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L’Absolu

Boris Gibé

L’Absolu

A poetic circus piece, L'Absolu presents a lone man trying to get back on his feet after a fall. In a surprising vertical silo installed on the lawn at Vidy, Boris Gibé weaves together metaphorical images and acrobatics as he shares his initiatory quest for plenitude.

A man struggles in his bubble, suspended and far from everything. Then begins his quest for truth, confronting the elements – earth, water, air, fire – and his own doubts. Is he trapped or enclosed by his Promethean ambitions? Is he a human being condemned to solitude, or a fallen angel drunk with freedom? The wordless tale of L’Absolu evokes Alice in Wonderland and the mirror of Narcissus as much as Kafka's Metamorphoses.

Alone on this vertical stage, Boris Gibé, a skilled acrobat who has worked with the greatest nouveau cirque companies, moves from top to bottom and from bottom to top, in turn insect, bird or spirit seeking the light.

L’Absolu is a meditation on the human condition. The poetry of its images, the magic of the elements and the supple body of Boris Gibé evoke the wonders of the fairy tale as much as they wrestle with the archetypes of philosophy. A singular and metaphysical circus piece that invites us to dream.

From 26 April to 15 May 2021
Durée:
1h15
Pelouse

Theatre/Dance
for the whole family from 12 y.o.

 

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Monday, April 26, 2021 - 7:30pm
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Boris Gibé

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Boris Gibé

Immergé dès son plus jeune âge dans le monde du cirque et de l’itinérance, Boris Gibé collabore dès l’adolescence avec les troupes les plus inventives du cirque contemporain, le Cirque Médrano, Philippe Decouflé, les Ogres de Barback, le Cirque Électrique ou Julie Bérès, par exemple. Début 2004, il fonde sa compagnie Les Choses de Rien, avec laquelle il développe un langage artistique original inspiré de techniques acrobatiques et aériennes issues du cirque. Son jeu se nourrit de l’interaction de tous les médiums qui composent le spectacle (scénographie, son, lumière, machinerie et bricole technologique) et la question du mouvement vient bientôt interroger celle de l’espace, celle du risque pris par l’acrobate se fait métaphore de la condition humaine. Ses spectacles retrouvent les valeurs du cirque traditionnel d’intégrité et d’inventivité pour interroger la perception du monde à travers des huis clos absurdes ou des univers cinématographiques.

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Credits

Concept and performance
Boris Gibé

Dramaturgical support
Elsa Dourdet

Choreographic support
Samuel Lefeuvre
Florencia Demestri

Scenography
Clara Gay-Bellile
Charles Bédin

Lighting
Romain de Lagarde

Sound
Olivier Pfeiffer

Textile and costume making
Sandrine Rozier

Violin recording
Anne-Lise Binard

Production:
Les Choses de Rien with the help of Si par Hasard

Coproduction
Les 2 Scènes, scène nationale de Besançon Coopérative De Rue et De Cirque, 2r2c Théâtre Firmin Gémier, La Piscine, Pôle National des Arts du Cirque d’Antony et de Chatenay-Malabry Cirque Jules Verne, Pole National Cirque et Arts de la Rue - Amiens Châteauvallon, scène nationale Espace Jean Legendre, Scène nationale de l’Oise

With the support of
Ministère de la Culture, DRAC Ile de France DGCA aide à la création cirque et aide à l’itinérance Conseil Régional Ile de France Fondation de la tour vagabonde Lycée Eugène Guillaume de Montbard SACD, Processus Cirque L’atelier Arts-Sciences, partenariat entre L’Hexagone scène nationale de Meylan & le CEA de Grenoble Ass. Beaumarchais Bourse Auteur de Cirque

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Meet the artists
Saturday 8.05
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