Season
Discipline
Location
Duration
1h15
Age
7 y/o +
The ten jugglers of the Petit Travers Collective reveal their unique practices and backgrounds in a choral piece set to music by the Debussy String Quarter. A collective self-portrait resembling a perfectly staged ballet.
In Our Internal Mornings, each artist in the collective reveals him/herself a little to blend more fully into a common movement and to draw a world of relationships, of mischief and lyricism, and of music and dance. In a series of scenes, each performer demonstrates his/her specific technique (balls, sticks, etc.) and listens to his/her words, which were put together by writer Jean-Charles Massera and recorded. Little by little, a mosaic of moments and flashes of individual thought emerges, echoed by the group. The dynamic is reinforced by the repertoire chosen with the Debussy String Quartet, ranging from the baroque fantasies of Henry Purcell to the repetitive romanticism of composer Marc Mellits. The intertwining motifs of early music set the stage for the collective compositions, while the rhythmic nature of the contemporary music supports and accompanies each juggler’s individual words and acts. The collective traces an infinite and infinitely graceful playing field within a modular stage design.
Dates
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Casting / Production credits
Artist Initiatives / La Villette – Paris
Production Petit Travers Collective, in collaboration with the Debussy String Quartet
Coproduction residencies Maison de la Danse, Pôle européen de création, Lyon, La Biennale de Lyon, Le Carré magique, Pôle National Cirque en Bretagne, AGORA – Pôle National Cirque Boulazac – Nouvelle Aquitaine, Plateforme 2 Pôles Cirque en Normandie I La Brèche à Cherbourg et le Cirque Théâtre d’Elbeuf, Le Sirque, Pôle National des Arts du Cirque Nexon Nouvelle Aquitaine
Coproduction Artist Initiatives / La Villette – Paris, La Cité Bleue, Genève, Théâtre de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Scène nationale, Equinoxe – Scène nationale de Châteauroux, Le Carreau, Scène nationale de Forbach et de l’Est mosellan, La Rampe-La Ponatière, scène conventionnée d’intérêt national art et création danse et musiques, Echirolles
Residencies Circa, Pôle National Cirque, Auch Gers Occitanie, Théâtre de Privas – Scène conventionnée – Art en Territoire / Centre Ardèche, Théâtre National Populaire, Villeurbanne
With the support of la SPEDIDAM, the Centre national de la musique and the City of Villeurbanne Collectif Petit Travers is subsidized by the French Ministry of Culture (DRAC Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) and the Auvergne- Rhône-Alpes region. The Quatuor Debussy is subsidized by the Ministry of Culture (DRAC Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes), the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region and the City of Lyon. It is supported by the Métropole de Lyon, SPEDIDAM and SG Auvergne Rhône Alpes.
Practical information
Access
Espace Chapiteaux
Metro
Line 7 - Porte de la Villette station
Tramway
Line 3b - Porte de la Villette station
Bus
Bus 139, 150, 152 - Porte de la Villette stop
Parking
North "Cité des Sciences"
Parking
Q-Park
Philharmonie
Q-Park
Cité de la Musique - La Villette
Q-Park
Cité de la Musique - Conservatoire
Parking
Cité des Sciences
Accessibility
- PRM contact at 01 40 03 75 75
Useful information
- Performances on November 15, 16 and 17 are part of Circus Night.
- Mondays and Tuesdays off
- Several dining options available in the park before or after the show.
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