Derniers Feux

Fireworks fascinate with their ambivalence. Their explosion evokes celebration as much as war. They unite as much as they startle, blending fear with excitement. Drawing inspiration from the images they conjure and memories rooted in our collective consciousness, Derniers Feux focuses on the moment just before the explosion, a suspended time from which dreams emerge. Surrounded by dancers and musicians, Némo Flouret conjures up this sense of turmoil, this grey zone, buffeted by opposing winds, capturing the full beauty of pyrotechnics: expectation, anticipation, hope, frustration, astonishment... To the sound of trumpets, broken melodies, and shattered rhythms, their relentless, continuous dances exalt the present, as if the show they are piecing together were indeed their last, forever. 

في اللحظة التي تسبق انفجار الألعاب النارية، يصرّ أحد عشر مؤدّ على خلق عرض أخير، في عاصفة صورٍ ورقصاتٍ وأغراضٍ متروكة. 

With Calvin Carrier, Némo Flouret, Rafa Galdino, Tessa Hall, Philomène Jander, Per-Anders Kraudy Solli, Jean Lemersre, Rubén Orio, Susana Santos Silva, Sophie Sénécaut, Wan-Lun Yu 

Concept Némo Flouret 
Scenography Philippe Quesne  
Costumes Satoshi Kondo pour ISSEY MIYAKE
Musical collaboration Calvin Carrier, Rubén Orio, Per-Anders Kraudy Solli, Susana Santos Silva 
Pyrotechnics Joseph Couturier  
Dramaturgy Collaboration Emma Lewis-Jones
Research Collaboration Tessa Hall
Artistic Advisers Bryana Fritz, Camille Legrand, Margaux Roy, Solène Wachter
Technical Director Fabrice Le Fur
Stage Management and Pyrotechnics Coordination Rémy Ebras
Sound Management Mikaël Plunian
Lighting Management Nicolas Marc
Construction Support Max Potiron
Production and Development Margaux Roy
Production and Logistics Claire Heyl
Administration Florence Péaron

Production Supergroup
Coproduction Comédie de Genève, Charleroi danse Centre chorégraphique Wallonie-Bruxelles, Théâtre Garonne (Toulouse), Ménagerie de verre (Paris), Tanz im August / Hebbel am Ufer (Berlin), IRA Institute (Soverato), La Halle aux Grains Scène nationale de Blois, Festival d’Avignon
With the support of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels, The 2024 Baroness Nina von Maltzahn Fellowship for the Performing Arts at The Watermill Center, Fondazione Politeama - Città di Catanzaro, Région Centre-Val-de-Loire, Drac Centre-Val-de-Loire, Ville d’Orléans, ISSEY MIYAKE, and for the 79th edition of the Festival d’Avignon: Spedidam
With the support of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels for the 79th edition
Set construction Ateliers de la Comédie de Genève
Residencies Ménagerie de Verre (Paris), Les Chaudronneries (Montreuil), The Watermill Center (New York), Take me Somewhere (Glasgow), Politeama Teatro (Catanzaro), Anfiteatro di Soverato, Comune di Badolato, Comédie de Genève
Acknowledgments Dick Van Der Harst, César Vayssié, Séverine Chavrier, Pauline Pierron, Yves Fröhle, Frederico Ramos Lopes, Valérie Oberson, Benjamin Vicq et l’ensemble des équipes de la Comédie de Genève et des Ateliers de la Comédie de Genève, Pietro Monteverdi, Settimio Pisano, Guerino Nistico, Damien Chevron, Hugh Hsu, Gilles Flouret, Annick Flouret, Valérie Lenders – galerie Melissa Ansel, Émilie Renouvin and the Institut français of Italy, Louise Dodet and the Villa Albertine, Valentine Jejcic, Jean-Baptiste Portier, Gaspard Schmitt, Lino Jaricot-Garcia, Léa Warin-D’Houdetot

In memory of Pierre-Yves Flouret (1937–2025)