English
FrançaisDuration and Public
1h10 approx, all audiences
Jauge
400 people approx.
Venues
Fix proposition for outdoor spaces
– adaptable for indoors
Diffusion
Day or Night
– up to 2 performances per day
Contact
Cécile Durot
Production and Tour
+33 (06) 83 85 21 89
bistaki.cecile@gmail.com
Note d’intention
The G. Bistaki’s strength lies in his ability to create fictions and fantastical worlds outside any rational space-time. With this new creation, he continues his investigation into the world of bodies, objects and representational spaces.
Here, the basis of the work is the white sheet. An object with multiple uses and qualities, it also has strong symbolic connotations: it is the fabric that shelters our dreams, our intimacy, protects neglected objects and sometimes our memory… The sheet, used in large numbers, is the fundamental discursive element of the show. The performance space is delineated under and around an oversized drying rack, which can be transformed on sight, allowing the scenography to evolve with the manipulations. The artists use the sheets as material to transform and divert, putting them at the service of funny, absurd, poetic writing that is surprisingly universal in what it reveals about our common rituals.
Here, the basis of the work is the white sheet. An object with multiple uses and qualities, it also has strong symbolic connotations: it is the fabric that shelters our dreams, our intimacy, protects neglected objects and sometimes our memory… The sheet, used in large numbers, is the fundamental discursive element of the show. The performance space is delineated under and around an oversized drying rack, which can be transformed on sight, allowing the scenography to evolve with the manipulations. The artists use the sheets as material to transform and divert, putting them at the service of funny, absurd, poetic writing that is surprisingly universal in what it reveals about our common rituals.
Using an object as commonplace as the white sheet, enveloping bodies and stage space in an interweaving of poetic and soberly ordinary scenes, Tancarville plays out a timeless fresco where the absurd leads to humor.
Alternately worn, beaten, washed, abandoned, stretched, folded, the sheet is transformed by manipulation into a carnal envelope, a costume, a headdress, an accessory, an opera set; it becomes rhythm, breath, a working or juggling instrument. A personal, yet universal object, the sheet here bears witness to our collective memory and intimate rituals, in a dreamlike journey through civilizations and time.
Casting
Collective creation from and with :
Florent Bergal, Sylvain Cousin, Jive Faury, François Juliot
Stage manager
Rémi Bernard
Light creation
Hugo Oudin
Artistic and human meetings
Joël Fesel, Arthur Kuggeleyn
Costume designer
Emmanuelle Grobet
Production and Tour
Cécile Durot
Administration
Marieke Lanoye
Production and partnerships
Production
Le G. Bistaki
Coproductions
Circuswerkplaats Dommelhof, Neerpelt – BE • Les Ateliers Frappaz, centre national des arts de la rue et de l’espace public, Villeurbanne • L’Usine, centre national des arts de la rue et de l’espace public, Toulouse métropole – Tournefeuille • La Verrerie, pôle national cirque Occitanie, Alès • La Maison des Jonglages, scène conventionnée jonglage(s), La Courneuve
Accueils et soutiens à la résidence
Ville de Detmold – DE • Ville de Bilbao – ES • Latitude 50, Marchin – BE • Konvent, Berga – ES • Le Rudeboy Crew, Mont Lozère et Goulet • Théâtre de La Commanderie – L’été de Vaour • Lîle, Vieillevigne
Supports
Ministère de la Culture – DRAC Occitanie • Conseil régional Occitanie • Conseil départemental de la Haute-Garonne • Fonds Transfabrik – fonds franco-allemand pour le spectacle vivant
Le G. Bistaki is supported by the city of Toulouse and the Ministry of Culture / DRAC Occitanie.
Photos : Le G. Bistaki sauf les “pelutes” : Marc Faes
