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La Volte Cirque
Perch, floor acrobatics, aerial lifts
Thu. 6 to Sat. 8 Feb.
1h10
Ages 8 and up
On a circular stage, two acrobats happily philosophize about their relationship with risk. Both have been performing stunts since they were very young. But now that they’ve made a career out of it, they’re questioning their decisions.
It all starts when one climbs a pole balanced on the other’s shoulder. Where does this intense need to put themselves in danger come from? What transpires within them when they emerge triumphant? What more do they have to lose or gain?
The two artists juggle personal insights and daring acrobatics. Their leaps into the void scare and amaze the audience. And what they express is both funny and insightful while being, oddly enough, not that far removed from our everyday lives.
Distribution
Writing and visual play: Matthieu Gary and Sidney Pin Production: Elsa Lemoine – Avant Courrier Distribution: Clémence Mugard – Avant Courrier General management: Etienne Charles and Julien Lefeuvre Administration: Valeria Vukadin Outside perspective: Marc Vittecoq Set design and construction: Maxime Héraud et Etienne Charles Light design: Etienne Charles Costumes: Léa Gadbois Lamer Acknowledgements: Fragan Ghelker, Pauline Dau, Fanny Sintès, Myrto Andrianakou, Alexandre Guillot, Sarah Lys, the Pivoine association, Julien Auger, Oriane Piquot, Amandine Bouche, Vasil Tasevski.
Acknowledgements
Production: Compagnie la Volte-cirque, supported by Avant Courrier Coproduction: Carré Magique national circus center for Brittany in Lannion, Le Grand R national theater in Roche-sur-Yon, Onyx in Saint-Herblain, Cité du Cirque in Le Mans, Plateforme 2 Pôles Cirque Normandy / La Brèche in Cherbourg, the Cirque-Théâtre d’Elbeuf, Plus Petit Cirque du Monde in Bagneux
Grants and subsidies: DRAC Pays de la Loire, Région Pays de la Loire, Loire Atlantique General Council, City of Saint-Herblain, City of Nantes Support: Services Territoriaux Éducatifs et d’Insertion, Rezé, Maison de Quartier Madeleine Champs de Mars, Nantes, Quai des Chaps, Nantes, City of Indre, City of Couëron, Artémisia in La Gacilly, La Martofacture in Sixt-sur-Aff, MC2 national theater in Grenoble, Le Monfort Théâtre in Paris, L’Essieu du Batut in Murols, Espace Senghor in partnership with the Les Débroussailleuses festival & the Cirque du Docteur Paradi in May-sur-Èvre, Festival SITU in Veules-les-Roses, Cirque en Scène in Niort
Biography
After creating the show Chute! in 2016 with the Collectif Porte 27, Matthieu Gary and Sidney Pin founded the company La Volte in 2018. Based in Nantes, the duo establishes dialogues between art and education. To do this, they put together “lecture shows”, performances, and workshops based on themes specific to acrobatics (falling, risk, flight, balance, etc.). There aim is to facilitate and inspire philosophical, social, and poetic reflections.
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