10-20 Mar 2020
- Dance
Compagnie AΦE / Esteban Fourmi et Aoi Nakamura / SHOW POSTPONED
WHIST
PREMIERE IN FRANCE
Welcome to the dance-theatre imagined by Esteban Fourmi and Aoi Nakamura. With WHIST, virtual reality increases movement. Each spectator follows in the footsteps of a family and becomes a privileged witness. Troubling.
Esteban Fourmi trained at the Conservatoire régional of Angers then joined the Jasmin Vardimon Company in London. Aoi Nakamura danced a lot in Germany and in the United Kingdom before crossing paths with Esteban with whom she founded AO| E in 2013. The tandem looks to rethink the representation format by allowing the virtual to enter in creation, and WHIST is a formidable calling card. Using the life of a fictional family, taking inspiration from Sigmund Freud’s work, AO| E enables the spectator to enter in an augmented reality. Three characters and 76 different perspectives are put on offer. With a virtual reality helmet and headphones, the “visitor” seems to live in a waking dream, as close as possible to the qualms and bodily states of WHIST’s characters. “The spectator becomes his/her own choreographer and stage director. His/her decisions influence the course of the performance”, resume the creators. A delve into the meanders of our consciousness with a dialogue between technology and art. Philippe Noisette
ARTISTIC DIRECTORS Esteban Fourmi, Aoi Nakamura (AΦE)
TECHNOLOGICAL PATRON Happy Finish
MUSIC Scott Gibbons, Jozef Van Wissem
STAGE DESIGN James Shaw
3D SOUND ENGINEER Oliver Kadel (1.618 Digital)
DRAMATURGY Amanda Fromell
PSYCHOANALYST Emilia Raczkowska
WITH Nina Brown, Tomislav English, Robert Hayden, Yen-Ching Lin, Steve Rimmer
PRODUCTION COMPAGNIE AΦE
COPRODUCTION GULBENKIAN CANTERBURY / TANZHAUS NRW DÜSSELDORF
AVEC LE SOUTIEN DE ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND / SOUTH EAST DANCE
