"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

REQUIEM is an ephemeral ritual that harmonizes the bridge between life and death and unites that community in which one of its members has gone from existing physically to existing in memory.
In this NOCTURNE REQUIEM, the different parts of the original liturgy of a Requiem are replaced by scenes, songs and dances created from Bob Fosse's choreographic and personal universe, united by an in-disciplinary theatricality where movement, word, music and video dance together in a choreography for 10 performers and 2 live musicians. A ritualistic experience between legacy and parody, between humor and tenderness, to reflect on the beauty of death and transform the act of dying into a cabaret full of camp and glitter.
This show is divided into three main acts as a symbol of the three big parts that any creative process has when producing stage work: audition, creation and exhibition. The story of inherent disappearance in any act of creation.



REQUIEM est le premier mot qui apparaît dans une messe pro defunctis ou defunctorum, c'est-à-dire une messe pour les morts. Un rituel éphémère qui harmonise le pont entre la vie et la mort et unit cette communauté dans laquelle l'un de ses membres est passé de son existence physique à  la mémoire de son existence.
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.
Bob Fosse a réalisé ALL THAT JAZZ en 1979, comme une sorte de portrait semi-autobiographique sur sa vie de drogué, de sexe et surtout de travail, dans les derniers instants avant de mourir. Prenant ce film comme principale référence, mais aussi de nombreuses autres danses cinématographiques de Bob Fosse, le spectacle est divisé en trois actes principaux en tant que symbole des trois grandes parties que tout processus créatif comporte lors de la production d'une œuvre scénique: audition, création et exposition. . L'histoire de la disparition inhérente à tout acte de création.

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Traverse highlights the power of five women through various collective experiences, one at the crossroads of dance, movement and voice, in a unity of experience that illustrates a journey that is not personal, but collective. This initiative unfolds in natural and artificial structures such as an ancient massive wall, stairs carved in stone, a perilous bridge: places that these women occupy and cross. In this way, they discover openings and links, and meet strangers on similar journeys. The film stands out for its original cinematography. 



Traverse souligne la puissance de cinq femmes à travers diverses expériences collectives, un au croisement de la danse, du mouvement et de la voix, dans une unité d’expérience qui illustre un parcours non pas personnel, mais collectif. Cette initiative se déploie dans des structures naturelles et artificielles telles un ancien mur massif, des escaliers gravés dans la pierre, un pont périlleux : des lieux que ces femmes occupent et traversent. Elles découvrent ainsi des ouvertures et des liens, et rencontrent des inconnus engagés dans parcours semblable. Le film se distingue par sa cinématographie originale. 

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