Amor
Michèle Anne De Mey & Jaco Van Dormael / Astragales asbl
After suffering thermal shock from temperatures of minus 30 degrees during a winter tour of Canada, the dancer and choreographer Michèle Anne De Mey suddenly fell into a coma, in Toronto airport, from which she did not immediately recover.
This “near-death experience”, as it is scientifically named, gave rise to a potent vision of light and warmth in her subconscious, producing an overwhelming feeling of love for her nearest and dearest. On the other side of the mirror—of life, of death?—Lewis Carroll is not that far away, nor are the existential and metaphysical questions asked by Alice in a land full of surprise and wonder. A mirror without silvering the same size as the set, possibly a veranda, forms the screen
which spawns dreamlike, fanciful scenes, via images of landscapes or the elements filmed by Julien Lambert and Giacinto Caponio, enhanced by music which conjures up the shores of darkness, in the same way as the queen’s “Lament” in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas .
It also suggests the insubstantial boundary that exists between the agony of dying and death itself, in a no-man’s-land chaotically inhabited by absurd and meaningless elements.
After the collaborative, hugely successful invention of a digital “nano-dance” with Kiss and Cry and Cold Blood , Jaco Van Dormael and Michèle Anne De Mey are defending their reputation with this experimental new style of writing for the stage.
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Information
Language
FR
Venue
Grande Salle
Duration
75'
Introduction 10.10.2017 - 19:45 - Foyers
Discussie after the show - 11.10.2017 - 30'
Cast
A show of
Michèle Anne De Mey & Jaco Van Dormael
Performance, solo
Michèle Anne De Mey
Jaco Van Dormael
ChoreographyMichèle Anne De Mey
Assistant, dance rehearsal, levitationFatou Traoré
Scenography
Sylvie Olivé
Aurélie Borremans
Stage Design Intern
Kenia Raphaël
Nicolas Olivier
Video design
Giacinto Caponio
Sound design
Boris Cekevda
Costume Design
Nicole Moris
Technical Director, levitation partner & conception of objects in motion
Ralf Nonn
Light operator
Aurore Leduc
Video operator
Gwenael Laroche
Sound operator
Benjamin Dandoy
Stage Hand
Isabel Scheck
Video footage
Julien Lambert
Camera assistant
Adrien Legrand & Juliette Van Dormael
Appearing on stage
Luc De Mey & Jacqui Beckford
Technical Direction Astragales
Thomas Dobruszkès
Costume Design
Nicole Moris, Nathalie Willems et Pauline Aschoff (stagiaire)
Set design
Ateliers du Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles
Réalisation patines
Valérie Perin
Conception of « new magic » levitation
Cie 14:20
With the participation of
Bernard Painchault, Marco Bataille-Testu et Robin Milly
Production manager
Astragales asbl / Hélène Dubois
Production assistant
Manon Faure
Public Relation Assistant
Caroline Dujardin
Production
Astragales asbl / création Studio Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles
In coproduction with
Le Théâtre de Namur, Mars Mons arts de la scène, Canadian Stage (Toronto), La Coop asbl
La Coop asbl & Shelter Prod, with the support of taxshelter.be & ING & tax shelter du gouvernement fédéral de Belgique.
In partnership with
Charleroi Danses Centre chorégraphique de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, le KVS
With the support of
Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles and tax-shelter du gouvernement fédéral belge
Photo ©Hubert Amiel
