collective CrEation staging - CREATION

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1 provisonal title collective CrEation staging - CREATION Production Contact : Maël Tortel cirquepardi@gmail.com +33 (0)

2 CIRCUS IN BIG TOP Cirque Pardi! is initiated by Maël Tortel in The inspiration to create a self-designed circus tent is powered by his artistic perspectives and the curiosity for administrative and logistical experimentation. A new and horizontally organized collective emerges, searching new forms of artistic production, innovating partnerships by questioning the involvement of cultural actors and organizers within their territories. In 2013, a Cabaret joins ten artists who develop their artistic research collectively and Pardi! circus hits the road. In 2014, after three years of creation, construction and structuring, Pardi! releases its first show BorderLand, a creation that shifts structural boundaries affirming their identity as a visually daring and experimental circus. CIRQUE PARDI! STARTS A NEW CREATION UNDER THE BIG TOP. Convinced by its ability to alter space and time perception, by its implication to appropriate public spaces, the proximity with the public, the autonomy of the artists, the life on the road An important headline to start the artistic process will be the transformation of the original space under the big top. It will be necessary to reinvent this space. New dimensions will appear with the scenography for the new show and by moving tribunes and stage.

3 PARDI! COLLECTIVE? They are characters who meet on stage exchanging their experiences and circus disciplines. They enjoy the freedom to act and recognize the urgency to talk about a society that roars, suffers and indulges within its limitations and disorders. COLLECTIVE CREATION The main motivation for this new show is the furious desire of the group to get back on the road towards artistic challenges and surprises. There is a personal and collective need to start a new and more mature creative project, processing the experiences with BorderLand. Pardi! Gives preference to a collective creation in order to reveal a personal sincerity on stage. Several meetings are organised in 2017 with differents artistic directors. The collective will choose one of them to lead the creation until the writing s finalization in 2018 et PROSPECTIVE FOR AN ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Julien Vittecoq - Crida Company - Meeting from 30 October to 2 November 2017 Victor Genicis - Cie l An 01 - Meeting the 9 of June 2017 CREATION SPEAKERS Marion Guyez - Dramaturgical reflection Lucas Condro - Quality of movement Philine Dahlmann - Dahlmanesque Consultant Jérémy Manche - Music consultant They desire to unite where there is disunity and to crown a king when he is anonymous. To take the possibility of experimentation and failure as a creative source. To accept this world of images and paradoxes we are part of, transforming it into a new one that fits them. ARTISTICS LABORATORIES open the work creating a new collective and to figure out their common artistic inspirations. These laboratories allow to clarify the cast and to start up the production. CREATIONS STEPS 2017 The artists are alone on stage. This will be the time to develop personal artistic material and to teamwork on the script Primary year of creation, presentations of working step, public s meeting Final year of creation, show planned for spring. WE ARE CURRENTLY IN SEARCH OF RESIDENCIES...

4 Tell me, Guillaume We did not even think about what will happen to the Empire if the King dies one day. He is old, he forgets what he will say, only dust is left to his orders. Empiricism has become a mere word, replaced by others, such as «communication», «culture», or even «the King s burial». When that empiricism is connected with the Empire, if only etymologically, it is time to organize. We think about it right now, live on stage of Pardi! The Empire falls into a gloomy place, it has still some colors left. The old man is even older, now he can become the King. The young one is older too, that s a normal procedure, and he will become the King. And the other ones, same thing, are older than before, and they crown themselves with real crowns that they find in the dirt so they become the King of the Empire. So now, dear observer, we do not longer speak of normality. The hierarchy: abandoned! The prince, her son, the queens, the people, the bird, everybody: the King! Plural: singular! And: vice versa! Time: deviated from its straight line! Dimensions: countless axes! Oh, oneiric attack! Reveal us your delusions! Make us choose between our absurd desires, between being and pretending! Diane Arbus - le roi et la reine d une seniors danse, New York, 1970 The Empire finds itself in a hole, it moves, it is noisy, there are big walls around it to protect it from the rising water. If you are, by any chance, a pelican flying over it, you will spend some time above it without even knowing why. You ll go down to put on a real King s crown. There are about three of these Queens dancing the pogodance. They are the King of the Empire. You will be seduced by their silent hysteria, and feel the desire to be part of this soap opera, which releases the most hazardous acts of this circus! It is even quite possible that you, erratic pelican, are the mother of William Tell, King of the Empire! Your new sovereignty will suit you, it is close to the freedom of your dreams, because you re surrounded by locked up sovereigns. When you find out the color of your blood at lunchtime, you will already have decided to cut off your wings. Red will mix with the cold, the blue blood will turn into green in the altitude. This height, however, has lost its sense now. It claims its lost values and sings the song of the King s dance. And after dinner, when all the plates are finished, when all the guests have smoked there cigarette, they will lie down, gently, without any special reasons. And then they die They simply die. HERE LIES THE EMPIRE. In this vast dusty room, a tape recorder spitting out an almost inaudible melody over and over again. Sedulous. Since a long time ago. A guitar standing in front of its amplifier distills a soft feedback. A diva sings an Argentinian lullaby. The foolish servant standing on a platform, accompanies her on his keyboards. The princess, under the pressure of time, slaps on her drums, her eyes are closed. This is our home. A nacred sound escapes from this ambiance, decadent and oneiric. As if that fateful day was repeated forever. A fiery concert on ice.

5 The actors of this show are cultivated, educated and socialized in many different cultural ambiances. We specify their academies and artistic projects because they gave them the resources to increase their survival chances in the artistic jungle. CAROLA ARAMBURU Musician, Aerial hoop, Dance Whenever we concentrate our fears, we can go straight to infinity She meets street arts through a collective project to save a school in Buenos Aires. Circus also ends up saving her adolescence, instinctively, like all the other things she does in life. She continues to live the circus ELSKE VAN GELDER Partner acrobatics «...it is by listening to the echoes that I wander.» It has been for 15 years that she wears her voltigeuse, that she carries its joy, its anger, its reveries and that she carries its absurd desire to wanted leave traces. Also she carries a strong desire to rebel... against the crimes of religion and Rousseau, Mrs. Pipi and Jack the Ripper... here it is played for nothing... And when she no longer plays, she no longer plays. ANTOINE BOCQUET Musician, Composer and Plastic installations «From my hill, I observe. In this faded space, I will build my house // & i try all day long // Antoine Bocquet navigates for 7 years playing under big tops, in theaters and public spaces. The more he progresses, the more he feels the desire to «poeticize» different kind of areas with photography, light and sound. EDUCATION / Musicology in Paris, with a master about Master Brian Eno, diverging suddenly towards Ahmad Jamal COMPANIES / Same same but different / Les Aires / Cirque Melem / Cirque Pardi! JULIEN MANDIER New magic, Clown, Manipulation of objects «It is always the best to make the ball running The ball doesn t sweat.»/ / Roberto Baggio Julien Mandier, born in Valencia, spiritual son of Bruno Lochet, François Morel, but also Jean Pierre Papin, is a clown, juggler and stuntman. He starts circus like others start football, as a little boy, in a small town in Ardèche in the 1990s. His passion arrived early and is just starting a huge exploration, which will take him through many countries in this world of the ever more EDUCATION / Lido à Toulouse / Piste d Azur à Cannes COMPANIES / Blizzart Concept. Opéra pour sèches-cheveux / OSEA / Air de Cirque EDUCATION / Escuela de circo La Arena à Buenos Aires Lido à Toulouse COMPANIES / Cirque Pardi! / OSEA / Vayven EDUCATION / à Barcelone, Kiev et Lido à Toulouse COMPANIES / My!Laïka - Pop Corn Machine

6 TUK FREDERIKSEN Partner acrobatics If you ever get hit by bird-poop - be grateful that cows can t fly - Unknown TEASER by Loïc Nys - collectif SILEKS available on this link or on our website For over ten years, Tuk have been basing, laughing and moving on different stages across Europe and have, together with his partner Sofie, formed a unique bond that can never be broken. Ready to make entertainment happen with raw strength and extremely bad jokes. He truly is the Obelix of Scandinavia! EDUCATION / AFUK, Copenhagen. National Circus Academy, Kiev. Lido, Toulouse COMPANIES / Tuk&Sofie, TENT, Cirque de Loin, CIRC6, Cirque Pardi! SOFIE JASMIN SABROE Partner acrobatics, Dancer, Singer F#*k it just do it! Her passion to move, inspire and awake the world, drives the engine of this strong and sensitive lady. Born in the UK, growing up in Copenhagen, her mother is a singer and from a young age, Sofie learnt to sing her heart out. Craving an outlet for her hypernes, a need to fill this world with compassion and her own love for attention - she knew, the day she joined the circus, this is where she belongs. EDUCATION / AFUK - Copenhagen, Kiev, Lido - Toulouse. COMPANIES / Tuk & Sofie, Cirque De Loin, Gentag, Cirque Pardi!

7 MAËL TORTEL Constructor, machinist Maël meet the circus at 11years old in the circus scool of Lyon, the opportunity for him to put into practice his pragmatism and his imagination. On track, he expresses himself with balances on hands and acrobatic litters; Outside, it speaks motor, welding and marquee. This personal dialogue between art, body and technique enables him to imagine a collective project he is setting up in 2011, the Cirque Pardi!. COMPANIES / Les Veilleurs / Les Têtes en l Air / Cirque Pardi! TIMOTHÉE LOUSTALOT GARES Light designer, technician Early fanatic of nomadism trying to understand the concept of freedom. On his journeys through Europe he discovers music, performing and scenic arts on the streets. He tries out constructing scenographies and circus equipment. He nourishes his inspirations with a multitude of encouters and forms himself into a general head technician, always remaining fascinated by the light... COMPANIES / Cirque Pardi! / Le Cirk Oblique / Fet a Mà / Les philosophes Barbares / kollectif point barre / Faim de loup / Endogène / yi fan... RÉMI BERNARD Head technician, machinist Difficult to find a photo of him Always in action, not the time to pose! Moreover Rémi Bernard had several lives before the entertainment world. He begins by doing farmer s training which brings him to be a cook then a worker sheet iron manufacturer, but also electrician, truck driver, mechanic PL and TP, negotiating in truck and equipment for the export and scrap merchant. He makes then a decisive meeting with Sweatlodge and the collective Toto Black and puts his skills of stage manager constructor stagehand in the service of the scenography of the circus-space. Perceived by the Fusion Festival in Germany, he participates every year with this collective in the construction of the scenography of the circus-space. It is in this crossroads that he meets the Cirque Pardi!. COMPANIES / Sweatlodge / Quais des chaps / Toto Black / Cirque Pardi! ALOÏS PESQUER Machinist, constructor, rigger, fireworks Brought up in the universe of the Royal de Luxe and Archaos, Alois Pesquer meets the company Sweatlodge and starts the construction of a Carnival created by the fantasy of a group of artistic constructors. He discovers the principles of the construction and metalwork for live shows. Perceived by the Fusion Festival in Germany, he participates every year in the construction of the scenography of the circus-space. In parallel he builds machines for live shows and becomes a stage manager. COMPAGNIES / Sweatlodge / Enzo l insaisissable / Cirque Pardi!

8 IT HAS BEEN FOR 40 YEARS THAT WE WANT TO WORK TOGETHER, 40 YEARS, THAT S NOT NOTHING. A multitute of artists cross their roads throughout this jungle (see above) and influence their behavior, be it in their teenrooms or directly on the battlefield: with Sonic Youth, Charly Chaplin, Archaos and Forced Entertainment they develop their attack strategies. Houellebecq, Ionesco, Robert Musil, Frank Zappa, Kate Busch, Theodor W. Adorno and Emmanuel Kant teach them the theoretical bases. They learn their dexterity by watching performances of Pina Bausch on Youtube having previously developed their corporal skills during special alcoholic gatherings in form of onomatopoeic representations of this certain youth movement Punk. Rodrigo Garcia, Frida Kahlo, Karol Józef Wojtyła and Royal de Luxe appear as icons on their T-shirts. Their sociological researches are based on studies of Beverly Hills and Kommissar Rex, the movies of Jim Jarmusch, Michelangelo Antonioni and John Waters and certain portraits of Andy Warhol. Lady Diana is for them, now as ever, the last instance in aesthetic questions.

9 CREATION PLANNING Exit of creation in 2019 BorderLand remains on the roads and squares of Europe until 2018 and we are preparing a tour to Canada and South America This show will have met the public more than 230 times. It is said that a company s first creation often lacks maturity but promises a bright future for the next shows. We now initiate a second round, a new artistic creation. We invite you to share the risks of artistic promises, the big top and its economy with us. To produce this new creation, we want to create partnerships with co-producers, to avoid a maintainance by hook or by crook, endless trips and exhaustion. You, producers, cultural actors and other partners, know well about the real costs of such a creation and the needs to anticipate and organize a coherent schedule, both considering the geographical aspect as the creative and financial one. Laboratories > 8 to 13 october Indoor > 11 to 16 december Under a big top Résidency > March La Grainerie (31) - Under a big top > 29 october to 12 november Festival Michtô (54) - Under a big top > 12 until the end of february - Indoor - Currently researching... > April La Grainerie (31) - Under a big top > September Currently researching... Co-productions request > Cirk Eole - Co-production and residency. > Obernai, Festival pisteur d étoile - Co-production > Le Carreau de Forbach- Co-production Partners > Region Occitanie > La Grainerie, fabrique du cirque et de l itinérance / Le LIDO > Department Haute-Garonne > Toulouse métropolis

10 Graphics: JuyaLouiza Credits Photos : Marloes / Photoclub du Passage d Agen / MaWa Low Cost Empire