Anitya l’impermanence
Faced with the impermanence of all things – Anitya in Sanskrit – we must not give in to despair, quite the contrary. For Inbal Ben Haim, all destruction carries with it the promise of reconstruction. The circus artist brings this idea to life in this show through the combination of circus and visual arts. It all begins with the contemplation of an immense sculpture composed of a multitude of intertwined threads. The artist moves slowly through it. She holds out strings to the audience and invites them to pull. Suddenly, the structure disappears. What to do in the face of this void? Inbal Ben Haim then invites the audience to come together to reinvent this magical space in a different way.
Distribution
Author, performer, and set designer Inbal Ben Haim
Playwright Samuel Vittoz
Stage manager Théo Vacheron
Sound design Nova Materia
Light design Louise Rustan
Choreography consultant Kitt Johnson
Assistants Hristina Sormaz, Isaure Jacques
Acknowledgements
EXECUTIVE PRODUCTION : LES SUBS, Lyon
With the support of the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès
COPRODUCTIONS: SUBS, circusnext (with support from the Fondation de France), Le Théâtre de Rungis, UTOPISTES – international circus arts centre, Le Théâtre d’Arles, Le Plongeoir – Cité du Cirque, national circus centre for Le Mans / Sarthe Pays de la Loire, Théâtre de Nîmes national theatre for art and creation & contemporary dance, La Plateforme 2 Pôles Cirque in Normandy | La Brèche in Cherbourg – Théâtre d’Elbeuf, ARCHAOS national circus centre in Marseille
WITH SUPPORT FROM DGCA – national creative grant for circus arts, DRAC Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, ARTCENA – writing for the circus, CIRQ’AURA network
Biography
Specialising in vertical rope, Inbal Ben Haim weaves a unique relationship between body and material in the constant search for poetry. Her works are situated at the crossroads of circus and visual arts, between the intimate and the spectacular, the here and the elsewhere.