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US Premiere - Part of the Pittsburgh International Festival of Firsts

Country of Origin: France

There will be no late seating for this performance, please arrive on time.

Along with his Compagnie 111, Aurélien Bory has gained a reputation as a poet of space and a wizard of staging--an artist capable of blending elements of dance, music, magic, and circus in his visual theater.

Created from the essay Species of Space – Espèces d’espace by French writer Georges Perec, Espæce represents another innovative step on Bory’s artistic path. The presence of acrobats, dancers, actors, and singers correctly signals an unusual approach to the theatrical scene. Bory’s ‘space’ includes a colossal but infinitely flexible wall, paper pages of the famous text, and the manipulation of an arsenal of mathematical tools.

With acrobat Guilhem Benoit, dancer Mathieu Desseigne Ravel, contortionist Katell Le Brenn, opera singer Claire Lafilliatre, and actor Olivier Martin Salvan, Bory has composed a tribute to Perec’s unique humor and pathos. Orphaned at a tender age following the death of his father in war and his mother’s deportation to Auschwitz, Perec presents a jigsaw puzzle of faded memories, allusions, voids, and absences.

Compagnie 111 – Aurélien Bory is accredited by the French Ministry of Culture and Communication – The Occitanie / Pyrénées -Méditerranée Regional Directorate for Cultural Affairs, The Occitanie / Pyrénées – Méditerranée Region and the City of Toulouse. It is supported by the Departmental Council of the Haute-Garonne.

Design, scenography and direction Aurélien Bory

With Guilhem Benoit, Cochise Le Berre, Katell Le Brenn, Claire Lefilliâtre, Olivier Martin-Salvan
Original creating roles Guilhem Benoit, Mathieu Desseigne Ravel, Katell Le Brenn, Claire Lefilliâtre, Olivier Martin-Salvan
Design, scenography and direction Aurélien Bory
Artistic collaboration Taïcyr Fadel
Light design Arno Veyrat
Music Joan Cambon
Set Pierre Dequivre
Automatism Coline Féral
Costumes Sylvie Marcucci, Manuela Agnesini
Technical director Arno Veyrat
Stage Mike Godbille, Thomas Dupeyron
Light Mallory Duhamel
Sound Stéphane Ley
Head of Production Florence Meurisse
Production Manager Clément Séguier-Faucher
Logistic Manager Justine Cailliau Konkoj
Press Plan Bey Agency

Song Winterreise (Winter Journey) by Franz Schubert
Quotes Georges Perec, Espèces d’espaces, © Éditions Galilée, 1974

PRODUCTION Compagnie 111 – Aurélien Bory

COPRODUCTION Festival d’Avignon, TNT – Théâtre national de Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Le Grand T théâtre de Loire-Atlantique – Nantes, Le théâtre de l’Archipel scène nationale de Perpignan, Théâtre de la Ville – Paris, Maison des Arts de Créteil, Le Parvis scène nationale de Tarbes Pyrénées

Rehearsals and residencies La nouvelle Digue – Toulouse, La FabricA-Avignon, TNT-Toulouse, CIRCa – Auch

Photos : Aglaé Bory, Christophe Raynaud de Lage.