Le Pas du Monde

ages 8 and up

Observing bodies in motion as one might observe the ever-changing natural world, the acrobats of Collectif XY capture the metamorphoses of living things.

After Möbius, which recreated the mysterious choreography of starlings flying by the hundreds in a precise ballet, the collective now explores our relationship to life and the passage of time. Lifts and flips convey and intertwine two temporalities: that of nature, whose rhythms exceed our perception, and that of human life, with its emotions. What is the time of a mountain, a forest, a river? How can it be imagined, represented within the span of a human life?

Le Pas du Monde forms, transforms, and deforms the human columns of acrobats, who can shift imperceptibly from one posture to another, like the slow erosion of a mountain peak, or project into sudden transformations, as pyramids of bodies tumble like falling stones. A sophisticated staging integrates light, voice, sound, and breath to create dreamlike landscapes.

Collective creation
Airelle Caen, Alejo Bianchi, Alice Noël, Amaia Valle, Antonio Terrones y Hernandez, Cyril Héritier, Camille de Truchis, Clémence Gilbert, Consuelo Burgos, Denis Dulon, Diego Ruiz Moreno, Etienne Revenu, Florian Sontowski,Guillaume Sendron, Hamza Benlabied, Julie Calbete, Kritonas Anastasopoulos, Mikis Matsakis, Oded Avinathan, Raimon Mato Rabassedas, Raphaela Olivo, Virginie Benoist

Musical concept and sound creation: Virginie Benoist, Jack McWeeny
Artistic collaborations: Julie Calbete, Fanny Soriano, Maya Zimmerlin
Lighting: Éric Soyer
Costumes: Céline Perrigon, assisted by Ophélie Parmentier
Dramaturgical support: Olivia Burton