L’air de Rien
They are there to listen. Here. Now.
Two performers dive into both composing and visualizing the soundscape at a selected location in Helsingør.
With physical theater, drumsticks, and plenty of humor, they create a symphony in multiple movements, varying in key and tempo – and constantly discovering new instruments: In an increasingly frenzied stream of spontaneous interactions with the city’s life and elements (both stationary and moving), they make the place come alive.
All means are used in “L’air de Rien” (Nonchalantly). From lampposts to remote-controlled cars, cyclists, buses, and pedestrians – nothing escapes becoming part of the music.
We are not in the presence of a work of art, which is a thing, but of an action which is implicitly nothing.
John Cage, lecture on something.
There is a challenge to listen, to stay alert. This obsession gives them looks that may evoke the animal, the idiot or the visionary: an uninhibited lyricism that is undoubtedly contagious, a
wobbly rigour that is joyfully touching.
Events are like lights or flashes.
They compose, they somehow pretend. Gesticulating has a lot of taste. It is not a skill but rather vertigo, a vibrating desire.
INFO
DURATION: 50 min
AGE: From 8 years
LANGUAGE: The performance has some english language.
TICKET PERFORMANCE
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They are there to listen. Here. Now.
Two performers dive into both composing and visualizing the soundscape at a selected location in Helsingør.
With physical theater, drumsticks, and plenty of humor, they create a symphony in multiple movements, varying in key and tempo – and constantly discovering new instruments: In an increasingly frenzied stream of spontaneous interactions with the city’s life and elements (both stationary and moving), they make the place come alive.
All means are used in “L’air de Rien” (Nonchalantly). From lampposts to remote-controlled cars, cyclists, buses, and pedestrians – nothing escapes becoming part of the music.
We are not in the presence of a work of art, which is a thing, but of an action which is implicitly nothing.
John Cage, lecture on something.
There is a challenge to listen, to stay alert. This obsession gives them looks that may evoke the animal, the idiot or the visionary: an uninhibited lyricism that is undoubtedly contagious, a
wobbly rigour that is joyfully touching.
Events are like lights or flashes.
They compose, they somehow pretend. Gesticulating has a lot of taste. It is not a skill but rather vertigo, a vibrating desire.
INFO
DURATION: 50 min
AGE: From 8 years
LANGUAGE: The performance has some english language.
TICKET PERFORMANCE
Click the TICKET icon to the right: next to TIME + LOCATION or buy a festival-wristband and get free tickets to all ticket-performances. There are different categories of wristbands – for families or individuals.
READ MORE and buy PASSAGE FESTIVAL WRISTBAND HERE
ABOUT THE COMPANY
Jeanne Simone explores a dramaturgy of bodies in relation to places and environments. Bodies dance to offer an ordinary solar expression rather than technical feats. They are attentive to the acoustic environment and people. They use words to mix inner, political, and poetical intentions. They open breaches and try to develop a possible Common. www.newsite.jeannesimone.com
CREDITS
Author and performer : Mathias Forge
Sound creator and performer : Yoann Coste
Technical manager : Benjamin Brosset
Philosophical friendship : Dune Rebelle
Structuration and flight : Julie Lefebvre
Work on bodies : Céline Kerrec
Work on voices : Anne-Laure Pigache
Impulse : Laure Terrier
Administration & Production : Marion Manteau, Adeline Eymard, Corinne Grosjean
Photo: Loïc Nys, Sileks