miramar

In the beginning, there could be the sea. Or rather, those who look at it.

From a possible shoreline, strangers stand, their faces distractedly stretched towards the horizon. Their thoughts – which have become bodies – are turned towards an elusive off-field, if not by the interlacing movements that make it up. But how do you make the invisible visible, how do you dance it? Here, light, sound and the dancers (1+10) are in equal dialogue. Their trajectories, interruptions and gestures form three autonomous choreographies, three scores that constantly populate and reconfigure the space. The mobility of the lighting and the variations in the sound strata are matched by several bodily states: projection, availability, expectation. In other words, an address, a capacity to welcome where desire is woven, but also flashes of light, moments of suspension. Bodies fall, rise or remain on the ground; others move away, come closer and walk together. From the solo to the group, or from the individual to the community, it is the gaps and differences that form the link to the common. A memory, a film image, visual music, a perspective in motion.

Credits
Choreography, set design, costumes: Christian Rizzo
Performance: Youness Aboulakoul, Nefeli Asteriou, Lauren Bolze, Lee Davern, Fanny Didelot, Nathan Freyermuth, Pep Garrigues, Harris Gkekas, Raoul Riva, Vania Vaneau, Anna Vanneau
Lighting design: Caty Olive
Sound design: Gerome Nox
Artistic assistant: Sophie Laly
Costume design: Angèle Micaux
Engineering, robotics, motorization and machinery construction: Thierry Kaltenrieder (technique lumière SARL)
Scenic design: Thierry Cabrera
Technical management : Bruno Capodagli
Production management-diffusion: Anne Fontanesi
Administration de production-diffusion : Anne Bautz

Production
Producer : ICI – center chorégraphique national Montpellier – Occitanie / Direction Christian Rizzo
Coproduction : Bonlieu Scène nationale Annecy, Opéra de Lille, CENTQUATRE-PARIS, La Place de la Danse – CDCN Toulouse/Occitanie, Théâtre de Nîmes, Teatro Municipal do Porto / Festival DDD – Dias da Dança (Portugal), Le Parvis, scène nationale Tarbes Pyrénées / GIE FONDOC, Charleroi danse center chorégraphique Wallonie Bruxelles, Le Bateau Feu Scène Nationale Dunkerque
In residence at : Bonlieu Scène nationale Annecy
Acknowledgements : Ménagerie de Verre – Paris
With the support of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels.