Who are we, trapped in a bird's body without the possibility of flight?
Choreographer Yvann Alexandre imagines a remote Lac des "signes" ("Signs" Lake), an enclosed expanse in which a desire for liberation emerges. In a chiaroscuro atmosphere, populated by sounds that evoke the vitality of an unruly Amazonian forest, the bodies allow themselves to be swept through by states of flow. Carried away by a whirlwind of ambiguities, each of the performers defends the vision of a work that only blossoms between combat and resilience. It's the desire for skin that prevails, that pierces and stuns, like a crossbow bolt leaving us with the echo of our inner Lake of Flesh.
credits
Design and choreography Yvann Alexandre Dancers Lucile Cartreau, Alexis Hedouin, Louis Nam Le Van Ho, Théo Marion-Wuillemin, Félix Maurin, Lucas Réal, Denis Terrasse and Marie Viennot Lighting design Olivier Blouin Music design Jérémie Morizeau Costume design Clémentine Monsaingeon Artistic assistant Claire Pidoux Additional scores Tchaikovsky Swan Lake – Pyotr Ilyich – USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Evgeny Svetlanov – 2000 Musical advisor and anthropological orientation Madeleine Leclair Sound collections courtesy of the Geneva Museum of Ethnography (MEG) Artistic advisor Philippe Verrièle Acknowledgments Guy Darmet Production Director Angélique Bougeard Assistant Production Director Andréa Gomez
Production association C.R.C. - compagnie yvann alexandre Coproductions Le Théâtre, scène nationale de Saint-Nazaire, micadanses, Centre Chorégraphique National de Nantes, Scènes de Pays, scène conventionnée d'intérêt national “ Art en territoire ”, ONYX scène conventionnée danse et arts du cirque de Saint-Herblain, THV Saint-Barthélemy-d'Anjou Partners Le Théâtre Centre National de la Marionnette de Laval, La Soufflerie, scène conventionnée de Rezé, padLOBA à Angers, Musée d'Ethnographie de Genève Support Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, DRAC des Pays de la Loire, Conseil régional des Pays de la Loire, Département Maine-et-Loire, Ville de Nantes, Ville d'Angers
