Program Dance in the city
12.07 | 19:30 & 20:30 & 21:30
Kalamata Main Square
YOANN BOURGEOIS ART COMPANY
APPROACH 17. OPENING The unreachable suspension point
Relying on the “Opening” movement of Philip Glass’ Glassworks, Approach 17. Opening proposes a simplified take on existential trajectories, alternating between elevations and descents, with a staircase leading nowhere. Temporal chronology is thwarted with plays on the theme of reversibility.
Atop an invisible partition, one character manages to elude the void, playing with the lawsof gravity and weightlessness in order to reach a state of freedom, situated between balance and imbalance.
This visual poem centers on a moving, vertiginous procession towards the point of suspension — that precise, short-lived moment, when a body has progressed to its highest possible point and the inevitable fall has yet to commence.
With the support of the French Institute of Greece – Service of cooperation and cul
Admission to all Kalamata Main Square performances and side events is free for all.
- Conception, direction, set design: Yoann Bourgeois
- Performance: Lucas Struna
- Technical manager: Eric Prin
- Music: “Opening” by Philip Glass
- Production: Yoann Bourgeois Art Company
- The Yoann Bourgeois Art Company is financed by the Drac Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes / Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication de l’Isère, Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, and supported by the Institut Français for international tours.
- Their performance in Kalamata is taking place with the support of the French Institute of Greece – Service of cooperation and cultural action of the French Embassy in Greece.
YOANN BOURGEOIS
The artist Yoann Bourgeois constantly strives to break down the boundaries between distinct artistic approaches.
His singular method is embodied in physical passageways that highlight one-of-a-kind phenomena, pushing him to conceive of an extraordinary variety of spaces and infinite variations of movement. His universe of work is the product of a lifelong, permanent creative process that he sums up as “The unreachable suspension point”.
After having performed with a host of renowned choreographers, Bourgeois created his own company in 2010. From 2016 to 2022, he served as Director of CCN (Centre Chorégraphique National de Grenoble), becoming the first circus artist named to lead one of France’s 19 CNNs (Centres chorégraphiques nationaux).
Dedicated to art that is radically multidisciplinary, physical and innovative, Bourgeois oversees performances, collaborations and workshops in all parts of the world. His works rely on site-specific creations that build upon the energy and specific particularities of the surrounding environment.