Strach – a fear song
One day, soon perhaps. One day I will tear up the anchor that holds my ship far from the seas. (Henri Michaux - The Clown).
Strach- a fear song came to the world several years ago. It brings together three circus artists and an opera singer, the latter being asked to perform basic acrobatics. Being able to go beyond one’s fears, to put to use a newly-found confidence, and, finally, to sing within a new paradigm.
We want this show to capture the first of what is “living together”, based on a new concept: carrying the voice.
Isn’t today’s society deeply suffering from a lack of courage? No one is being brave enough to confront one’s fears, to the way we perceive our relation to what’s foreign, to our self, to politics,…
Our proposition itself is to advocate concretely and in a very graphic way against capitalism which produces a world of inequalities and competition where people see themselves as identity-less followers unable to act independently.
With this musical play, we want to recognize these differences and observe the reality around us, i.e. the reality of human behavior, even, no especially, taking into account that the human behavior is very contradictory. We want to discover a different “paradigm” that will shine the light on these contradictions.
Singing. Surrendering. Allowing someone else to carry you. Accepting instability to compose a physical symphony that uplifts the body, transforms it, moves it, helps it evolving in a different way to see the world through a brand new lens.
Covid stops the diffusion of the show
Strach a fear song received the Aware of Best Circus show at the Critics’Prize 2018. The show has been played at the Festival Circos of Sao Paulo (Br), the Maillon-Theatre of Strasbourg-European Stage (Fr), Theatre of de Doms-Festival of Avignon (F), Festival CIRCa in Auch (F), festival Letni Letna in Praha (CZ), the festival Theater op de Markt in Hasselt (B), the festival Wintervuur (B), the Pôle in La Seyne-sur-Mer (F), Theatre of Grasse (F), Theatre of Cachan (F), Centre Culturel of Dinant (B), Royal Festival of Spa (B), festival Scène de Cirque in Puget-Théniers (F), festival of Tresques (F), festival Musiq3 in Brussels (B), Latitude 50 in Marchin (B),…
- DURATION : 70 MINUTES
- FROM THE AGE OF 14
- 5 ARTISTS
CAST
- SINGER : JULIE CALBETE
- CIRCUS ARTIST : AIRELLE CAEN ALTERNATING WITH ALICE NOEL
- CIRCUS ARTIST : GUILLAUME SENDRON
- CIRCUS ARTIST : DENIS DULON
- LIVE MUSICIAN : JEAN-LOUIS CORTES ALTERNATING WITH YOHANN DUBOIS
- AUTHOR & STAGE DIRECTOR : PATRICK MASSET
- MUSICAL ARRANGMENT : JEAN-LOUIS CORTES
- THANKS TO VINCIANE DESPRET AND PASCAL JACOB FOR THEIR DRAMATURGY ADVICES
- THANKS TO JOHAN DAENEN FOR HIS SCENOGRAPHY ADVICES
- LIGHT DESIGNER : PATRICK MASSET AND ANTOINE VILAIN
- COSTUME DESIGNERS : BERENICE MASSET AND SARAH DUVERT
- SOUND ENGINEER : ANTOINE DELAGOUTTE
- TECHNICAL DIRECTOR : ANTOINE VILAIN ALTERNATING WITH JOHN COOPER
- MASKS : MORGANE AIMERIE ROBIN AND JOACHIM SONTAG
- PHOTOGRAPHER : CHRISTOPHE RAYNAUD DE LAGE
- WITH THE HELP OF : ESPACE CATASTROPHE # CENTRE INTERNATIONAL OF CIRCUS CREATION (B), CIAM / CENTRE INTERNATIONAL OF THE ARTS IN MOVEMENT (F)
- WITH THE SUPPORT OF : THE FEDERATION WALLONIE-BRUXELLES (CIRCUS, STREET AND FAIRGROUND ARTS DEPARTMENT), ZOMERFABRIEK (ANTWERPEN), LE 140 (B), THE ABATTOIRS OF BOMEL/CULTURAL CENTRE OF NAMUR (B), THE OPERA ON / FESTIVAL OF LYRICAL ART OF AIX-EN-PROVENCE (F)
- PREMIERE : FESTIVAL UP! OF BRUSSELS (2018, MARCH)
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- Touring : Bérénice Masset - theatredunjour.ad@gmail.com - +32 (0) 470 11 63 12
- Touring (German-speaking countries) : Ute Classen - info@ute-classen.de - +49 (0) 241 450 48 410
