NARCISSUS embarks us on a journey, that of a character in search of himself. With every steps he takes, he transforms multiple and enigmatic materials, his environment, the forces that inhabit it in a succession of metamorphosis.
NARCISSUS explores the unsuspected depth of matter as well as invisible and mysterious physical forces, such as gravity or magnetics. Assemblies and superpositions of matter take place until ephemeral structures arise. From compact to aerial. From geometry to abstraction. Recognisable and intriguing signs appear, characters, situations… Reflections are omnipresent and body doubles multiply under masks and locks of hair. Matter comes to life. We navigate between the strangely familiar and the uncanny, between magic and burlesque.
NARCISSUS talks as well of moult, of the moment of coming of age, leaving childhood and growing to occupy one’s place. Growing to access the political dimension of the adult world, where spring also stands for renewal and revolt. It is a sensitive criticism of our society and this contemporary Narcissus offers a hypothesis of how to be together and how to imagine a possible future.
How are we educating our gaze and our listening?
What does, essentially, forge our perceptions, our sensitivities? And beyond that, our identities?
CAST
Concept Aline Landreau
Performance and choreography Aline Landreau · Raphaël Dupin
Music and light Antoine Monzonis-Calvet
Scenography and costumes Aline Landreau with the help of the team
Outside eye Agnieszka Ryszkiewicz
Production Météores • Charlotte Giteau & Anaïs Guilleminot
PARTNERS
Coproductions → Cndc Angers | TU Nantes | La Place de la Danse CDCN Toulouse Occitanie
Residencies → CCN Ballet du Nord Roubaix | Le Pacifique CDCN Grenoble Auvergne Rhône-Alpes | Libre Usine Nantes
Supports → Ministry of Culture DRAC Pays de la Loire | Pays de la Loire Region | Loire-Atlantique Department | Maine-et-Loire Department | City of Nantes | ADAMI | SPEDIDAM
Work in progress → ONDA RIDA Lieu Unique Nantes 14 January 2022 • Qu’est-ce qu’on fabrique? La Pacifique CDCN Grenoble 30 November 2022 • L.A. Danse en Fabrique 13 January 2023 • Les rendez-vous de la Libre Usine 16 February 2023
Premiere → Conversations Festival Cndc Angers 14 and 15 March 2023 • TU-Nantes 23 til 25 March 2023 • Trajectoires Festival Musée d’arts de Nantes 19 January 2025 at 14:00 and 17:00 // 18 January performance for pupils