Two artists meet in a language of bodies, voices, rhythms and images to question what turns in our world, the cycle and the loop, the cog and the wheel. From the crank to the roundness of the drum, from the centrifugal force to the spiral, the shapes and movements resonate with the play of water and the rhythms composed. Poetry is invited in to make the words sound like musical notes, or as if the circle of the letter “O” were filled with water…
Through the symbol of water and the circle, the two artists explore the cycle of life, the construction of identity through one’s own reflection and the relationship with others. A show for young and old to enjoy together, from the perception of cycles to the pleasure of “coming full circle” together.
This project was born out of a meeting between two artists, both of whom are involved in creating musical theatre for very young audiences. In 2013, Florian Allaire, with his company A Tous Vents based in Puy de Dôme, invited Florence Goguel to direct his solo Brin d’Air. From the pleasure of working together on stage, researching and improvising, came the desire to share a project that would bring the two artists together on stage. Taking up the challenge of bringing together two strong artistic universes, drawing on the richness of music, theatre and the visual arts. From these exchanges over time, gleaned from each other’s tours, a form gradually took shape for the very young around the theme of the cycle and the loop, the wheel and the round, the cog…
“This musical and visual poem begins with a simple letter: the “O”. The circle of the ‘O’, the circles in the water, the circle, the spiral… Everything that evokes the shape, the material, the sounds of this plural ‘O’ is expressed in a rhythmic exchange between the two performers: body, voice, music, images. Florence Goguel and Florian Allaire, both musicians and actors, share the same desire and the same intention on stage: to make the little one resonate with something essential and unique to him or her. It’s an open show that can be shared with the youngest because it lets the imagination run wild.”
TT – Sélection Télérama Sortir – Françoise Sabatier Morel
“On stage, two musician-actors play with sounds, the sounds of water, large drums, small bowls, and so on, with great finesse. (…) The audience could hardly leave, so much were we all in a state of grace. And even though “the real water was waiting for us outside”, as one father used to say, the sun was in our hearts.”
Nous avons vu – ADEM – Cristina Agosti Gherban
“Noise of O and play of light in the theatre. What happens to a drop of water when it leaves our tap? Torrent, hurricane, ocean, geyser… Over time, it travels and transforms, taking the audience of Boucle d’O in its poetic and geographical wake (…) Children discover, thanks to a careful musical theatre, the life of a drop of water”.
La Montagne
Cast
Conception and interpretation Florian Allaire and Florence Goguel
Choreographic vision Martha Rodezno
Costumes and textile decor Marlène Rocher
Lighting design Patrice Balandreaud
Autonomous theatrical form, created in 2016
Audiences crèches, nursery schools, all ages
Age From 6 months to 6 years
Length 30 minutes
1 to 3 performances per day
Audience 60 to 80 people
Set L. 5 m x P. 6 m x H. 2,50 m
Lights The company is completely autonomous, darkness required
Assembly 1 service
Staff 2 people on tour
Production Compagnie du Porte-Voix and Compagnie A tous Vents (63)
Support The Compagnie du Porte-Voix is subsidised by the DRAC Ile-de-France – Ministère de la Culture. Conseil Départemental du Puy de Dôme, Conseil Départemental des Hauts de Seine, Conseil Départemental de la Seine-Saint-Denis, Services culturels du Grand Figeac, Théâtre des 13 Arches à Brive, Service culturel de Pont du Château, Ville de Gennevilliers, Ville de Nanterre, Ville de Clichy-sous-Bois.