canicular

2024

30 minutes

Caused by the vibration of their membranes, the song of the cicadas follows the temperature curve, becoming an indicator of heat. Immersing herself in this microcosm, Rebecca Journo brings back images of insect women and hallucinatory dryness.

Choreography and interpretation Rebecca Journo

Music Diane Barbé

Outside view Véronique Lemonnier

Costume Coline Ploquin

Sound managment Mathieu Bonnafous

Administration, production, distribution La Pieuvre

Production La Pieuvre

Coproduction SACD, Festival d’Avignon, Théâtre Auditorium de Poitiers, Le Petit Écho de la Mode (Châtelaudren)

Support La Lisière résidence de création artistique (Saint-Agnan-en-Vercors), La Métive (Moutier-d’Ahun), Atelier de Paris Centre de développement chorégraphique national, Klap Maison pour la danse (Marseille), Boom’Structur Pôle chorégraphique (Clermont-Ferrand)

canicular was created as part of Vive le sujet ! Tentatives, Festival d'Avignon 2024.

Rebecca Journo (collective La Pieuvre) is associated with the Atelier de Paris Centre de développement chorégraphique national from 2025 to 2027.

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