Camille Boitel and Sève Bernard see their lives as a series of artistic accidents. In this untitled piece they offfer a surprising moment and make a vibrant declaration of love to the unpredictable. Composed of a series of catastrophes, levitations, and other balancing acts, this show radically breaks free from all the rules of performance. It opens with a grand finale, before oscillating between a slow pace and utter frenzy. What we see is fragile, constantly on the verge of disappearing. Each scene emerges unexpectedly. This fragmented creation takes on the aspect of a puzzle that the audience is invited to piece together. It is dizzying, like a vague memory of something about to happen.
Distribution
Camille BOITEL: writing, directing, acting, and puppetry
Sève BERNARD: writing, directing, acting, and puppetry
Étienne CHARLES: artistic perspective
Clémentine JOLIVET, alternating with Pascal LE CORRE: performances and manipulations
Étienne CHARLES, alternating with Michael BOUVIER: performance, lights, stagehand
Benoît KLEIBER: performance, lifts, and manipulations
Kenzo BERNARD: performance, stage management, and manipulations
Construction: Étienne CHARLES with help from Adrien MAHEUX and Michael BOUVIER
Additional construction: Paulo DUARTE
Costumes: Nathalie SAULNIER
Design and construction of hanging supports: Nathalie SAULNIER + Lara MANIPOUD, Clara STACCHETTI, Lucie MILVOY, Cécile QUILTU, Anaé BARTHELEMY
Sound consultant: Gaëtan PARSEIHIAN
Stage management: Stéphane GRAILLOT
Administration: Elsa LEMOINE
Production, distribution: Coralie GUIBERT
Production manager: Agathe FONTAINE
Thanks to: Elsa BLOSSIER, Julie RIGAULT, Marion FLORAS, Yann MARITAUD, Nicolas BERTEYAC, Pierrot USUREAU
Acknowledgements
Production: Compagnie L’Immédiat
Coproductions (in process) : Montpellier Danse, creative residency at Agora, international dance centre, with the support of the BNP Paribas Foundation / Bonlieu, national theatre in Annecy / Équinoxe – national theatre in Châteauroux / Le Théâtre, national theatre in Saint-Nazaire / Le Canal théâtre du Pays de Redon, nationally recognised theatre for art and creation / Théâtre Durance, national theatre in Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban / Archaos – national circus centre / Théâtre Garonne, European stage – Toulouse / Théâtre la Vignette, officially recognised theatre, Paul-Valéry University Montpellier / TRIO… S – EPCC – Hennebont – Inzinzac-Lochrist, regional venue for circus arts / Le PALC national circus centre in Châlons-en-Champagne – Grand Est / Le Manège, national theatre – Reims / Le Théâtre du Bois de l’Aune, Aix-en-Provence / Bain Public, Saint Nazaire / Malraux, national theatre Chambéry – Savoie / Théâtre de Grasse, nationally recognised theatre for art and creation / Carré Magique, National Circus Centre of Brittany, Lannion / L’Avant-Scène, Cognac / Le CENTQUATRE-PARIS / Théâtre Victor Hugo, performing arts theatre – Bagneux
Collective contribution: Les 3T – subsidised theatre in Châtellerault / Le Champ de Foire, Saint André de Cubzac / Odysca, Biscarrosse / Les 4A, Saint Jean d’Angély / CREAC la Cité Cirque, Bègles
Support (ongoing): La Martofacture, Sixt-sur-Aff / Company in residence and creation with the support of the Théâtre National de Nice – CDN Nice Côte d’Azur, La Brèche, national circus centre in Normandy – Cherbourg-en-Cotentin,
With the support of Adami
With creative assistance from DGCA – Ministry of Culture
The company L’Immédiat is accredited by the Ministry of Culture – DRAC Île-de-France and receives support from the Île-de-France Region in the form of ongoing art grants.
The L’Immédiat company receives support from the Fondation BNP Paribas for the development of its projects.
Biography
The circus artist Camille Boitel and the dancer and circus artist Sève Bernard humorously describe L’Immédiat as “a very young 20-year-old company specialising in complicating its definition.” Exploring multiple forms, this company creates works combining circus, dance, theatre and, more recently, cinema and installations. .
