A new form of theatre exuberates itself in the energy of a primordial Element
INTRODUCTION water as a theater
A NEW THEATER “EXHUBERING” ITSELF IN THE ENERGY OF A PRIMORDIAL ELEMENT
Rivers, lakes, seas and ports are, with forests, our reservoirs of imagination.
Virgin scenes, water surfaces remain unbuilt breaths of the urban, fragments of horizons which carry the contemporary city dweller as to the edge of the urban jungle.
The mythologies born from this element, from surfing to engulfment, also construct our future, between ideals of gliding, fears of shortages and searches for water beyond.
It’s on this strong water and for many spectators that THE EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY proposes to transpose an immanent world into political poetry, in a water theatre the size of a football stadium.
SCENARIO the epic of a world
ACTE I Cosmogony A new world develops, implemented by mythological figures symbolizing the 4 elements.
ACTE II Ecce Homo The planet is populated with contemporary figures going about their business.
ACTE III Transmutation The world is shaking.
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Preceded by their scouts, two emissaries riding strange mounts, explore the surface of water in search of a new world.
Floating in the center of the stage, a planet then comes to life under Gaya’s muffled footsteps.
As a dramatic scenographical heart, the planet shines on the life that develops on either side of its orbit : with masterful touches of light, color and explosions, chimera actors, fire joust, musical flights and incandescent mechanics forge the contours of this new world, soon inhabited by a contemporary population.
From dawn to dusk, brilliant, smoking, the planet continues its rotation, wearing out and consuming itself, perhaps revived in the end by life resuming its rights.
CAST a team of navig-actors
Authors : Dominique Noël & Bruno Schnebelin
Mise en scène : Dominique Noël
Musical compositions : Phil Spectrum & Sam de Agostini
Actors, dancers : Fanny Baxter – Ghislain Bertand – Lucile Boissonnet – Valérie Cartier – Leslie Cottet – Sébastien Coulomb – Fanny Decoust – Nathan Escudero – Emmanuel Fleury – Andràs Hadju – Anna Idatte – Daniela Luna – William Nefussi – Fabienne Passabet – Vincent Saint-Loubert Bié – Bruno Schnebelin – Boris Wenger
Lighting designer : Guillaume Sarrouy
General & stage managers : Julien Bonelli & Pascal Wyrobnik
Pyrotechnician : Julien Lemonnier ou Jean-Michel Marcheix
Costumes & props : Lucile Boissonnet & Ann Williams
Production & administration : Sandrine Brunet
TOURS
- MONTERREY Mexique – Festival International Santa Lucia
- PARIS France – Ville de Paris – Festival Canal en Scène
- BUCAREST Roumanie – B-Fit in the Street international Festival
- RIGA Lettonie – Event – Sweden Bank
- FOS SUR MER France – Summer Festival
