In this creation, Christian and François Ben Aïm focus on this boundless energy, this driving force that is desire.
In what states does this permanent aspiration plunge us? How does desire interfere in our slightest gestures and movements? What relationships does it invite us to have with others? What unconscious or invisible world are we the thinking puppets of?
Three cellists and a singer accompany four dancers on stage to deliver with greed the sensations and contrasts that this vital breath arouses. In an organic and embodied dance, tension and relaxation, fall and imbalance, softness and violence collide.
La légèreté des tempêtes (The lightness of storms) is the calm in the tornado, the agitation hidden behind the peaceful appearance of our daily lives, the revealed expression of our inner vibration.
All audiences
8 performers
Running time: 1h10
Choreography Christian and François Ben Aïm
Interpretation Dancers Florence Casanave, Léonor Clary, Mélodie Gonzalès, Christian Ben Aïm, Cellists Mathilde Sternat, Lili Gautier, Barbara Le Liepvre alternating with Lydia Shelley, Singer-Percussionist Bruno Ferrier
Musical composition Jean-Baptiste Sabiani
Assistant director and choreographer Jessica Fouché
Lighting design Laurent Patissier
Costume design Dulcie Best
General and stage management Luc Béril
Sound engineer Hervé Le Dorlot
Set construction Olivier Crochet, Timothy Larcher
Iconographic research Clémence Beauxis
Artistic dossier on request: tournees@cfbenaim.com
Production CFB 451
Coproductions Le Théâtre, Scène nationale de Mâcon Val de Saône / Théâtre de Rungis / Théâtre des Bergeries – Noisy -le-Sec / Chorège, Relais Culturel Régional du Pays de Falaise / Accueil studio CCN de La Rochelle – Kader Attou / La Cargo, Segré
Creative residencies La Briqueterie – CDC du Val de Marne – Vitry-sur-Seine / Les Brigittines, Centre d’Art contemporain du Mouvement de la ville de Bruxelles / Théâtre de Châtillon
Support Conseil Général du Val-de-Marne / Fonds SACD Musiques de scène / ADAMI / SPEDIDAM
Acknowledgements CCN de Créteil et du Val-de-Marne – Compagnie Käfig and the Atelier de Paris Carolyn Carlson / CDC
Some venues Center des Bords de Marne, le Perreux sur Marne (94) Théâtre de la ville d’Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg Moulin du Roc – Scène nationale de Niort (79) Espace Sarah Bernhardt, Goussainville (95) Chorège, Relais Culturel du Pays de Falaise (14) L’Orange Bleue, Espace culturel d’Eaubonne (95) Théâtre Georges Simenon, Rosny-sous-Bois (93) Théâtre d’Angoulême (16) Scène nationale de mâcon (71) Scène nationale de Cavaillon (84) Espace 1789, Saint-Ouen (93) Carré Sévigné, Cesson Sévigné (35) Théâtre des Bergeries, Noisy-le-Sec (93) Théâtre de Châtillon (92) Théâtre de Rungis (94) Théâtre de Châteauroux, Scène nationale (36) Théâtre Jean Lurçat, Scène nationale d’Aubusson (46) Espace Jean Gagnant, Limoges (87) THV, Saint Barthélémy d’Anjou (49) Le Cargo, Segré (49)