Fragments of Olympus

Through the great mythological figures ( Ulysses, Jason , Aphrodite, Demeter, Zeus … ) , starting points of this creation, Claude Brumachon raises questions about the foundations of our civilization.

Writing dance for children is to make accessible for them the very idea that the body is the receptacle of our aspirations: from our desires to our fears, from our loves to our failures, from our struggles to our successes. It is to give elements of response – not explanatory – to the intimate questions that they only dare ask themselves. 

Myth is more than a tale, it is fundamentally in the construction of our civilisation and thus our way of life. The child demands it and immediately understands it.

Fragments d’Olympe is not a popularisation of mythology, but the staging – between bodies, masks and costumes, music and dance – of what Humanity means.