Whist ... splendid in false, in real life, a series of dreams more than strange in which we all immerse ourselves, in an amazing silence, we wise visitors to Chaillot, in a hall in the superb view of the Eiffel Tower, about twentyof people, perhaps perhaps, perhaps not, coming and coming a mask on the face, a helmet on their ears.The idea is to go and set your gaze on a sculpture that seems harmless, marble striped here or there, simple trace on the ground, decoration almost without real interest?Impression of a color negative there, before our eyes.Then this mask, suddenly more authoritarian, intimate the order to join this or that of these blocks, of these traces.And mystery, madness, beauty, fear, begin.All mixed sometimes.
First of all because we are no longer in Chaillot, in the Dance Foyer, but on a table, surprising guests feast on heavy hearts, at our feet in a dirty dish.Or elsewhere a man is convulses on a sofa, in an empty living room, built with torn elements, pale walls, ready to split, collapse.Each time, if you turn your head, something else arises.We are not in the theater, Chaillot has disappeared, we are almost prisoners from a terrifying universe.Our body is hardly belonging to us almost, what we see is false, built via computer limbo.Spectators are like hallucinated, slowly go from hell to another.
Esteban Furna and Aoi Nakamura, who created the company Aφe, did not choose to walk in green flowery fields in which a charming butterfly would have turned our heads towards tender children playing the balls. No. With these images that they and we create, with this feeling of losing (a little) balance, attention, concentration are necessarily more dense. Esteban Ant and Aoi Nakamura mix the true, the false, they released not the wild beasts, but the virtual. They warmly welcome us, explain to us how to wear these surprising helmets. Dozens of views are possible, and depending on the path followed, a probable sense is to be discovered on their website. The next day, just to relax a little in the meantime? The fascination is obvious, and Freud will clarify all of this! We must add that a very attentive team follows us and watch us, watch over any possible, technical or not concern. Indeed, this magic is not necessarily available to everyone, be careful! And also, a small paper can be filled after this "walk", to give information and details on each spectator, what they loved, or not, what is practical or not, etc. , it's obvious. So don't be afraid, let yourself be quietly turned.
© Paul Plews
Whist, directed by Esteban Ant, Aoi Nakamura
Direction artistique : Esteban Fourmi, Aoi Nakamura (AΦE)
Technologie : Happy Finish
Musique : Scott Gibbons, Jozef Van Wissem
Scénographie : James Shaw
Ingénieur son 3D : Oliver Kadel (1.618 Digital)
Dramaturgie : Amanda Fromell
Psychanaliste : Emilia Raczkowska
With Nina Brown, Tomislav English, Robert Hayden, Yen-Christ Lin, Steve Rimmer
Thursday April 14: 6:15 p.m. 8:30 p.m.
Friday April 15: 6:15 p.m. 8:30 p.m.
Saturday April 16: 6.15 p.m.
Tuesday April 19: 6:15 p.m. 8:30 p.m. / 9:30 p.m.
Wednesday April 20: 6:15 p.m. 8:30 p.m.
Thursday April 21: 6.15 p.m.
Friday April 22: 6.15 p.m.
Dance Foyer
Duration 1 hour
Chaillot - National Dance Théâtre
1 place du Trocadéro
75116 Paris
https://theatre-chaillot.fr/fr/saison-2021-2022/whist
