A vase discovered during excavations in an ancient village drew attention of archaeologists, acousticians and linguists because it contained sounds. When placed on a potter’s wheel, the vase sang fragments of syllables pronounced by the potter who made it more than five centuries ago.
For "Haut-fond", Céline Cartillier takes this scientific hoax literally, probably because she would like it to be true.
The piece is a solo recital for and from the soil. The dance exists on the scale of the hand, the hand that touches, feels, shapes and deforms clay. It is a choreography of psychic gestures accompanied by songs, in the ancient sense of the term: as poem, incantation, enchantment.
"Haut-Fond" plays on the border between visible and invisible, like shoals lying underwater, as if about to emerge.
Cast
Concept and performance Céline Cartillier
Artistic collaboration and text writing collaboration Johann Nöhles
Musical Collaboration and transformation of the potter's wheel Julien Desailly
Dramaturgy Adina Secrétan
Scenography, outside eyes - Bastien Mignot
Ceramic objects - Didier Marty
Ceramic stool - Héloïse Bariol
Light design - Gildas Goujet
Light manager - Jean-Marc Segalen
Sound manager - Soleiman Chauchat
Executive production Météores
Administration, production Charlotte Giteau
Coproduction
Le Pacifique CDCN Grenoble – Auvergne – Rhône- Alpes ; La Soufflerie, Scène conventionnée de Rezé ; Le Phare CCN du Havre Normandie ; Atelier de Paris CDCN ; Cndc Angers ; Le Quartz, Scène nationale de Brest
With the support of DRAC Pays de la Loire and Région Pays de la Loire
Residencies : Théâtre de Poche - Hédé-Bazouges / direction le joli collectif, Scène de territoire pour le théâtre Bretagne romantique & Val d’IIle-Aubigné ; Réservoir Danse / Le Garage – Rennes ; Boom’Structur – Pôle chorégraphique
Touring
7 septembre 2019 – Champs Magnétiques, Le lieu unique, Nantes – étape de travail
February 3 and 4 2023 – Théâtre de Poche - Hédé Bazouges / Festival Waterproof
March 1 and 2 2023 - Le Quartz Scène nationale de Brest, DansFabrik Festival
March 16 2023 – Cndc Angers, Conversations Festival
May 12 2023 - CDCN Chorège, Falaise
June 8 2023 – JUNE EVENTS, Atelier de Paris CDCN festival
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Photo: © Bastien Mignot
