PLING KLANG

PLING KLANG

Pling-Klang

Mathieu Despoisse and Etienne Manceau

 

– October 2023 –

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Two people facing the audience: Etienne Manceau and Mathieu Despoisse. This production focuses on one word, one notion which every person defines his/ her own way, that of The Couple.

Doing and undoing, constructing and deconstructing. That is particular to human nature and individuals, whether they live as a couple or not. Pling-Klang deals with love, disenchantment, manipulation and IKEA furniture.

Cast

TourAuthors: Mathieu Despoisse, Etienne Manceau et Bram Dobbelaere

Performers: Mathieu Despoisse et Etienne Manceau

Artistic advice: Marie Jolet

Light creation and technic: Jean Ceunebrouck

Sound creation: David Maillard

Costume: Natacha Costechareire

Production-Tour Management-Administration: Lisa Henin

Partners & Co-producers

Coproducers: Équinoxe – Scène nationale de Châteauroux ; La Coopérative De Rue et De Cirque ; L’Échalier, Atelier de Fabrique Artistique, Saint-Agil ; Larural, scène de territoire en Créonnais ; Cirk’Eole, Montigny-les-Metz ; ONYX, Théâtre de Saint-Herblain ; Le Carré Magique – Pôle National Cirque en Bretagne ; La Plateforme 2 Pôles Cirque en Normandie, La Brèche à Cherbourg et le Cirque Théâtre d’Elbeuf ; Le centre culturel André Malraux, Scène Nationale de Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy ; Festival utoPistes, Lyon ; La rose des vents – Scène nationale Lille Métropole – Villeneuve d’Ascq ; Le Plongeoir – Cité du Cirque – Le Mans ; CIRCa – Pôle National Cirque – Auch ; MiraMiro – Gand (BE); CircusWerkplaats Dommelhof (BE); La Rotonde – Luxembourg (LU); Le Trio…S Théâtre – Inzinzac-Lochrist; La Mouche – Saint-Genis-Laval.

Subventions: État, Direction des affaires culturelles (D.R.A.C.) des Pays de la Loire; Région Pays de la Loire ; Conseil Général de Loire Atlantique ; Ville de Saint-Herblain 

Basic facts

Creation 6 and 7 October 2023
Cirque Théâtre d’Elbeuf

Duo
Indoor and unconventional venues / 80 people
70min – From 10 year on

Multidisciplinary and unlabelled performance.

YOUR CONTACT :
Lisa Henin
lisa[@]avantcourrier.fr
+33 6 72 72 67 65

LA BALANÇOIRE GÉANTE

LA BALANÇOIRE GÉANTE

La Balançoire géante

Sidney Pin / La Volte cirque

 

– June 2023 –

ABOUT THE ARTIST

© Romain Charrier

Halfway between a swinging trapeze and a Russian swing, la Balançoire Géante features an acrobat attempting a revolution, not without some difficulty, on a 12 meter high swinging apparatus. A mix of a circus performance, a workshop on aerial acrobatics and a therapy session, the creative process is ongoing.

Through a psycho-socio-political self-analysis, our athlete challenges his motivation to train day and night to perform a silly and useless action in order to become the Balançoire Géante world champion.

The show is about performing, virilism, analyzing his condition as an acrobat, telling about Kiiking, Emmanuel Macron, Tina Turner and Richard Wagner.

Cast

Author and performer: Sidney Pin

Set designer and stage manager: Max Heraud

Artistic insight: Arnaud Saury

Office Management: Valeria Vukadin

Production and Touring Management: Clemence Mugard / L’Avant Courrier

Partners & Co-producers

Production: Compagnie la Volte-cirque with l’Avant courrier

Co-producers: ONYX, scène conventionnée de Saint-Herblain (44) – Le Plongeoir – Cité du cirque Pôle Cirque Le Mans (72) ; Plus petit cirque du monde, Bagneux (92) ; Communauté d’agglomération Mont St Michel Normandie (50), Plateforme 2 pôles cirque en Normandie La Brèche à Cherbourg (50) ; Le PALC & Festival Furies, Pôle National cirque Grand Est (51).

Partners: Quai des Chaps, Nantes (44) ; La Martofacture, Sixt-sur-Aff (35) ; Ville de Couëron Théâtre Boris Vian (44) ; Service Territorial d’Education et d’Insertion, Rezé (44) ; Transfert & Pick Up Production, Rezé (44).
Conseil Général de Loire Atlantique (44) et Région Pays de la Loire

Basic facts

3 June 2023

Outdoor, Seating on both sides of the stage, 200 people
30 min – Audience unrated

There are no upcoming events at this time.

YOUR CONTACT :
Clémence Mugard
clemence[@]avantcourrier.fr
+33 6 15 40 04 82

DE BONNES RAISONS

DE BONNES RAISONS

De bonnes raisons

Matthieu Gary et Sidney Pin

 

– January 2022 –

ABOUT THE ARTIST

© Damien Bossis

 It’s okay to make loads of physical experiences when you’re eight years old, taking a spill on your bike, doing a belly flop at the swimming pool, jumping from your neighbour’s roof. All this broadens one’s horizons and shapes one’s personality. But when twenty years later, you find yourself upside down on a piece of metal, balancing on your buddy’s shoulder seven meters above the ground, in front of 200 people who pay you to do it, you have your doubts.

De bonnes raisons features two acrobats philosophising joyfully about risk-taking.

Cast

Writers and performers: Matthieu Gary et Sidney Pin

Production: Elsa Lemoine – l’Avant Courrier

Touring management: Clémence Mugard – l’Avant Courrier

Technical manager: Etienne Charles and Julien Lefeuvre

Office management: Valeria Vukadin

Outside eye: Marc Vittecoq

Construction: Maxime Héraud et Etienne Charles

Lights: Etienne Charles

Costumes: Léa Gadbois Lamer

Special thank to: Fragan Ghelker, Pauline Dau, Fanny Sintès, Myrto Andrianakou, Alexandre

Guillot, Sarah Lys, l’association Pivoine, Julien Auger, Oriane Piquot, Amandine Bouche, Vasil Tasevski.

Partners & Co-producers

Production:
Compagnie la Volte-cirque, with l’Avant courrier

 Co-productions:

Carré Magique, Pôle National Cirque de Bretagne, Lannion (22)

Le Grand R, Scène Nationale de la Roche-sur-Yon (85)

Onyx, Scène conventionnée, Saint-Herblain (44)

Cité du cirque pour le Pôle Régional Cirque, Le Mans (72)

Plateforme 2 Pôles Cirque en Normandie / La Brèche à Cherbourg (50) et le Cirque-Théâtre d’Elbeuf (76)

Plus Petit Cirque du Monde, Bagneux (92)

Contributions:

DRAC Pays de la Loire

Région Pays de la Loire

Conseil Général de Loire Atlantique

Ville de Saint-Herblain

Ville de Nantes

 Supports:

Services Territoriaux Éducatifs et d’Insertion, Rezé (44)

Maison de quartier Madeleine Champs de Mars, Nantes (44)

Quai des Chaps, Nantes (44)

Ville d’Indre (44)

Ville de Couëron (44)

Artémisia, La Gacilly (56)

La Martofacture, Sixt-sur-Aff (35)

MC2, Scène Nationale, Grenoble (38)

Le Monfort Théâtre, Paris (75)

L’Essieu du Batut, Murols (12)

L’espace Senghor en partenariat avec le festival Les Débroussailleuses & le Cirque du Docteur Paradi, le May-sur-Èvre (49)

Festival SITU, Veules-les-Roses (76)

Cirque en Scène, Centre des arts du cirque de Niort (79)

Basic facts

January 2022

Indoor, Circular tribune (toured) surface area required 12x12m. Minimum height 7m, 170 people
60 min – From 8 years on

YOUR CONTACT :
Clémence Mugard
clemence[@]avantcourrier.fr
+33 6 15 40 04 82

MAD IN FINLAND – THE SHOW

MAD IN FINLAND – THE SHOW

MAD IN FINLAND THE SHOW

MAD collective

– April 2012 –

ABOUT THE COLLECTIVE

© Sébastien Armengol © KlaraG

A circus show about Finnish folklore, melancholia, madness, and highlights from the history books. Because of such passionate responses, the show has been touring now for over 10 years, touching audiences all over Europe. The eight powerful women present a crazy and seductive act of new circus, chopping with axes through the expectations of femininity and gender norms.

All the artists of Mad in Finland have a common bond in that they have each left their motherland for the love of circus. With a gentle irony they show their country as they remember and dream of it. This distorted and warm-hearted satire of identity is portrayed through top level skills from foot juggling and clowning to wire dancing and aerial acrobatics. Circus, comedy, and live music tell a story of an imaginary and reinvented Finland where Finnish sadness has something magical about it and where the harsh climate encourages strong characters.

MAD IN FINLAND - THE FILM
ANNIVERSARY TOUR IN FINLAND - JULY 2023

Cast

Elice Abonce Muhonen (hair suspension, drums) Heini Koskinen (aerial silk, violin) Jenni Kallo (clown, drums) Milla Lahtinen (swinging trapeze) Mirja Jauhiainen (trapeze, cello, bass) Nelli Kujansivu (foot juggling, drums) Sanja Kosonen (wire dancing, guitar) Teija Sotikoff (vocals, keytar, flute)

Technical manager : Gautier Gravelle
Stage manager : Gautier Gravelle ou Luc Mainaud ou Bernard Molinier Light : Gautier Gravelle ou Nicolas Gastard
Sound : Franck Beaumard ou Mathias Lejosne
Tour manager : Anne Heuveline – L’Avant Courrier

CONCEPT/CASTING ORIGINAL :
Elice Abonce Muhonen, Heini Koskinen, Lotta Paavilainen, Mirja Jauhiainen, Sanna Kopra, Stina Kopra, Sanja Kosonen

 THANKS:
Remy Sciuto (Artistic advisor on music, Siri Hamari (Outside eye), Romain de Lagarde (Lights), Lucie Plessis (Illustration), Sebastien Armengol, Klara G, Paola Jorquera (Photographer), and Sauna, Joulupukki, Carina, Saxenberg, Claire Peysson

Partners & co-producers

Support: La Cascade, Maison des arts du Clown et du Cirque, Bourg Saint Andéol (07); Arts Council of Finland; La Comédie de Caen, Centre Dramatique National de Normandie (14); La Brèche, Pôle National des Arts du Cirque, Cherbourg Octeville (50)

General informations

Creation April 2012

  • Under Big Top (circular version)
  • In theatres (proscenium version)
  • Outdoor version (circular version)

75 min – from 5 years and old

YOUR CONTACT :
Marine PLET
marine[@]avantcourrier.fr
+33 7 43 26 99 23

ATTRACTION CAPILLAIRE

ATTRACTION CAPILLAIRE

Attraction Capillaire

Galapiat Cirque
Elice Abonce Muhonen et Sanja Kosonen

 

– November 2018 –

This is a short production, light and versatile but as (shrewdly) far-fetched as ever. A site-specific performance, Attraction Capillaire (hairy attraction) adjusts to the environment and can be presented in the street, gardens or in front of a theatre.

Elice Abonce Muhonen and Sanja Kosonen present Attraction Capillaire:
Two women with no limits.
Kafka without having read Kafka.
A circus parade with no animals.
An aquatic act with no water.
Acrobatics with no gravity.
A great orchestra with no musicians.
A circus performance with hair hanging and Finnish humour.

Cast

Authors and performers: Sanja Kosonen and Elice Abonce Muhonen 
Building: Jérémie Bruyère and Michel Carpentier
Lighting design: Jérémie Bruyère and Nicolas Gastard
Musical composition and arrangements: Stéphane Comon and Madeg Menguy
Costumes and hairstyling: Elice Abonce Muhonen and Sanja Kosonen
Production manager: Elice Abonce Muhonen
Production: Galapiat Cirque
Administration: Yvain Lemattre and Camille Rondeau
Touring management: l’Avant Courrier – Lisa Henin

Partners & Co-producers

Co-production: Plateforme 2 Pôles Cirques en Normandie I La Brèche à Cherbourg – Cirque Théâtre d’Elbeuf
Production residencies: La Hactais, Festival Miramiro – Gand, Plateforme 2 Pôles Cirques en Normandie I La Brèche à Cherbourg – Cirque Théâtre d’Elbeuf

Basic facts

November 2018

Site-specific performance, seating capacity depending on the site
25 min – From 4 year on

Hair hanging.

There are no upcoming events at this time.

YOUR CONTACT :
Lisa Henin
lisa[@]avantcourrier.fr
+33 6 72 72 67 65