WAVES

Héla Fattoumi and Eric Lamoureux love to elicit improbable encounters like that associating them with Swedish singer-composer Peter von Poehl.

Héla Fattoumi and Eric Lamoureux love to elicit improbable encounters like that associating them with Swedish singer-composer Peter von Poehl. For Waves, from the outset they distanced themselves from the societal subjects of their recent works. Accompanied by eight dancers, they have reactivated the vein of choreographic exploration finding its sources in the expressive and poetic potential of dance. On stage, the scenography derived from the image of the breaking wave offers multiple modulations for supporting body weight distributed throughout the body. These modulations, combined with those of the melody, induce energy to sometimes extreme contrasts and to choreographic composition caught in perpetual ebb and flow. Emphasizing the group, based on the concept of “schools” – seen as a group of individuals of the same species moving together without hierarchy – Waves invites the viewer to literally dive into a bath of emotion released by the dialogue between dance and Peter von Poehl’s astral orchestral music, healthy empathy invested by the humanities present. 

Concept and choreography Héla Fattoumi/Éric Lamoureux in complicity with the dancers

Original music Peter von Poehl

Orchestration Martin Hederos Dancers Sarath Amarasingam, Matthieu Coulon, Jim Couturier, Bastien Lefèvre, Johanna Mandonnet, Clémentine Maubon, Nele Suisalu, Francesca ZivianiMusicians Guillaume Lantonnet (percussion instruments), Zach Miskin ou or Gaspar Claus (cello), Peter von Poehl (guitar and vocals) Lighting design and technical direction Xavier Lazarini Light manager Jérôme Houlès Sound manager Thomas Roussel Costume design Marilyne Lafay Set design Stéphane Pauvret in collaboration with avec Héla Fattoumi et Éric Lamoureux 

Co-production and residencies Centre Chorégraphique National
de Caen/Basse-Normandie (FR) NorrlandsOperan (SE). With the support of Umea2014 – european capital of Culture