L'Autre Rive

A vocal ensemble, Musicatreize, four instrumentalists of the Ensemble Mezwej. A singular form. During the bombings, the child wonders: “And if I were born on the other side?” Two twin universes, closed to each other, drunk with hate and violence. The Other Bank experiments with the marks of separation and older fractures. The play simultaneously unfolds in two spaces of La Chartreuse. Creating a kind of ritual, the singers leave the first space, one after the other, to go to the second. They move in this way to “the other bank” where the same play unfolds in reverse. As a mirror effect, a false mirror, since the instruments and languages are different. Inspired by a poem by Ivan Silinski, the music follows the form of the text: from the group's bellicose energy to extreme solitude. A catharsis. From the exhortation to war, to sacrifice and its excesses, as far as the feeling of loss of self and effacement... or the contrary. During intermission, the public changes rooms and relives the experience in reverse. The same? In any case, strangely close and disturbing.

With the Chartreuse de Villeneuve lez Avignon:
conception:Zad Moultaka performed by Musicatreize and the Ensemble Mezwej
direction: Roland Hayrabedian

coproduction: Fondation Royaumont, Musicatreize, Cnes-La Chartreuse de Villeneuve lez Avignon, Abbaye de Noirlac, Art Moderne.
avec le soutien: du Festival d'Avignon