2014

DANCE


GRAVITATIONAL WAVES / ONDES GRAVITIONNELLES


Compagnie Retouramont

France / Creation 2012




Trio - Gravitational, visual, choreographic and sound work in an outdoor space.



Tuesday 3 June 2014, 9:00 pm

Ajami Square, Beirut Souks, Beirut Downtown

“In this project, Gravitational Waves, I want the spectator to be like an observer of a large-scale volume exploration in public space. I would like to create a bubble of perception during this experiment, which drags the spectator-observer in a gravitational, visual, choreographic and sonorous daydream.”

– Fabrice Guillot

Les Ondes Gravitationnelles zooms in on the dancing body by amplifying the sound it produces, which invades the performance space. Share with the audience the sensation of reversal experienced by the performers in their vertical evolutions, and the exhilaration of a space open to dance in all its dimensions.


The experience overturns the usual perception of the site, revealing a part of the inaudible and invisible.



Creating and inhabiting a multi-dimensional space


Vincent Brédif's sculpture creates a visible foreground in front of the façade, offering a deep space for dance. The bodies inhabiting this space interact with the 3D images.


The shadow of this inhabited sculpture, projected onto the surrounding buildings, anchors the gravitational experience in the public space. 



A sound and visual work


The vibration of the ropes is translated into sound, allowing us to hear the sound of a fall in slow motion, of lateral flight, of the body being extracted from its support, of footsteps on the wall. The dance produces the sound environment, the score.


Through a multidiffusion system, the spectator is immersed in the sound bath of the dance.

A pioneer in the practice of vertical dance, the Retouramont company doesn't stop at one discipline, but rather combines different arts in a given territory to create a singular work. The city becomes our playground, an immense laboratory where every space, every building becomes an invitation to creation. From historic monuments (Saint-Eustache church, Mont-Saint-Michel abbey, Château de Vincennes...) to the most modern buildings (Singapore skyscrapers, BnF-François Mitterrand, high-rise apartment buildings...), the company adapts and dialogues with places and materials, to offer an ever-new experience.

By Fabrice Guillot 

Realized with the artistic collaboration of Magdalena Bahamondes, Olivia Cubero and Marion Soyer 

Assistant Francisca Alvarez 

Sculptor and acoustician Vincent Brédif 

Video and light designer Pierre Galais 

Constructor Alain Kolpak / ZO Prod 

Costumes Patricio Alejandro Luengo Rodriguez 

Safety manager Nicolas Grière 


Production

Stockton International Riverside Festival/UK, Abattoir / CNAR in Chalon-sur-Saône, Espace des Arts/SN of Chalon, Atelier 231 / CNAR in Sotteville-lès-Rouen, La Paperie / CNAR in Angers, Citron Jaune / CNAR in Port St Louis du Rhône, La Boyauderie de Poi¬tiers/Usines Boinot / CNAR in Niort, Theatre of Cachan, with the support of Ferme du Buisson/Noisiel and the Historical Service of Defense.


This show received a development and production grant from CNC/Dicréam (2012 and 2013), a grant for theatrical production from the Ministry of Culture and Communication-DRAC IDF, and a creation grant from the Conseil Général du Val-de-Marne.


The company is financed by the Conseil Général du Val-de-Marne and the Conseil Général de l'Essonne and is in the process of signing an agreement with the Ministry of Culture and Communication.


Seminar " Writing side by side " in 2011 in Graz, Austria. 


This work has received a writing grant from the IN SITU network within the META project. 

This project was financed thanks to the support of the European Commission (DGEAC - Culture Program).