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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.

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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

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Executive production Météores

Administration, production Charlotte Giteau

Tour management Clémence Voidies

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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

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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