Erection (or The standing man)

A man stretched out on the ground is going to tell the long story of his transition from a lying to a standing position. The man, a tightrope walker ? A lone man, lying down in the space of an electric green (...)

Erection (or The standing man)

A man stretched out on the ground is going to tell the long story of his transition from a lying to a standing position.

The man, a tightrope walker ?
A lone man, lying down in the space of an electric green rectangle. Undefined space and time. A growing heart, a body who searches. To lift the mechanics, to raise, move on sound bursts. By the head, the pelvis or the feet. Like a man suspended to the ground and who dreams of walking in the air. From deadlocks to resolutions, he tries, fails, falls, risks again, pushing ever further the species limits. Sometimes an inverted jelly fish with fragile tentacles, sometimes a crocodile, sliding silently, the strange creature erects itself on its new feet, as a wingless Icarus, a kind of cyborg discovering its twin…
Between odyssey, philosophical tale and science fiction, Erection follows the line of humain evolution. In a minimalist layout, accompanied by live sound and video effects, Pierre Rigal dances as animal-man, individual-man and social-man, three versions of the same attempt to erect. How do things stand for life, evolution ? So many questions agitate the adventure of this balancing creature which we call man, sad clown of all time. It’s that simple.

 Produced by the compagnie dernière minute, Théâtre national de Toulouse
 With the help of the CDC Toulouse / Midi-Pyrénées, the Conseil régional Midi-Pyrénées, the Conseil général de la Haute-Garonne, DRAC Midi-Pyrénées and City of Toulouse

Compagnie dernière minute is subsidised by the Ministry of Culture & Communication / Préfecture of Region Midi-Pyrénées, Region Midi-Pyrénées and City of Toulouse.

Pierre Rigal / Aurélien Bory

Conception, choreography, performance, video
Pierre Rigal

Conception, direction
Aurélien Bory

Sound, music
Sylvain Chauveau, Joan Cambon, ARCA

Length 45 minutes

Created on the 21st November 2003 at TNT - Théâtre National de Toulouse

203
performances
since 21 November 2003, in 22 countries.

 

Diary

2003

Toulouse  France

Théâtre national de Toulouse

11/21/03

Toulouse  France

Théâtre national de Toulouse

11/22/03

Toulouse  France

Théâtre National de Toulouse

11/27/03

Toulouse  France

Théâtre National de Toulouse

11/28/03

Toulouse  France

Théâtre national de Toulouse

11/29/03

Toulouse  France

Théâtre National de Toulouse

12/02/03

Toulouse  France

Théâtre National de Toulouse

12/03/03

Toulouse  France

Théâtre National de Toulouse

12/04/03

Toulouse  France

Théâtre National de Toulouse

12/05/03