SYLVAIN RIÉJOU / HERVÉ WALBECQ

Le poisson qui vivait dans les arbres...

ARTIST INITIATIVES

14.05.202517.05.2025

This event is past due

Season

24 → 25

Discipline

Dance

Location

Grande Halle

Duration

Est. 50 min

Age

From 4 y/o

2025 Creation

Setting off in search of a mysterious creature, our two protagonists travel a road strewn with pitfalls and surprises. Le poisson qui vivait dans les arbres… is an epic in which animals and humans harmonise their language and dance with one another.

The choreographer Sylvain Riéjou and draughtsman Hervé Walbecq sketch out a world together in which our senses become the arbiters of our decisions. In this zany universe where humans and animals become mistaken for one another, the non-verbal slowly gains ground over our words, and sensory stimuli slowly rise above our sense of reason. Like an animal, bodies in movement become a language, and dance becomes a means of communication. Drawings of animal silhouettes appear with which the performers play and interact. From a forested landscape to a beach of hot sand, their epic takes us from a smell to a sound, immersing us in sensory contemplation. There are no technical displays, just a white space as a surface onto which we project our imaginations, with poetic freedom as the guest of honour.

Distribution / Mentions de production

Concept Sylvain Riéjou and Hervé Walbecq Performance Hervé Walbecq and Yoann Hourcade Dramaturgical consultation Jeanne Lepers Drawings Hervé Walbecq Video creation and animations David Heidelberger Sound design and technical direction Émile Denize Lighting design and operation Ronan Bernard Sound and video operation Emile Denize Production and development Marion Valentine and Charles-Éric Besnier-Mérand – Bora Bora productions Co-productions Le Triangle, cité de la danse in Rennes; Les Rencontres Chorégraphiques Internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis; Initiatives d’Artistes – La Villette, Paris; PÔLE-SUD, CDCN in Strasbourg; L’Échangeur, CDCN of Hauts-de-France; Le Gymnase, CDCN in Roubaix; Théâtre d’Angoulême – Scène nationale; Centre culturel André Malraux – Scène Nationale in Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy; Théâtre Louis Aragon, certified art and dance creation stage in Tremblay-en-France; the Escales Danse network; Les Quinconces & L’Espal, Scène Nationale of Le Mans; La Scène Nationale Albi Tarn Partners and residency support Lillico – Festival Marmaille (Rennes); Le Pavillon (Romainville) Financial support Sponsorship from Caisse des Dépôts; Seine-Saint-Denis department; DRAC Pays de la Loire.