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Octopus
Description
Spread the word: following extraordinary tours of his previous productions (Shazam! and Sombreros) and ahead of his big trip to the US where he will
be overseeing the production of his new creation for the Cirque du Soleil, Philippe Decouflé is stopping over en route for two evenings in Charleroi.
Octopus is a kind of choreographic poem in eight tableaux for eight dancers. Placing an emphasis on the image (which is filmed live on stage,
projected and then multiplied), this new production focuses on the dancers' black and white bodies, naked or scantily clad in hair and feathers,
fragmented, bound hand and foot, intertwined... Dabbling in a bit of everything, as fiercely passionate about circus and theatre as he as about new
technologies and dance, Decouflé is embarking on the conquest of a pure beauty with Octopus, interspersed with a certain eroticism and a fair amount
of humour. Two musicians from rock group Nosfell breathe vital and at times angry energy into the show, supporting the dancers in their desire to offer
a complete show.
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Direction & Choreography Philippe Decouflé
Music and live interpretation Labyala Nosfell, Pierre Le Bourgeois
Dancers Flavien Bernezet, Alexandre Castres, Meritxell Checa Esteban, Ashley Chen, Clémence Galliard, Sean Patrick Mombruno, Alexandra
Naudet, Alice Roland
Lighting design and stage management Patrice Besombes et Begoña Garcia Navas
Video design Philippe Decouflé, Laurent Radanovic, Olivier Simola, Christophe Waksmann
Costume design Jean Malo
Hair design Charlie Le Mindu
Set design pierre-Jean Verbraeken
Set Léon Bony, Pascal Redon
Sound Edouard Bonan, Jean-Pierre Spirli (en alternance)
Light Denis Gobin
Special guest performer Christophe Salengro
Texts Christophe Salengro, Gherasim Luca (Hermétiquement ouverte , avec l'autorisation des éditions José Corti)
Executive director Franck Piquard
Technical director Lahlou Bernamirouche
Production Valérie Kula assisted by Juliette Medevielle
International touring Esther Welger-Barboza
Thanks to Richard Laillier, Thibault Pradet, Topolino, Warner Chapell Music France, Yohji Yamamoto et l'équipe du Théâtre National de Bretagne
Production Compagnie DCA - Philippe Decouflé
Coproduction Théâtre National de Bretagne - Rennes, Théâtre National de Chaillot, Movimentos Festwochen der Autostadt in Wolfsburg, La Coursive
- Scène Nationale de la Rochelle, Torinodanza, Théâtre de Nîmes
DCA Company is funded by DRAC dIle-de-France - Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, le Conseil Général de la Seine-Saint-Denis and la
Ville de Saint-Denis. Philippe Decouflé has been « associated artist » to the Théâtre National de Bretagne since January 2010.
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