Nexus de l’adoration

In a world where we feel we belong to multiple groups but where our experiences are unique, Nexus de l’adoration celebrates heterogeneity by imagining a new religion whose mission would be to sing the praises of all things in the world, from electronic cigarettes to Dragon Ball Z, from Argentine tango to humpback whales. During a ceremony that looks a little like a musical, nine officiants weave together absurd invocations and pop choruses, galvanising speeches and unsettling confessions, deadpan stories and R’n’B choreographies. Playing with the juxtaposition and collision of disparate elements, Nexus de l’adoration creates a community for a future world, giving voice not only to a universal and homogeneous ideal, but to a joyful symphony of differences and dissonances. 

إذا تم إنشاء ديانة في يومنا الحاضر، كيف يا ترى ستبدو طقوسها؟ يتخيل جوريس لاكوست مراسم غنية   بالألوان والموسيقى تفيض بالفكاهة والشعر. 

INTERVIEW WITH JORIS LACOSTE

Conception, text, music, direction, choreography Joris Lacoste
Scenography and lighting Florian Leduc
Choreographic collaboration Solène Wachter
Music and sound collaboration Léo Libanga
Costumes Carles Urraca
Performance and contribution to writing Daphné Biiga Nwanak, Camille Dagen, Flora Duverger, Jade Emmanuel, Thomas Gonzalez, Léo Libanga, Ghita Serraj, Tamar Shelef, Lucas Van Poucke
Sound Florian Monchatre
Assistant stage direction and dramaturgy Léo Libanga
Vocal coaching Jean-Baptiste Veyret-Logerias
General stage management Marine Brosse, Seydou Grépinet
Production and distribution Hélène Moulin-Rouxel et Colin Pitrat (Les Indépendances)
Administration Edwige Dousset

Delegated production Compagnie Échelle 1:1
Associated production La Muse en Circuit Centre national de création musicale
Co-production Bonlieu Scène nationale (Annecy), MC93 Maison de la Culture de Seine-Saint-Denis, Théâtre Garonne Scène européenne (Toulouse), Les Célestins Théâtre de Lyon, Festival d’Automne à Paris, Festival d’Avignon, Centre Dramatique National Orléans / Centre-Val-de-Loire, Festival Musica Strasbourg

With the support Fondation d’entreprise Hermès, Fonds de production Drac Île-de-France et pour la 79e édition du Festival d’Avignon : Spedidam. 
With the artistic support du Jeune théâtre national et du dispositif d’insertion de l’Ecole du TNB
Artistic residency Abbaye de Noirlac, La Muse en Circuit CNCM, MAC de Créteil, CROMOT (Paris), La Ménagerie de Verre (Paris), Bonlieu scène nationale d’Annecy, MC93 (Bobigny), Théâtre Garonne - scène européenne (Toulouse)

La compagnie Échelle 1:1 is supported through a long-term agreement with the French Ministry of Culture – DRAC Île-de-France, and receives support from the Île-de-France Region.

Remerciements Frédéric Baron, Alan Hammoudi, Pierre-Yves Macé, Christelle Pepin, Augustin Parsy, Assia Turquier-Zauberman, Ling Zhu