Yves Musard
Dance
Yves Musard
France/United StateS
Defining himself as a “movement artist” Yves’ movement performance develops the notion of an itinerary on the spot in a sort of imbricated time and space. He learns to isolate a movement and engage its spatial visit from within. Following a line of least resistance where the movement is self pro-pulsed into the air.
Yves Musard collaborates with numerous artists and institutions, among them most recently the Collection Lambert in Avignon, The gallery Campagne-Premiere in Berlin and now the Rio Bravo Fine Arts in T or C, New Mexico.
Yves Musard, based in NYC 1979-2015, in New Mexico and Marseille (2016-2021) is a movement artist whose life’s work focuses on site
specific performances and spatial investigations, inside and outside museums and galleries, exploring, responding and interacting with pathways, communities or situations. Yves works as a solo artist often includes collaboration with musiciens and other artists. His unique approach to movement in the surrounding space generates a sense of place, details and people.
His primary interest is on space as the “room” that holds the commonness of all people.
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