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Boire les longs oublis

Year of production
2012
Year of creation
2012

Boire les longs oublis (Drink the forgotten things) is inspired by Pirate and Diverts Arnold Böcklin’s Painting : The Island of the Dead, which inspired Serge Rachmaninov’s eponymous work. The choreographic piece is built in three movements: an exhibition, developments and variations, a re-exhibition and a coda.

Three spectacular forms: oratorio, cinematographic fragments, nocturnal can be seen from the same story of Valérie Sigward. By  proposing a work around narration, a real process of transformation,  this work by Alban Richard focuses on the notions of landmark phenomena and labyrinthine constructions. The text written for Boire les longs oublis develops multiple possibilities of interpretations, for it’s a choreography of conflicts. No version is consistent and yet the disaster has already occurred …

Source: CCN de Caen, Normandy

Choreography
Director
Year of production
2012
Year of creation
2012
Art direction / Design
Alban Richard
Duration
2h
Lights
Valérie Sigward
Music
Laurent Perrier ; Sergueï Rachmaninov : L’Ile des morts (opus 29) ; Benjamin Britten : Simple symphony
Other collaboration
Bijoux Francky Berhault – Conseillère en analyse fonctionnelle du corps dans le mouvement dansé Nathalie Schulmann
Performance
Nicolas Chaigneau, Mélanie Cholet, Martha Moore, Alban Richard
Sound
Félix Perdreau
Production of choreographic work
production déléguée centre chorégraphique national de Caen en Normandie coproduction ensemble l’Abrupt, Le Prisme – Communauté d’Agglomération de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Festival Instances – Chalon-sur-Saône, CCN du Havre Haute-Normandie dans le cadre de l’accueil-studio. Accueil-studio au CND de Pantin. Avec le soutien de l’ADAMI. Remerciements à Karine Litchman, Simon Renaud et Frédéric Birault
Other
Valérie Sigward, Fernando Pessoa, The broken window, in Poèmes anglais
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