The Backyard
Project Carrot
A post-apocalyptic fable for a cheeky clown and synthesizers
Capacity: 200
- Clown
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A man arrives at the spot where his friend Georges has disappeared. Carrots have sprouted from this absent body—part garden, part viscera, part promise, part remnant. *Projet Carotte* blends circus, electronic music, and visual installation to explore cycles of transformation: grief turning into compost, compost turning into life, loss turning into celebration... Between ritual and inquiry, the show celebrates the life force in the face of collapse. How do we carry on when everything is changing? In an intimate space, Projet Carotte explores with humor and tenderness our relationship to desire, to life, and to movement. We discover an unpredictable and playful clown who draws us into his obsessive quest for carrots, inviting us to savor the joy of being alive.
A man arrives at the spot where his friend Georges has vanished. From this absent body have grown carrots—at once garden and entrails, promises and remnants. "Projet Carotte" blends circus, electronic music, and visual installation to explore cycles of transformation: grief becoming compost, compost becoming life, loss becoming celebration… Between ritual and inquiry, the performance celebrates the life force in the face of collapse. How can we carry on when everything is transformed? In an intimate setting, “Projet Carotte” explores with humor and tenderness our relationship to desire, life, and movement. We discover an unpredictable and playful clown who draws us into his obsessive quest for carrots, inviting us to savor the joy of being alive.
Divague Association
30 7th U.S. Army Avenue, 25000 Besançon
Phone: +33 6 75 92 20 30
https://www.divague.fr/
bonjour@lespiedssurlesepaules.com
Project Carrot
Direction, clowning, and acrobatics: Hichem Cherif / Modular music and acrobatics: Aloïs Riché / Stage management: Anne Engelard / External dramaturgical consultant: Harry Holtzman / External music consultant: Julie Mondor / Artistic collaborators: Anna Weber, Milena Erez, Sky De Sela, Jeanne Mordoj / Set design and costumes: Juliette Lamas and Lucie Marchand, assisted by Chloé Darbon / Production and distribution: Les pieds sur les épaules – Théa Bessonneau / Administration: Divague – David Petit-Vettorello.
COPRODUCTIONS: La Madeleine - state-subsidized theater, Troyes / Quint’Est - performing arts network for Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and Grand Est / L’Etincelle - theater of the Saint-Dié-des-Vosges Community of Municipalities. SUPPORT: City of Besançon / Department of Doubs / Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Region / DRAC Bourgogne-Franche-Comté / Quint’Est Network - performing arts network for Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and Grand Est / Grand CIEL Network - circus network for Grand Est.