"Toumaï" means "Hope for life" in the Gorane language spoken in the central Sahara in reference to newborns during the season when survival is the most difficult. Thierry Smits’s new creation draws its inspiration from the darkest things humanity can have. Humor, tragedy and poetry are mixed to construct contrasting visions outlining a humanity to come in a situation of post bio-climatic collapse.

« Toumaï » signifie « Espoir de vie » dans la langue gorane parlée au Sahara central en référence aux nouveau-nés pendant la saison où la survie est la plus difficile. La nouvelle création de Thierry Smits puise son inspiration dans ce que l’humanité peut avoir de plus sombre. Humour, tragédie et poésie sont mixés pour construire de visions contrastées esquissant une humanité à venir en situation de post effondrement bio-climatique.



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Compagnie THOR - Thierry Smits

TOUMAÏ

The short 'Gizaki' by dancers Lali Ayguadé & Akira Yoshida, with the direction of Edu Pérez, reminds us of the helplessness of being in solitude, the absence of company and the sinking of the soul in its encounter with loneliness.
A short inspired by the theater-dance play created during the quarantine of 2020.

Photo by Edu Pérez

Le court-métrage 'Gizaki' des danseurs Lali Ayguadé & Akira Yoshida avec la direction d'Edu Pérez, nous rappelle l'impuissance d'être dans la solitude, l'absence de compagnie et le naufrage de l'âme dans sa rencontre avec la solitude.
Un court-métrage inspiré de la pièce de théâtre-danse créée lors de la quarantaine de 2020.

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Lali Ayguadé Company

Gizaki

A dance film based on the Passion of Christ.
We see how the soul leaves its body in the form of a flying jacket, but returns to merge in a  dance of transubstantiation. As when we are pushed until we lose our balance and, stumbling, the steps have become a "scratched bulería" to recover the vertical axis. We have arrived, together, in a new space-time.   

Photos Andrés Pino 

Un film de danse basé sur la Passion du Christ.
Nous voyons comment l'âme quitte son corps sous la forme d'une veste volante, mais revient pour se fondre en une seule danse de trans-substantiation. Comme lorsqu'on nous pousse jusqu'à perdre l'équilibre et que, trébuchant, les marches deviennent une "bulería rayée" pour retrouver l'axe vertical. Nous sommes arrivés, ensemble, à un nouvel espace-temps.

Photos Andrés Pino 

Juan Carlos Lérida

La hora de la Despedida

In NOCTURNE REQUIEM, the different parts of the liturgy of a Requiem, are replaced by new and personal scenes, full of songs and dances inspired by the choreographic and filmic universe of Bob Fosse. A ritualistic experience between legacy and parody, humour and tenderness, to reflect on the beauty of death. A nocturne cabaret, full of camp and glitter, to celebrate the act of dying and the inherent disappearance of any act of creation. 

Photo by Tristán Pérez-Martín


Dans ce NOCTURNE REQUIEM, les différentes parties de la liturgie originale d'un Requiem sont remplacées par des scènes, des chants et des danses créés à partir de l'univers chorégraphique et personnel de Bob Fosse, unis par une théâtralité interdisciplinaire où mouvement, parole, musique et vidéo dansent ensemble en une chorégraphie pour 10 interprètes et 2 musiciens live. Une expérience rituelle entre héritage et parodie, entre humour et tendresse, pour réfléchir à la beauté de la mort et transformer l'acte de mourir en un cabaret plein de camp et de paillettes.

Photo Tristán Pérez-Martín


Pere Faura

Rèquiem Nocturn

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Noctilūca explores the potential re-appropriation of a lost wild layer of being. In the pursuit of a disciplined and controlled society, sparks of dynamism and life force have been dulled. Awakening the tamed and penetrating the unknown, I reunite with my body, in the sway of a primordial tune.

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