Robyn Orlin
In a world full of butterflies, it takes balls to be a caterpillar… some thoughts on falling…
n a world full of butterflies, it takes balls to be a caterpillar… some thoughts on falling…
Two propositions by Robyn Orlin
With Elisabeth Bakambamba Twanbe et Éric Languet
Coproduction City Theater & Dance Group ; TEAT Champ Fleuri | TEAT Plein Air ; Théâtres Départementaux de la Réunion ; Théâtre de la Bastille (Paris) ; Festival d’Automne à Paris // Coréalisation Théâtre de la Bastille (Paris) ; Festival d’Automne à Paris // Avec l’aide de l’Espace des Arts, scène nationale de Chalon-sur-Saône, de La Ferme du Buisson, scène nationale de Marne la Vallée, du Manège de Reims, scène nationale, de Danse en l’R, Le Hangar, Centre Chorégraphique Éric Languet, du Théâtre du Grand Marché, Centre dramatique de l’Océan Indien // Manifestation organisée dans le cadre des Saisons Afrique du Sud-France 2012 & 2013 www.france-southafrica.com
Partnership with France Culture
Robyn Orlin presents two radical solo pieces, performed by Elizabeth Bakambamba Twanbe and Éric Languet. Once faced with dancers’ refusal to perform in front of the image of the man falling off the twin towers on 9/11, she questions the emotional power of images and the limits of representation, and invokes the myth of Icarus. What better way than dance is there to speak of flight and downfall?
In the same place
Gurshad Shaheman, Dany Boudreault Sur tes traces
The piece takes us a road-trip in the form of a double portrait involving two destinies, namely those of Gurshad Shaheman born in Iran, and Dany Boudreault in Quebec. Authors, directors and performers, the two artists got to know each other in Europe. Here, each of them sets off in search of their respective pasts.
Marion Duval Cécile
Certain encounters are life-changing. This piece is about Marion Duval's encounter with Cécile Laporte, an activist and author to whom she has decided to dedicate a show. The resulting 'truth-performance' is an inspiring one and enables us to embrace the unbearable complexity of the world in a light-hearted way.
Jaha Koo Haribo Kimchi
Haribo Kimchi, a hybrid performance combining text, music, video and robotics, embraces South Korean cuisine as part of an investigation into cultural assimilation, together with its conflicts and paradoxes. It enables Jaha Koo to ask questions first raised in his Hamartia trilogy.