| Year and length: | 2024, 60' (Italian premiere) |
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| Concept and artistic direction: | Yoann Bourgeois |
| Co-creation: | Yoann Bourgeois, Patrick Watson, Marie Bourgeois, Olivier Mathieu, Emilie Leriche, Fanny Sage, Jérémie Cusenier |
| Direction: | Yoann Bourgeois in collaboration with Patrick Watson and the performers |
| Performance: | Marie Bourgeois, Yoann Bourgeois, Emilie Leriche, Olivier Mathieu, Kiley Dolaway, Patrick Watson |
| Set design: | Yoann Bourgeois & Goury |
| Design and construction: | Johan Chabal (La Fabrique à projets) |
| Stage management: | Nicolas Anastassiou & Gwilherm Bevan |
| Musical direction: | Patrick Watson |
| Sound management: | Stéphane Lévêque |
| Lighting design and management: | Jérémie Cusenier |
| Technical management: | David Hanse & Eric Prin |
| Co-production: | Le Lieu Unique, La Blogothèque, Centre chorégraphique national de Grenoble, Philharmonie de Paris |
| With funding by: | Ministère de la Culture - Direction générale de la création artistique, Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Département de l’Isère |
| Heartfelt thanks to: | Brunello Cucinelli for styling the artists |
Dance
Yoann Bourgeois Art Company - Yoann Bourgeois & Patrick Watson
Description
“Patrick Watson and I began our discussions in the midst of the pandemic. Starting from that peculiar moment, we examined together our feelings about our damaged world, each of us sharing concerns about the unbearable situation. Our frank examinations of today’s ever-growing list of crises – ecological disruption, social exclusion, limitless exploitation of limited natural resources, widening inequalities and the relentless and dehumanising search for profit – is what formed the basis of our deliberations. We’ve assumed our responsibilities as artists. The demand for a better world is also played out symbolically, through the advent of new imaginations in the wars of our representations. He and I joined together due to our shared belief in the power of the most radical poetry, enchanting spells, in truly magical conjurations and in the wildest possible ideas”.