Entre chiens et loups
Part of Les Élancées festival
Presented as an avant-première at the BIAC 2025, this poetic show is a quest for connections. Camille and Manolo are extraordinary artists. For 30 years, they have been developing an intimate relationship between humans and horses. For them, the centaur is a poetic creature, a lifestyle choice, and a utopia. Entre Chiens et Loups is a voyage into the heart of their creative process and is balanced at the intersection of the wild and the domestic. Immersed in Agathe Di Piro’s spellbinding music with occasional moments of singing, the two artists and four stallions leap alongside the grand piano. In a burst of energy or in a slow embrace, they perform beautiful figures composed of repetitive vaulting and loops. They present us with an organic dance written for six bodies. Until they become one.
Distribution
With (on stage)
Performers: Two Centaurs composed of four horses Sombre, Hélios, Indra, Sahadeva and two humans Camille and Manolo
Pianist: Agathe Di Piro
Creative team
Choreography: Camille and Manolo – Agathe Di Piro
Musical compositio Agathe Di Piro and Walead Ben Selim
Soundscape: Martin Dutasta
Light design: Bertrand Blayo
Costumes: Clarisse Guichard
Acknowledgements
Creation:
June 13 & 14 2025
At the Théâtre de la Mer, Sète
Programmed by the Théâtre Molière in Sète
Production
Théâtre du Centaure
Coproduction
Théâtre Molière in Sète
Le Théâtre, national theater in Saint-Nazaire, Archaos national circus center, Château Rouge nationally recognised theater in Annemasse, La Baie du Mont Saint-Michel agglomeration
With support through the 2024 circus arts creation program of the Ministry of Culture DGCA / Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
Creative partners
CENTQUATRE#104 Paris
The Bayssan theatre, Béziers
With support from the Fonds SACD Musique de Scène – La Copie Privée
Biography
In Greek mythology, a centaur is a half-human, half-horse creature. The Théâtre du Centaure draws on this legend in each of its productions. Founded in 1989 and based in Marseille, the company is run by Camille and Manolo, two utterly distinctive and totally complementary artists who are at once different and inseparable.
