dance − theater − music  | grande salle | running time 1 hr 10 mn |
friday 30 april 2010 at 20 h 30

after Anna Kavan – François Verret

Inspired by a novel by the British writer Anna Kavan, Ice is a fascinating evening blending dance, theatre and musical concert. This exceptional work by François Verret, a talented choreographer as well as man of the theatre, drawn equally to literature – enchants, literally. Following a fictional, quasi-supernatural storyline in which human beings are slowly being submerged by the encroaching ice, threatened by chilling, looming shadows, François Verret has conceived an unearthly oratorio including the voice of an exceptional English singer and another singer, whose voices are capable of astonishing modulations. Accompanied live by the electric cello of Martin Schütz, they become part of a spectral universe where riveting apparitions speak to our collective unconscious. Moving forces onstage drive us between dream and nightmare, in a fading kingdom of dazzling beauty. We let ourselves go, our senses terribly alive, swept up in hypnotic, moving, unforgettable visions.

An idea of Graham F. Valentine/ musical direction Graham F. Valentine, Dorothée Munyaneza, Martin Schütz/ artistic collaboration for the soundscore Alain Mahé, Manu Léonard/ set design Vincent Gadras/ lighting Christian Dubet, Gwendal Malard/ stage management Karl Emmanuel Le Bras/ lighting direction Gwendal Malard or Christian Dubet/ sound engineer Céline Seignez/ stagehands Karl Emmanuel Le Bras, Marion Piry/ costumes Eve Le Trévedic/ with the collaboration of Bénédicte Gougeon/ creation of puppets, image recording Jean Marc Ogier/ image editor Rodolphe Dubreuil/ general coordination Marion Piry/ with Alessandro Bernadeschi, Mitia Fedotenko, Graham F. Valentine, Hanna Hedman and Chiharu Mamiya, Marta Izquierdo Muñoz, Dorothée Munyaneza, Martin Schütz, François Verret
Coproduction Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers/ Théâtre national de Bretagne, Rennes/ MC2 de Grenoble/ Espace Malraux de Chambéry. François Verret is an Associated Artist at the T.N.B. The Company FV receives support from the DRAC Île-de-France/ the Île-de-France region.