE / MOUVEMENTS / SAXOPHONE / MARINI/ MAMCO –  MUSEE D’ART CONTEMPORAIN DE GENEVE / GENEVE / SWITZERLAND

1998

SPLINTER WITH SAXOPHONIST GIANNI GEBBIA / KNITTING FACTORY / CBGB GALLERIE / NEW YORK/USA

1997

THE INVISIBLE BALL AT DIXON PLACE & CONTEXT STUDIO & MARTHA@MOTHER / NEW YORK CITY / NY USA

FESTIVAL LES INNACCOUTUMES MENAGERIE DE VERRE / PARIS / FRANCE

1997

LUNCH DANCE WITH SAXOPHONIST NED ROTHENBERG / DIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS / NEW YOK  /USA

1996

MOVEMENT INSTALLATION AROUND THE BLOCK / A SPATIAL TOUR YVES MUSARD / MOUVEMENT GLENN PETRY MUSICAL COMPOSITION / DIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS / NEW YORK CITY / USA

EN PLEIN VIDE / SAXOPHOSNIST NED ROTHENBERG / FONDATION CARTIER / PARIS/FRANCE

1995

REGARD FOR A JOURNEY /  SAXOPHONIST NED ROTHENBERG / BOLZANO DANZA / BOLZANO/ITALY

THE BROADWAY PROJECT FROM 168TH STREET TO 215TH STREET / NEW YORK / USA

1994

LES ANGLES DU CIEL / SAXOPHONIST NED ROTHENBERGAT/MOVEMENT RESEARCH AT JUDSON CHURCH

NEW YORK / USA

1993

LE REGARD / ARTIST LOTHAR BAUMGARTEN/ GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM/UPTOWN NEW YORK / USA

1992

LA PROMENADE WITH DENNIS O’CONNOR, SARAH PERRON / MUSIC INSTALLATION EVE-MARIE BREGLIA/DAN GRAHAM ROOF TOP URBAN PARK PROJECT/ DIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS/NEW YORK CITY / USA

ATOMIC TRALALA / SOLO AT CENTRE D’ART CONTEMPORAIN DE SANTA FE/CALIFORNIA/USA

MUSIC EVE-MARIE BREGLIA /SET GREG MONTREUIL

ATOMIC TRALALA WITH DANCERS / SARAH PERRON / ANDY MARHAM / WALTER DUNDERVILLE / GABRIELE OECHSLE / FINE KIATOWSKY/ THE GAS STATION / NEW YORK CITY / USA

1991

ENGLISH PROMENADE/DAN GRAHAM ROOF TOP URBAN PARK PROJECT / SOLO YVES MUSARD/ DIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS NEW YORK CITY/USA

1990

SOLID AIR/THEATRE ANTIQUE / PLACE BELLECOUR / PARDIEU/WITH 15 DANCERS OF EMPLOYMENT AGENCY AND SARAH PERRON / GABRIELE OECHSLE / ANDY MARKHAM

DANCE BIENNALE OFF INVITED BY MICHEL HALLET EGHAYAN

LYON / FRANCE

AT SUZANNE DELALL THEATER/ TEL AVIV/ ISRAEL

WITH EHUD BANAI AND BAND

INVITED BY THE FRENCH CULTURAL SERVICES

JARDIN DE VILLE / PUBLIC GARDEN / GRENOBLE FRANCE

DIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS (SOHO) NEW YORK CITY / USA

MUSIC COLLAGE / EVE-MARIE BREGLIA WITH SARAH PERRON / GABRIELE OECHSLE / WALTER DUDNDERVILLE

1989

VA CREATED FOR THE BICENTENIAL OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION/ MUSIC BY EVE MARIE BREGLIA/GABRIEL BERRY / DANCERS / SARA PERRON / GABRIELE OECHSLE /WALTER DUNDERVILLE / THE AMERICAN DANCE FESTIVAL/DURHAM / NC / USA

AT YELLOW SPRINGS INSTITUTE/ YELLOW SPRINGS/ PENSYLVANNIE / USA

DUET YVES MUSARD WITH FINE KWIATOWSKY/JOURNEES DES ARTISTES DE L’ALLEMAGNE DE L’EST/

CELEBRATION OF THE END OF THE WALL WITH THE ARTIST OF EAST GERMANY

AT GRANDE HALLE DE LA VILETTE / PARIS / FRANCE

1988

THE MAN WHO BELIEVED HE COULD MOVE/MUSIC BY EVE-MARIE BREGLIA/PROJECTED PAINTING BY JOSEPH NECHVATAL/ DIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS

AT LES BRIGITTINES FESTIVAL BRUSSELS / BELGIUM

AT FRENCH CULTUREL CENTER EAST BERLIN / EAST GERMANY

COMMISSIONS, GRANTS & RESIDENCIES

2016

Segment de traverse, travail sur 6 mois dans la Collection Yvon Lambert a Avignon.

2016

Steel Spirit film de Keri Pickett dans l’exposition de Richard Serra Inside ,out (2013)

A la Gallery Gagosian ,New York, USA

2009

The Man who believed he could move film by Cinematheque Francaise de la Danse

Domain of Chamarande, Parc and village Commission from Conseil General of Essonne, France

2007 La passerelle/scene nationale of St Brieuc oddc residency ,Galerie du dourver Cotes d’Armor

Residency at Mains d’oeuvres, st Ouen, France

Galaxie Pearl,commission Danspace Project, New York, USA

May 1st 2004 Free Space Unit, Celebration for the enlargement of Europe

At Volume, Brooklyn, USA

2001

The Gleaners, commission/residency by Marseille Objectif Danse

1999

Spots and loops

Commission from ADC danse/Mamco, Geneva, Switzerland

1995

Grant from the Manhattan Community Arts fund

1994

Grant from the Manhatan Community Arts Fund

1992

La Promenade commissioned by Dia Center for the Arts

New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship

1989

Va commissioned by the American dance Festival, Durham,NC

1988

The Man Who Believed He Could Move commissioned by Dia Center for the Arts

With funding from the New York State Council for the Arts

1986

Antipodes commissioned by Theatre Jean-Marie Serreau, Paris , France

Eastern European tour sponsored by the French Cultural Center in Budapest

1985

Grant from the Ministry of Culture, France

1815 commissioned by Theatre Contemporain de la Danse, Paris , France

1984

Grant from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1983

Scholarship from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1982

Details, an art magazine sponsored by the Museum of Paintings and Sculptures, Grenoble, France