ALS (The Company)
The Great Waters
Retro-futuristic distortion for a woman and a cargo tricycle
Capacity: 300
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Cécile Laloy weaves a whimsical tale of metamorphosis in this choreographic piece built upon paradoxes. It is not a story; it is a dizzying sensation, a movement, a distortion. It is the end of one world and the transition to another. A woman and her vehicle, both survivors of an era that has lost its bearings, navigate a space-time bubble. She borrows from the figure of the clown and wages several battles against her fear, her own transformation, her pregnancy, her metamorphosis. She crosses the great waters, and crosses herself like the I Ching—The Book of Changes. Strong and chaotic, her raft rocks against a backdrop of natural disasters. They both adapt and come to terms with this new environment, porous to all sensitive fissures.
Cécile Laloy weaves a dreamlike tale of transformation in this choreographic piece built upon paradoxes. It is not a story; it is a dizzying sensation, a movement, a distortion. It is the end of one world and the transition to another. A woman and her vehicle, both survivors of an era that has lost its bearings, navigate through a space-time bubble. She draws on the figure of the clown and wages several battles against her fear, her own transformation, her pregnancy, her metamorphosis. She crosses the great waters and traverses herself like the Yi Jing—The Book of Changes. Strong and chaotic, her raft rocks against a backdrop of natural disasters. They both adapt and come to terms with this new world, which is vulnerable to every sensitive fault line.
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The Great Waters
Concept, choreography, and performance: Cécile Laloy / External perspective: Marie-Lise Naud / Stage and technical direction: Fred Soria / Sound design: Pierre Lemerle, based on music by Olivier Bost, Damien Grange, Julien Lesuisse, Gilles Poizat, Damien Sabatier, and Manu Scarpa / Dramaturgical support: Simon Grangeat / Dramaturgy intern: Hugo Titem-Delavaux / Costumes: Camille Granger / Set design: Juliette Morel / Tricycle construction: the MC2 workshops in Grenoble / Photos: Damien Brailly.
PRODUCTION: Compagnie ALS. CO-PRODUCTIONS: MC2 Grenoble / Format, création d’un territoire de danse, Aubenas / Théâtre du Parc, Andrézieux-Bouthéon / Superstrat, parcours d’expérience artistique. SUPPORT AND RESIDENCY HOSTING: Format, création d’un territoire de danse, Aubenas / Théâtre du Parc, Andrézieux-Bouthéon / Le Cube, Hérisson / Superstrat, artistic experience program in Saint-Étienne / Espace Culturel La Buire in L’Horme / La Comète, City of Saint-Étienne / Eclat CNAREP, Aurillac / Le Magasin, choreographic residency laboratory, Saint-Étienne / La Comédie de Saint-Étienne (studio loan) / MC2 Grenoble (set construction). At the time of the production, the ALS Company was supported by the DRAC Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (structural support), the Department of the Loire, and the City of Saint-Étienne, and was subsidized by the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region.