Superamas Vive l`Armée

Superamas
Vivel’Armée
19>20/01/17–20:30–Kaaitheater
theatre•75min.•inEnglishandFrench(withEnglishsubtitles)
EXTRA
•JoinusonThursday19/01forapost-performancetalkbyPieterTJonck
•VisitthevideoinstallationVeteransbyLolaAriasintheKaaiforumbefore&
aftertheshows
VETERANS
InthevideoinstallationVeteransbyLolaArias,Argentinianveteranslookbackattheirtraumatic
experiencesduringtheFalklandsWarin1982.Thirty-fiveyearson,theydothisby‘reconstructing’
theirwarmemoriesinplaceswheretheygoeveryday.Theyretrievetheirwarmemoriesthrougha
kindoftimemachinethattransportstheirpasttothepresent.
Videoinstallation|inSpanish(Englishsubtitle)|Kaaiforum–followsignalisation
CREDITS
producedandrealized
Superamas
concept,performance,set,sound,lightdesign,film
Superamas
performers
TeresaAcevedo,AgataMaszkiewicz,
AgnieszkaRyszkiewicz,Superamas
contributionsonscreen
JacquesPauwels,highschoolstudentsofLycée
RobertdeLuzarches,LycéeMadeleineMichelisand
theparticipantsoftheworkshopfortheatreofthe
ServiceJeunesseinAmiens,AgnieszkaRyszkiewicz,
GeoffroyDuval,SofieDurnez,Superamas.
camera
GeoffroyDuval,MickaëlTitrent,MickaëlTroivaux
choreographyinthefilmWeAreHere
AgnieszkaRyszkiewicz,AgataMaszkiewicz
&Superamas
costumesstageandfilm
SofieDurnez
voices
TessBryant,DavisFreeman,DianneWeller,
StormyLeugers,Superamas
musicstageandfilm
GingerDellenbaughAPieceofSky,SarahVaughan
andAdamFreelandFever,KISSIWasMadeforLovin´
You,VeghQuartet/Beethovenstringquartets#1inF,
Op.18/1-2,IsraelPhilharmonicOrchestra/Stravinsky
TheRiteofSpringconductedbyLeonardBernstein,
LeonardBernsteininSalzau–OrchestralWorkwith
Stravinsky'sTheRiteofSpring,DansDansSomeAre,
ThomasBrinkmann/Process/M.I.A.pelicanrmx/the
payvisitmix,BlackCoastTrndsttr[feat.M.Maggie]
filmexcerpt
PathsofGloryStanleyKubrick
soundexcerptsstageandfilm
TheNegotiatorGraemeRevell,JazzNicolas/Mikey
AmistosoBangBangAlley,RobertCrouchAGradual
AccumulationofIdeasBecomesTruth,Michael
WandmacherSins,HorantH.VideoDirector:
HumphreyBurton
researchprogramproduced
apap-advancingperformingartsproject-withthe
supportoftheCultureProgramoftheEuropean
Union
co-producers
MaisondelaCultureAmiens,TanzquartierVienna,
KaaitheaterBrussels,BIT-TeatergarasjenBergen,
supported
CityofVienna–Dep.Culture,DirectionRégionale
desAffairesCulturellesHauts-de-France/Ministère
delacultureetdelacommunication,Austrian
FederalChancellery-ArtsandCulture,Conseil
RégionalHauts-deFrance,AmiensMétropole,
CommémorationsduCentenairedelaGrande
Guerre,ProgrammeParcoursdécouverteRégion
Hauts-de-France,MissionCentenaire.
incollaborationwith
BudaArtCenterKortrijk,SzeneSalzburg,ARC-artist
residency/Romainmôtier,AbbayedeSaintRiquier,
CentreCulturelJacquesTatiAmiens,InstitutFrançais
inVienna
thankstothebelowmentionedfortheirsupport
LucMoreau,JuliaWalleczek-Fritz,DetlefPolay,
MeinhardRauchensteiner,ChadWiens,Isabella
Oswald,theteachersCatherinePeuziat,Stéphanie
Legendre,ValérieRogerandNathalieCasquinhaas
wellasHocineTighersineandCélineBergeron,Bruno
DeSaedeleerandtheassociation“Sauvegardedu
Patrimoine”LassignyFrance.Thankstobrutand
TanzquartierViennaforhostingstationsopento
publictowardsthiswork
AHouseonFireco-production
withthesupportoftheCultureProgramof
theEuropeanUnion
VIVEL’ARMEE
nl/“Ja,Frankrijkisinoorlogmethetterrorisme.”Enkeledagennadeterreuraanslagenin
ParijswakkertdeFransepremierManuelVallsheelwatdiscussiesaan.Uitenquêtesblijktalvastdat
deFransebevolkingmeerdanooitpositiefstaattegenoverhetleger.Maarwatvoorleger?Datvan
dronesenspecialforcesvanvandaag?OfdatvanWOI,metloopgravenenmosterdgas?
Intijdenvanoorlogsverklaringen,deheroplevingvanhetnatie-denkeneneenoverdaadaan
extreme,simplistischeoplossingen,reikthetFrans-Oostenrijks-Belgischetheatercollectief
Superamasnieuwegezichtspuntenaan.Jean-Jaurèszeiooit:“Kapitalismedraagtoorloginzich,zoals
donkerewolkenonweer.”Eeneeuwgeledenhadhijgelijk.Inhoeverrekloppenzijnwoordenook
vandaagnog?
Vivel’Armée!iseenreflectieopoorlog,geweld,propagandaennationalisme.Eenvoorstellingdie
eendialoogbrengttusseneendocumentaireoverWOIvanSuperamasenmiddelbare
schoolstudenteneneenexplosieveactieopscène,ergenstussenGiorgioAgambenenBruceWillis.
DitallesvolgenshetgekendeSuperamas-receptziejeeencontinuopelkaarinspelendemixvan
verhaallijnen,vertaaldnaartekst,beeldenmuziek.
fr/«Oui,laFranceestenguerrecontreleterrorisme».Quelquesjoursaprèslesattentats
terroristesàParis,lePremierministrefrançais,ManuelValls,déclencheuneavalanchede
discussions.D’aprèslesenquêtes,lapopulationfrançaisevoitplusquejamaisl’arméed’unbonœil.
Maisquellearmée ?Celledesdronesetdesforcesspécialesd’aujourd’hui ?OucelledelaPremière
Guerremondiale,avecsestranchéesetsongazmoutarde ?
Encestempsdedéclarationdeguerre,derésurgencedelapenséenationalisteetd’uneprofusion
desolutionsextrêmesetsimplistes,lecollectiffranco-autrichien-belgeSuperamasproposede
nouvellesperspectives.JeanJaurèsdisait:«Lecapitalismeporteenluilaguerre,commelanuée
portel’orage».Ilavaitraisonilyaunsiècle.Qu’enest-ildenosjours?
Vivel’Armée !estuneréflexionsurlaguerre,laviolence,lapropagandeetlenationalisme.Un
spectaclequifaitdialoguerundocumentairesurlapremièreguerremondialeréaliséparSuperamas
avecdeslycéens,etuneactionscéniqueexplosive,situéedansunfuturproche,àmi-cheminentre
GiorgioAgambenetBruceWillis.SelonlarecetteconnuedeSuperamas,onnousdonneàvoirun
imbrogliodelignesnarrativesquicroisentetserépondent,traduitesentexte,enimageeten
musique.
en/“Yes,Franceisatwarwithterrorism.”AfewdaysaftertheterrorattacksinParis,the
FrenchPrimeMinisterManuelVallsfuelsagreatmanydiscussions.Surveyshaveshownthatthe
Frenchpopulation’sattitudetowardsthearmyismorepositivethanever.Butwhatkindofarmy?A
modernarmyofdronesandSpecialForces?OranarmylikeinWWI,withtrenchesandmustardgas?
Intimesofdeclarationsofwar,therevivalofnationalisticthinkingandanexcessofextreme,
simplisticsolutions,theFrench-Austrian-BelgiantheatrecollectiveSuperamasoffersfreshpointsof
view.JeanJaurèsoncesaid“capitalismbringswarasthecloudbringsthetempest.”Acenturyago,
hewasright.Towhatextentdohiswordsstillringtruetoday?
Vivel’Armée!isareflectiononwar,violence,propagandaandnationalism.Itisaproductionin
whichadocumentaryaboutWWIbySuperamasandsecondaryschoolstudentsengagesindialogue
withexplosiveactiononthestage,somewhereinbetweenGiorgioAgambenandBruceWillis.Based
onthefamiliarSuperamasrecipe,youseeacontinuouslyinterlinkedmixofstorylinestranslatedinto
text,imagesandmusic.
"InThomasHobbes'smodel,whichhassodeeplyinfluencedourpolitical
philosophy,thecontracttransferringpowerstothesovereign
presupposesreciprocalfearandawarofallagainstall:thestateis,
precisely,whatendsthefear.Inthesecuritystate,thepatternis
reversed:thelong-termbasisofthestateisfearanditmustdo
whateverittakestomaintainfear,becauseitdrawsfromfearbothits
essentialfunctionanditslegitimacy.
–GiorgioAgambenDel'Etatdedroitàl'Etatdesécurité(LeMonde,23/12/2015)
"Noonediestoday”
–BruceWillisinHostage,afilmbyFlorentEmilioSiri,2005