While the word “mirliton” can mean a small instrument you blow into, a doggerel verse, a little almond cake or a hat, here the duo are offering something that is more like a playground that sometimes turns into an arena. Together, they try their hand at working with odd rhythms, one produced by the percussion of feet on the floor, the other by lips vibrating against the microphone, at once connected to vibrations from the ground and others in the air. These two sound-making bodies share a ritual that gradually takes the form of an alliance or a confrontation. Rhythm is sovereign here, the mark of an immediate and direct power of expression taking place through breaths, mouths, heels and voices. We follow the undulations of this relationship that emerges with the shared tempi, the ancient support for which is provided by sound and dance.
Création 2023 / Conception et interprétation : François Chaignaud, Aymeric Hainaux / Collaboration artistique : Sarah Chaumette / Création costumes : Sari Brunel / Création lumières : Marinette Buchy / Régie générale : Marinette Buchy, Anthony Merlaud / Régie son : Jean Louis Waflart, Patrick Faubert / Production : Garance Roggero, Jeanne Lefèvre, Emma Forster | Mandorle productions / Diffusion à l’international : Line Rousseau, Marion Gauvent | APROPIC
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Production : Mandorle productions / Coproduction : Charleroi danse / MC93 – Maison de la Culture de Seine-Saint-Denis, Festival d’Automne à Paris, Maison de la danse, NEXT Festival, Dampfzentrale Bern, Theater Rotterdam, Triennale di Milano, KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen / Soutien : Ministère de la Culture – DRAC Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Bonlieu Scène nationale Annecy, Espace Pasolini/Laboratoire artistique Valenciennes, La Villette - Initiatives d’Artistes, Malraux – scène nationale Chambéry Savoie, Les Aires – Théâtre de Die et du Diois / Remerciements : Balakumar, Edouard Prabhu, Prune Becheau / François Chaignaud est artiste associé à Bonlieu Scène nationale Annecy ainsi qu’à Chaillot – Théâtre national de la Danse. © Thibault Manuel