Since February 18, 2008
A man confronts the shrinking of his world — somewhere between theatre, dance, and magic; between laughter and thrills.
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…
Pierre Rigal
Frédéric Stoll
Nihil Bordures
Mélanie Chartreux
Sophie Schneider
compagnie dernière minute and the Gate theatre London
Rencontres chorégraphiques internationales of 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
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