In reference to the documentary Les Amours de la Pieuvre (1965) by Jean Painlevé, the project was born with the desire to deploy a universe, a dance that evokes this animal but above all the imaginary to which it refers. Thinking of the print The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife (1814) by Hokusai, we are particularly invoking its erotic, strange, even monstrous character. Transposed literally into the body, the mouth becomes a suction cup and the tongue resembles a tentacle buried inside the body, a body in love with an octopus.
Les amours de la pieuvre is designed as an immersive performance-installation where performers and spectators are placed at the same level, evolving in the same space. In search of an experimental plastic, acoustic and performative form, this work is part of a search for choreographic and sound writing where the body and the sound interact directly. The space is seen as a laboratory where the production of gesture-sound is apparent, where the body is dissected through sound.
Research, creation & Performance Rebecca Journo
Concept & sound creation Mathieu Bonnafous
Research, creation & Performance Véronique Lemonnier, Mathieu Bonnafous, Jules Bourret, Rebecca Journo
Creation costumes Coline Ploquin
Scenography & accesories Rebecca Journo, Véronique Lemonnier, Jules Bourret
Construction of objects and lighting Jules Bourret
Artistic collaboration and outside view/ear Raphaëlle Latini
Voice work Valérie Joly
Metal accessories manufacturing Florent Seffar
General management Véronique Lemonnier
Production La Pieuvre
Coproduction et support L'échangeur CDCN Hauts-de-France - KLAP Maison pour la danse - Micadanses - Théâtre Le Colombier · Bagnolet - Rencontres Chorégraphiques Internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis - Laboratoire Chorégraphique de Reims - La Fileuse Friche artistique - Le Regard du Cygne - Lisière, lieu de création artistique - Théâtre Auditorium Poitiers, Scène nationale - La Pop
Public partners Ministère de la Culture - DRAC Île-de-France, Région Île-de-France, Département de la Seine Saint Denis et de la Caisse des Dépôts
