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VIDEO ART / JUGGLING
TRIBALIST — Taiwan, 2026
Imaginative contemplation. To be present, and blind, in the ruins of a society no longer there even for its ancestors. The jungle overwhelms us. The jungle hails us. We fly toward the skies.
Directed by Valentin LECHAT 陳星樂
THE UNITED ARTISTS
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DOCUMENTARY / LONG TEASER
TON REGARD — film in progress, release 2028
Around the work of painter Cathy Gaspoz. Women's voices, improvising musicians.
Directed by Valentin LECHAT & Christian Maes
Production: Cinémathèque de Bourgogne / THE UNITED ARTISTS
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EXCERPTS / THEATRE
Cie Le Paradigme de la Fleur Noire
leparadigmedelafleur.wixsite.com/noire/moon-hee
FULL MOON HEE — Life Is Theater
Original idea, on stage: Laetitia Moon Hee Parthenay
Writing, direction, set design: Jérémie Chevalier
Sound: Gandalf Goudard · Costumes: Loraine Jung · Set construction: Sélia Tabarand
Film: Valentin LECHAT
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LIVE CAPTURE / CIRCUS
Cie SOLFASIRC
solfasirc.org
Film: Valentin LECHAT
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TEASER / DANCE — STREET PROMENADE
Cie KIKEÏ — dance, theatre and street
compagniekikei@gmail.com
TROUBLES ! — a walking piece for four dancers. Four creatures at dusk, between woman and ghost, roam the public space.
With Lili Lancien, Eva Chabert (alternating with Sophie Bonnin and Delphine Salle), Ariane Roger, Ienisseï Teicher
Movement and staging: Ienisseï Teicher · Music: Benjamin Croizy · Costumes: Laura Aschley
Film: Valentin LECHAT
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TEASER / JUGGLING
ARMO — Cie Jérôme Thomas
ASSIS — an improvised ballad. Jérôme Thomas makes plastic bags, feathers, bells, gold sequins and sound objects dance, between juggling and touring stories.
Performance, text, juggling: Jérôme Thomas · Music, accordion: Christian Maes
Creative assistant, performer: Valentin LECHAT
Teaser directed by Valentin LECHAT · Camera: Tzu Ying CHUANG
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WEB SERIES / CIRCUS
Cie LE CIRQUE DU DÉSASTRE
lecirquedudesastre.free.fr
CASSOS — the serial, complete edition (2023)
Travelling circus — human, intimate, close to people.
Film: Valentin LECHAT
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TEASER / CIRCUS
Cadie à Cadie – Cie Sonel – teaser 2023 * CIRCUS – MAGIC – CARTS
Company contact: ciasonel.com
Film: Valentin LECHAT 陳星樂
THE UNITED ARTISTS
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★ DIVINE ◌ MUSIC VIDEO ░ TELECO TECO ░ 2022
divinemusic.fr/
Divine is the feeling of a summer evening, leaning on the bar, with a light breeze of romance and swaying rhythm. Come and chill at a table, soak up the sun on the terrace, have a drink and dance in time!
TELECO TECO with Irène Petit and her musicians.
DIVINE / Orchestre Populaire
Film: Valentin LECHAT
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TEASER / DJ WEBRADIO
Captain XXI presents “On The Road Radio”, 2022/2023 season.
A sound journey across genres, eras and continents, with Captain XXI at the controls.
Broadcast every first Wednesday of the month on Radio Ellebore (France)
Music: Nikitch & Mart-One: Oussala (Cascade Records)
Video: Valentin Lechat (The United Artists)
Links:
radio-ellebore.com/emissi
mixcloud.com/CAPTAIN-XXI/
instagram.com/captainxxi/
Film: Valentin LECHAT
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TEASER / CIRCUS
Cie SOLFASIRC
solfasirc.org/fr/spectacles-z-d/
Z-D ZONE À LA DÉRIVE
A show inspired by human overconsumption and the waste it generates
with: Julien Paget, Carlos Cardoch and Biel Rosselló
Film: Valentin LECHAT
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TEASER / CIRCUS
lecirquedudesastre.free.fr/
Cie LE CIRQUE DU DÉSASTRE
CASSOS
Travelling circus — human, intimate, close to people.
with: Moritz BÖHM, Anthony CALLE, Dorothée DALL'AGNOLA, Ophélie GATEAU, Erwan GRONIER, Boris LOTT, Toni VINCENT, Colline FROIDEVAUX
Film: Valentin LECHAT
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TEASER / CIRCUS
lecirquedudesastre.free.fr/
Cie LE CIRQUE DU DÉSASTRE
CASSOS
Travelling circus — human, intimate, close to people.
with: Moritz BÖHM, Anthony CALLE, Dorothée DALL'AGNOLA, Ophélie GATEAU, Erwan GRONIER, Boris LOTT, Toni VINCENT, Colline FROIDEVAUX
Film: Valentin LECHAT
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TEASER / DANCE PERFORMANCE & TALK
leparadigmedelafleur.wixsite.com/noire/réflexions-performances
contact: Laetitia Parthenay +33 6 81 09 17 17
leparadigmedelafleurnoire@gmail.com
Film: Valentin LECHAT
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TEASER / DANCE THEATRE
Cie KIKEÏ
compagniekikei@gmail.com
Created and performed by: Ienisseï Teicher
“The set of gestures, behaviours, language, intonations… of an individual towards others, which reveal their social position.”
Film: Valentin LECHAT
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MUSIC VIDEO / EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC
THERAPY
2016 Taiwan underground improv band
Music video: Valentin LECHAT – Herzog footage remix

EDITED EXCERPTS / CONTEMPORARY DANCE
Cie Sans Ceintures Ni Bretelles
sansceinturenibretelles.fr/jour-de-bal/
Film: Valentin LECHAT

TEASER / SENSITIVE, MOVING THEATRE
leparadigmedelafleur.wixsite.com/noire/moon-hee
MOON HEE tells her story: that of a Korean baby adopted in France.
Created and performed by Laetitia Parthenay
Film: Valentin LECHAT

FILM PERFORMANCE / SCIENCE-FICTION CIRCUS
Creation 2016《DELIVRÆNCE 9》
Cie THE UNITED ARTISTS 圓劇團
valentinlechat.com/delivraence9/
Director and performer: Valentin Lechat
Musical creation and performance: Arnaud Lechat
Lighting device design and performance: Alexis Mailles
Costume Designer: Celma Jonker
Visual Design: Pegasus I-An Chen
Premiere 2016/10/01 Nuit Blanche Taipei
CAMERA: Amandine DUBOIS, Yaya, le petit copain de Yaya
REALISATION: Amandine DUBOIS & Valentin LECHAT

TEASER / TAIWANESE CONTEMPORARY CIRCUS PERFORMANCE
Cie THE UNITED ARTISTS 圓劇團
contact: contact@theuartists.com
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Trailer . Contemporary Circus & Present Juggling
FACES 2.8 under sky
Valentin LECHAT 陳星樂 | THUNAR @Taipei Huashan1914 『shot in Taiwan』
CAMERA: Amandine DUBOIS
REALISATION: Valentin LECHAT
For more infos >>>
EN : valentinlechat.com/faces-out
FR : valentinlechat.com/facesundersky/

VIDEO ART / SOUNDWORK x VIDEOWORK
RED PLAYGROUND — written in Mongolia, made in Taiwan, 2006–2007
From Aboriginal archives. The complexion of genders.
Sound, image: Valentin LECHAT aka MK CRABOU
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VIDEO ART / PERFORMANCE
LE MANGEUR DE RIZ (The Rice Eater) — Taiwan, 2007
Primal, ephemeral writing. A playback, solo and multiple.
Artwork · Soundwork · Videowork · Ricework · Playwork · Specialwork
Valentin LECHAT 陳星樂
valentinlechat.com/le-mangeur-de-riz