COMPAGNIE
LA METHODE
Compagnie la Méthode
Founded in 2023 by Adamantia Papakyriaki and Maxime Jeannerat, La Méthode dance company has set itself the mission of bringing people together around culture through dance.
Rooted in its time, it draws its creative inspiration from observing and studying human beings—their beliefs, conscious and unconscious mechanisms, and the bonds that connect them to others. Through its creations, it questions our choices and behaviors, illustrates stages of life, highlights key moments, and brings our dissonances and contradictions into sharp relief.
The company's approach to the body is based on a study of contemporary dance techniques, hip hop culture, and physical theater. The main aim is to achieve a visceral approach to movement, sublimated by meticulous attention to detail, giving the body the ability to convey a precise narrative in the service of creation and the message to be shared.
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The use of dance is intended to be total, honoring the virtuosity of the artist and movement by giving it meaning, a mission, an essentiality. The bodies then carry a message, a clear intention, adding to the beauty of their gestures a possibility for the audience to resonate with the artistic message.
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Maxime Jeannerat
choreographer
Born in 1995, Maxime Jeannerat is an artist from Neuchâtel who works as a dancer, performer, and choreographer within the Swiss cultural landscape.
His relationship with movement began in a sporting context. He participated in numerous national and international competitions as a high-level athlete, practicing acrobatic rock climbing between the ages of twelve and seventeen.
He then discovered dance through hip hop. Developing his relationship with freestyle and the social aspect of this culture, he regularly took part in battles. This rich style formed the basis of his approach to movement, which he still retains today.
He graduated from the prestigious SEAD – Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance and danced as a performer with companies such as Prototype Status – Jasmine Morand, Beaver Dam Company – Edouard Hue, and Panorama Theater – Ann Katrin Cooper.
Adamantia Paparyaki
choreographic collaborator
Adamantia Papakyriaki was born in Athens in 1997. She began her artistic training at the professional school Of Athens Rallou Manou, before continuing her studies in Austria, at the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance - SEAD.
In August 2023, she joins the dance company of the Konzern und Theater St. Gallen as a performer.
In July 2022, she created a solo for Maxime Jeannerat, Reflecting Oneself Through Space, presented at the Lust Am Risiko festival in Salzburg, sealing the beginning of their artistic collaboration.
She is involved in every artistic process and creation of the company.