Les Planètes
Les Planètes takes you on a journey through the solar system. It is a re-interpretation of Gustav Holst’s symphonic work of the same name – told through a cappella singing, acting, and dance. Ten performers engage in a dialogue with Holst’s music, bringing it out of traditional concert halls and closer to the audience. Each planet is given a musical portrait – with its own colors, energy, and atmosphere – following Holst’s original sequence as the narrative thread.
As something new, the performance begins with an eighth planet: Earth. Since Holst never composed a piece for our own planet, they open with his piece Hymn of the Travellers.
By replacing the orchestra with human voices and movement, a new kind of intimacy emerges – without stage, without distance – where cosmic and interstellar images unfold in the encounter between performers, audience, and space.
Les Planètes is a journey. A musical odyssey through the solar system – from Earth, past Mars, and on towards Neptune.
INFO
Duration: 45 min
Accessibility: It is a moving performance
About the company
La Ville en Feu is a multidisciplinary artists’ collective whose members are trained in drama, song and dance from art schools in France, Belgium and Switzerland. They began working together in 2015 after meeting in Nadia Vadori-Gauthier’s movement class.
For more info: www.lagrosseplateforme.com
Credits:
With and by: Marius Barthaux, Maxime Bizet, Thomas Bleton, Louise Buléon-Kayser, Agathe De Wispelaere, Justine Dibling, Juliet Doucet, Giulia Dussollier, Jean Hostache, Myriam Jarmache (creation only), Sim Peretti, and Garance Silve.
Alternating with: Suzanne Dubois and Livia Vincenti (performance only).
Production: Amandine Bretonnière
Presented with support from Augustinus Fonden + Knud Højgaards Fond
Les Planètes takes you on a journey through the solar system. It is a re-interpretation of Gustav Holst’s symphonic work of the same name – told through a cappella singing, acting, and dance. Ten performers engage in a dialogue with Holst’s music, bringing it out of traditional concert halls and closer to the audience. Each planet is given a musical portrait – with its own colors, energy, and atmosphere – following Holst’s original sequence as the narrative thread.
As something new, the performance begins with an eighth planet: Earth. Since Holst never composed a piece for our own planet, they open with his piece Hymn of the Travellers.
By replacing the orchestra with human voices and movement, a new kind of intimacy emerges – without stage, without distance – where cosmic and interstellar images unfold in the encounter between performers, audience, and space.
Les Planètes is a journey. A musical odyssey through the solar system – from Earth, past Mars, and on towards Neptune.
INFO
Duration: 45 min
Accessibility: It is a moving performance
About the company
La Ville en Feu is a multidisciplinary artists’ collective whose members are trained in drama, song and dance from art schools in France, Belgium and Switzerland. They began working together in 2015 after meeting in Nadia Vadori-Gauthier’s movement class.
For more info: www.lagrosseplateforme.com
Credits:
With and by: Marius Barthaux, Maxime Bizet, Thomas Bleton, Louise Buléon-Kayser, Agathe De Wispelaere, Justine Dibling, Juliet Doucet, Giulia Dussollier, Jean Hostache, Myriam Jarmache (creation only), Sim Peretti, and Garance Silve.
Alternating with: Suzanne Dubois and Livia Vincenti (performance only).
Production: Amandine Bretonnière
Presented with support from Augustinus Fonden + Knud Højgaards Fond