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L’ombre (The Shadow)

Venice Immersive
Director:
Blanca Li, Edith Canat De Chizy
Production:
Film Addict - Compagnie Blanca Li (Étienne Li), France Television (Jeanne Marchalot), Flash Forward Enterntainment (Patrick Mao Huang), Ircam Centre Pompidou (Frank Madlener)
Running Time:
60’
Language:
no dialogue
Country:
France, Taipei
Main Cast:
Dancers: Martina Consoli, Melissa Cosseta, Emma Guillet, Julien Marie-Anne, Coralie Murgia, Gaël Rougegrez, Juliette Taillieu, Amaury Gravel, Julien Gabier, Maena Becsangele Percussionists: Florent Jodelet, Arthur Bechet
Editor:
Hugo Kostic, Ioan Parfenie
Music:
Edith Canat de Chizy
Sound:
Victor Bigand, Matéo Fayet, Serge Lemouton, Tao Gutierrez
Inspired from:The Shadow by Hans Christian Andersen
Art direction:Vincent Chazal
Lead developers:Owen Duffourg, Clement Barbisan
Developer:Damien Marillet
Lead designers:Noelie Delesse, Arthur Uzan
Designers:Laurent Mercier, Lucie Ellison, Loic Mathieu, Ignacio Kaliman, Pascal Laajili, Charles Carcopino
Artists:Hadrien Kobylarz, Johann Le Pouder, Nathan Delage, Arnaud Jézéquel, Elio Toutain, Jeremy Perez Pompon, Gnoumagbée Camara
Technical team:Nicolas Huertas Ballester, Antoine Pintout, Glyslein Lefever, Rafael Linares Torres, Anne Poirier-Busson, Louis Demeilliez, Stefan McKenzie, David Dubost, Corentin Thomasset, Boris Pijetlovic, Simon Frezel, Sylvain Decay, Sylvain Jouanne, Ghjulia Giusti & Ferdinand Martin, Julien Patron, Lola Kil and Hugo Sineau, Anne Ferignac, Camille Denisty, Heloise Boursier, Claudio Cavallari, Jean-Baptiste Carcopino, Sophie Ndiaye, Gabrielle Migraine, Quentin Chevrier

Synopsis

In Andersen’s tale The Shadow, a scientist brings his shadow to life. It becomes autonomous and manages to pass itself off as a human being in society. The shadow overtakes its master, returns to try to enslave him, and ultimately kills him when the latter tries to resist.
The evident resonance with our contemporary world and its innovations — both troubling and fascinating — led choreographer Blanca Li to imagine this hybrid creation. Confronted by the dancers of the Compagnie Blanca Li and a percussionist, the audience is immersed in a fantastical universe that blurs perceptions, notions of good and evil and identity.

main creator's statement

L’Ombre is an ambitious immersive dance, music and mixed reality show for up to 200 spectators equipped with VR headsets. It blends live performance by six dancers and a percussionist with virtual universes and characters. Immersive sound, using the technologies of IRCAM, allows the electronic recorded music and live percussion to contribute to the audience’s experience.

Production/Distribution

PRODUCTION 1:
Film Addict - Compagnie Blanca Li - Etienne Li
128, Rue La Boetie
75008 Paris, France
Tel: +33 0680141432
E-mail: e.li@blancali.com
Web: https://www.blancali.com
Social Media: @blancali - Instagram, @BlancaLiOfficial - Facebook,
https://www.linkedin.com/in/etienne-li-0182043/ - LinkedIn

PRODUCTION 2:
France Television - Jeanne Marchalot
7, Esplanade Henri de France
75015 Paris, France
Tel: +33 06 83 47 49 15
E-mail: jeanne.marchalot@francetv.fr
Web: https://www.france.tv/
Social Media: @francetelevisions - Instagram, @francetele – Facebook,
https://www.linkedin.com/company/france-televisions/ - LinkedIn

PRODUCTION 3:
Flash Forward Enterntainment - Patrick Mao Huang
7F, No. 358, Zhonghe Road, Zhonghe District
235605 New Taipei City
Tel: +886 2-29262839
E-mail: info@ffe.com.tw
Web: https://ffemovie.wixsite.com/ffelineup/about
Social Media: @ffe.tw - Facebook, @flash_forward_entertainment – Instagram

PRODUCTION 4:
Ircam Centre Pompidou - Frank Madlener
Place Igor Stravinsky
75004 Paris, France
Tel: +33 01 44 78 48 43 / +33 0680141432
E-mail: frank.madlener@ircam.fr
Web: https://www.ircam.fr
Social Media: @iIRCAM - Facebook, @ircam_paris - Instagram,
https://www.linkedin.com/company/ircam/ - LinkedIn

WORLD SALES:
Film Addict - Compagnie Blanca Li - Etienne Li
128, Rue La Boetie
75008 Paris, France
Tel: +33 0680141432
E-mail: e.li@blancali.com
Web: https://www.blancali.com
Social Media: @blancali - Instagram, @BlancaLiOfficial - Facebook,
https://www.linkedin.com/in/etienne-li-0182043/ - LinkedIn

PRESS OFFICE:
Sebastien D’Assigny
126, Rue du Docteur Bauer
93400 Saint-Ouen, France
Tel: +33 06 09 76 34 00


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