With HUMAN (articulations), Christophe Huysman continues his work that began with Espèces, pièce de cirque, (Species, a circus play) his previous work. It's about seeking a new space for the act of drama, wanting to find a new way to communicate dramatic speech. Actors and circus artists give shape to a space that is made of vertical lines – Chinese poles – or horizontal, along which they move. It is an almost empty space which may remind the audience of the cabaret, music-hall and of the course, the circus ring. This place which conjures no immediate reference is where the poet asks questions about the world around him, about the feeling of void or of falling which sometimes overwhelms those who point a finger at catastrophe and protect themselves with mockery. The received notion that everything leads us into chaos in a kind of uncontrollable movement can, if we are not careful, stifle the voice of artists who continue their quest, to continue to dream of and to imagine a different tomorrow even if they will not be singing the same songs. Here, on the stage, a chorus – voices and bodies – try to say gaily, albeit not without violence, that one should not play around too much with the ambient casualness, but instead, one should invent new ways of describing how the world is, such as in celebratory artistic forms to counter all forms of human barbarity that appear on the horizon, with moving forms, rich in what they have to offer. Dizzy bodies under duress, dizzy crushed words demanding we resist. Jean-François Perrier
Please arrive at the venue 45 minutes before the start of the performance. Please note that parking spaces and the nearest bus stop are a 10-minute walk away. We advise you to arrive early, as we do not accept latecomers once the performance has started.