17.07 | 21:30 & 18.07 | 22:00 [65’]
KALAMATA DANCE MEGARON – MAIN STAGE
A small group of human beings has gathered on a floor. The platform on which they stand is not fixed. It shakes, loses its horizontality and begins to spin, faster and faster. It takes on the appearance of a raft on which shipwrecked men and women are struggling. Men and women will have to adapt to the changes affecting their bodies and movements.
He Who Falls emerges from the interplay of different forces. The set designed for this work is a simple floor that responds to a plethora of different mechanisms that play with a host of forces — balance, centrifugal force, sway, etc.The six individuals represent a sort of reduced humanity, attempting to maintain balance atop an unstable ground. They are forced to be reactive to physical forces and can never initiate their own movement. As they push back in response, the multiple physical principles will lead to a wide variety of situations.
Yoann Bourgeois’ goal is to situate the drama atop this sharp crest. He aims to radically refine movement by emphasising the intensity of a truth from the circus world: the performer is the vector of the forces that pass through him. He acts upon and translates the movements as they traverse him.Atop an ideal circus stage—whether that particular circus exists or not—man is set on the same level as the animals and machines that are alongside him. He is not dominating them. By repositioning things in this manner, humanity clearly appears to be more tormented.
Recommended Age: 8+
Conception, Set Design and Artistic Direction: Yoann Bourgeois
Artistic Assistant during Creation: Marie Fonte
Lighting Design: Adèle Grépinet
Sound Design: Antoine Garry
Vocal Work: Caroline Blanpied, Jean-Baptiste Veyret-Logerias, Natalie Pérez
Costume Design: Ginette / Sigolène Petey
Performance: Marie Bourgeois, Agnès Canova, Julien Cramillet, Kerem Gelebek,Jean-Yves Phuong, Sarah Silverblatt-Buser
Technical Manager: Julien Soulatre
Lighting Manager: Julien Louisgrand
Sound Manager: Tania Volke
Stage Manager: Alexis Rostain
Stage Design and Construction: Ateliers de la Maison de la Culture de Bourges,Pierre Robelin, Cénic Constructions, Nicolas Picot (C3 Sud Est)
Production: Yoann Bourgeois Art Company
Co-productions: MC2: Grenoble – Biennale de la Danse de Lyon – Théâtre de la Ville, Paris – Maison de la Culture de Bourges – L’Hippodrome, Scène Nationale de Douai- Le Manège de Reims, Scène Nationale – Le Parvis, Scène Nationale de Tarbes Pyrénées – Théâtre du Vellein – La Brèche, Pôle National des Αrts du Cirque de Basse-Normandie / Cherbourg-Octeville – Théâtre National de Bretagne-Rennes
Creative residencies: MC2: Grenoble – La brèche, Pôle Νational des Arts du Cirque de Basse-Normandie / Cherbourg-OctevilleWith the support of ADAMI, SPEDIDAM and of Petzl.
With the creative support of the DGCA.
The Yoann Bourgeois Art Company is supported by the Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, the Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, and the Département de l’Isère.
With the support of the French Institute of Greece – Service of cooperation and cultural action of the French Embassy in Greece.
