Press

Choreographic tragedy or the worrying strangeness of the ordinary Press plays with the image of the modern man in its huge triviality and at the same time in its mysterious complexity. The body of this (...)

Press

Choreographic tragedy or the worrying strangeness of the ordinary

Press plays with the image of the modern man in its huge triviality and at the same time in its mysterious complexity. The body of this individual-product, this troubling dandy, is transformed by the standardised succession of his own automatisms, but also by the cogwheels of his narrow vital space. Maybe by consent, he finds himself captive in a near to empty room. The mechanical changes of this physical and mental environment act upon his body, forcing him to perpetually adapt his position and his movement. He is then taken into an absurd and anguishing dead-end…

 Produced by the compagnie dernière minute, the London Gate Theatre
 Coproduced by Rencontres chorégraphiques internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis, Théâtre Garonne - Toulouse with the support of DRAC Midi-Pyrénées, City of Toulouse, Région Midi-Pyrénées, Conseil général of the Haute-Garonne & of Culturesfrance / City of Toulouse convention

Conception, scenography, choreography & performance
Pierre Rigal

Constructor, lighting design, machinery
Frédéric Stoll

Original live music
Nihil Bordures

Assistant to the choreographer
Mélanie Chartreux

Production manager
Sophie Schneider

Created on the 15th February 2008 at the London Gate Theatre

279
performances
since 15 february 2008 in 17 countries.

 

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