EXTRA LIFE
Gisèle Vienne
A car, stopped in the middle of nowhere. Inside are Clara and her brother Félix, separated for twenty years, and now together again after a night of celebration and dancing. Between them they share a fragmented past, a close relationship, torn apart by a drama. An intimate story now unrolls, in which science-fiction is just a lure to externalise something that one does not want to recognise. The hypnotic lights, the dimness, the laser beams, all transform the stage into a mysterious landscape, cut across with smoke and bursts of fireworks. As a third character arrives, this poignant story plays out again, marked by violence. As if to “unfold” the moment, and disorientate the audience, the narrative dissolves into a detailed deconstruction of time, in which the slow progress accentuates the perception of every movement.
Instead of offering a linear account, Gisèle Vienne constructs a sensitive, sensorial experience, in which sound, light and movement express the unsayable. With Extra Life, she is staging a choreography of vulnerability and resilience. By fragmenting temporality, she examines what remains after the trauma: the possibility of survival, of recovering one's past, rebuilding and finding oneself again.
Copresentation Kaaitheater, Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles
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Information
Venue
Grande salle
Duration
1hr50
Language
fr, surtitling nl, en
Price
10€ > 35€
Cast
Concept, choreography, direction and scenography
Gisèle Vienne
Created in collaboration with
Adèle Haenel
Theo Livesey
Katia Petrowick
Original music
Caterina Barbieri
Sound design
Adrien Michel
Lighting design
Yves Godin
in collaboration with
Gisèle Vienne
Texts
Adèle Haenel
Theo Livesey
Katia Petrowick
Gisèle Vienne
Assistant
Sophie Demeyer
Costumes
Gisèle Vienne
Camille Queval
FrenchKissLA
Doll fabrication
Etienne Bideau-Rey
Nicolas Herlin
Technical coordination
Samuel Dosière
Stage management
Guillaume Vilasalo
Sound operation
Adrien Michel
Géraldine Foucault Voglimacci
Lighting operation
Samuel Dosière
Iannis Japiot
Production and touring
Alma Office
Anne-Lise Gobin
Camille Queval
Administration
Cloé Haas
Clémentine Papandrea
Production
DACM / Compagnie Gisèle Vienne
Coproduction
Ruhrtriennale, Théâtre National de Bretagne – Centre Européen Théâtral et Chorégraphique, MC93 – Maison de la Culture de Seine-Saint-Denis, MC2: Grenoble – Scène Nationale, Théâtre national de Chaillot, Maillon, Théâtre de Strasbourg – Scène européenne, Tandem – Scène nationale de Douai, Points Communs – Nouvelle Scène nationale de Cergy Pontoise, CN D Centre national de la danse, Comédie de Genève, Le Volcan – Scène nationale du Havre, Centre Culturel André Malraux – Scène nationale de Vandoeuvre lès Nancy, NTGent, Cité européenne du théâtre Domaine d’O Montpellier, Festival d’Automne à Paris, Comédie de Clermont, International Summer Festival Kampnagel – Hamburg, Triennale Milano Teatro, Tanzquartier Wien, La Filature, Scène nationale de Mulhouse
With the support of
Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels
The company receives regular support from
Institut Français for its international tours
Compagnie Gisèle Vienne is supported by
the Ministry of Culture and Communication – DRAC Grand Est, the Grand Est Region and the City of Strasbourg
Gisèle Vienne is an associate artist at
Chaillot – Théâtre national de la Danse, MC2: Grenoble, Le Volcan – Scène nationale du Havre, and Théâtre National de Bretagne – Centre Européen Théâtral et Chorégraphique
With thanks to: Elsa Dorlin, Etienne Hunsinger, Sabrina Lonis, Sandra Lucbert, Romane Rivol, Maya Masse, Anja Röttgerkamp, Erik Houllier, Giovanna Rua, Lina Hinsky, Andrea Kerr & Antoine Hordé
