Production for young audience for 3 dancers against a setting of mirrors
Rather than playing on the representation of monsters the way we imagine them (scary, strangely shaped…), I preferred the notion of imaginary friends. Invisible creatures so present in the childhood for being a guide, a scape-goat, a confidant and finally a helper for growing and learning.
This type of character was already present within the "BaZooKian" world under the form of “Egyptian mummy”. This was therefore the character which was used again but with the addition of hands on the head and the body, this being inspired from the imaginative friend I had as a child.
The contribution of sounds by Etienne Cuppens who inserted the dialogue in the movie “The Thing from an Other World” also gives an off-beat style to the production and a funnier aspect, more linked to the science fiction style. These sounds also open up a new thought: the creatures we are may be considered as monsters but we also may be seen as explorers looking for monsters.
Sarah Crépin
Conception La BaZooKa (Etienne Cuppens et Sarah Crépin)
Choreography Sarah Crépin
Dancers Sarah Crépin, Piet Defrancq, Claire Laureau
Costumes Marion Egner et Marie-Madeleine Gallard
Lights design Christophe Olivier & Benjamin Lebrun
Music Steve Reich
Sound design Etienne Cuppens
Set construction Vincent Le Bodo
Production La BaZooKa
Coproduction Le Rive Gauche, Scène conventionnée pour la danse de Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray
Suuports ODIA Normandie, ONDA, Arcadi, OARA, Réseau en scène Languedoc-Roussillon, Centre Chorégraphique National du Havre Haute-Normandie
Duration 30 min
Previous dates
SAINT-ETIENNE DU ROUVRAY (76) - October 13 - 17, 2008 | Le Rive-Gauche
CANTELEU (76) - December, 4 & 5, 2008 | ECFM
BLANQUEFORT (33) - June, 11 - 14, 2009 | Festival L'Echapée Belle
PONT-AUDEMER (27) - November 30, 2009 | L’Eclat
SAINT-VALERY-EN CAUX (76) - December, 8 - 10, 2009 | Le Rayon Vert
ELANCOURT (78) - December, 15 - 18, 2009 | Le Prisme
PETIT-QUEVILLY (76) - 4 au 8 janv. 2010 | La Foudre
VIRE (14) - 12 au 15 janv. 2010
ROUBAIX (59) - February, 3 & 4, 2010 | Le Gymnase - Festival "Danse à Lille"
TORCY (77) - February, 13, 2010 | La Ferme du Buisson - Festival Arcadi "Hors saison"
EVREUX (27) - March, 5 - 10, 2010 | SN Evreux-Louviers - La Madeleine/ Le Moulin
LE HAVRE (76) - March, 15 - 20, 2010 | Saison Côté Mômes - CCN du Havre
DECINES (69) - March, 25 & 26, 2010 | Le Toboggan
GRENOBLE (38) - March, 28 - 30, 2010 | Espace 600
DUBLIN - May, 13 - 15, 2010 | The Ark
ORLEANS (45) - October, 6 - 9, 2010 | Théâtre d'Orléans
PETIT-COURONNE (76) - October, 12 - 14, 2010 | Le Sillon
VANVES (92) - January, 9 - 11, 2011 | Salle Panopée - Théâtre de Vanves
POITIERS (86) - January, 23 - 27, 2011 | Centre de Beaulieu - Pdgd
MONTARGIS (45) - January, 30 - February 2, 2011 | Le Hangar
CARQUEFOU (44) - February, 4 & 5 févr. 2011 | Théâtre de la Fleuriaye
DIJON (21) - February, 21 - 23 févr. 2011 | Festival ABC " A Pas contés"
MARLY-LA-VILLE (95) - March, 29 - April 1, 2011 | Salle Lucien Jean
MAUBEUGE (59) - April, 12 & 13, 2011 | Le Manège, Scène Nationale
SAINT-BRIEUC (22) - January, 4 - 6, 2012 | La Passerelle, Scène Nationale
CLERMONT-FERRAND (63) - January, 26 & 27, 2012 | Cour des trois coquins
GONFREVILLE-L'ORCHER (76) - February, 9 - 12, 2012 | Espace Culturel de la Pointe de Caux
EU (76) - February, 22 & 23, 2012 | Théâtre d'Eu
DUSSELDORF (DE) - October, 21 & 23, 2012 | Tanzhaus- NRW- Düsseldorf
LE CREUSOT (71) - November, 28 - 30, 2012 | L'Arc - Scène nationale du Creusot