Bryan Campbell explores the novel Moby Dick by depicting a love story nestled at the heart of ecocidal violence. The declaimed and performative interpretation of the literary, musical or cinematographic adaptations of the novel will find their place in a self-deprecating choreographic game, both joking and deeply felt, in the continuity of his previous piece Deep Cuts. The spatialization of sound and bodies as close as possible to the spectator, in luminous spaces or modular black boxes, will invite a journey towards an uncertain night.
Distribution
Conception Bryan Campbell
Performance Bryan Campbell and Olivier Normand
Text and songs Bryan Campbell avec Olivier Normand et Herman Melville*
Music and sound Aria de la Celle
Composition and interpretation piano pour "Water Song" Michalis Boliakis
Recording Cristian Sotomayor
Lights Bruno Faucher
Technical director Géraldine Michel
Metallurgical construction Cabri
Costumes Oscar Houtin
Dramaturgical assistance Léa Rivière, Lisa Vereertbrugghen
Outside view Anne Lenglet
Development, touring Anaïs Guilleminot / Météores
Administration, production Charlotte Giteau / Météores
Thanks: Billy.e Janière-Lépine, la SNSM de La Ciotat
* Moby Dick, traduction of Armel Guerne
Executive production Météores
Coproductions & residency : Chorège CDCN Falaise Normandie, Kunstencentrum Buda – Courtrai, Les Subs – Lyon, CN D Centre national de la danse – Pantin, Le Pacifique CDCN Grenoble AURA dans le cadre de l’Accueil Studio, ICI CCN Montpellier Occitanie dans le cadre des Par/ICI, CDCN La Place de la Danse Toulouse, Centre Chorégraphique National d’Orléans, Les Bazis (09), Théâtre St Gervais Genève, Traverse (65).
Support and residency : Cndc – Angers, la Ménagerie de Verre dans le cadre du dispositif StudioLab.
Simple residency : la Briqueterie – CDCN du Val-de-Marne.
With funding from the DRAC Ile de France
Premiere 19th and 20th June 2025 in Les Subs, Lyon, in partnership with CN D Centre national de la danse in the frame of Camping.
16 > 18 april 2026: Théâtre St Gervais Genève
Saison 2025-2026 (to be confirmed): Théâtre Sévelin 26 Lausanne
