the presentation of the show - 1,4 Mo

Big Bang
creation 2011
Usine de l’Émancipation - 81300 Graulhet - FRANCE - Tel. +33 (0) 563 342 098
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Distribution
original idea and direction Marc Bureau
technical direction Fabien Chamakoff
actor-operators
Emilie Allera, Fabrice Auvray, Béatrice Bensaad, Serge Budzinski , Isabelle Caron, Patrice
Carpentier, Michel Collin, Thierry Collin, Jean-Marc Noirot Cosson, Gilles Ecomard,
Françoise Goujon, Frédéric Goujon, Jérémie Guiot, Jean-Philippe Hemery,
Nicolas Llop, Marcel Lucas, Marc Mirales, Christian Moreau, Marion Pépin et Elisabeth
Sonnendrucker.
they participated in the conception :
Emilie Allera, Philippe Bonnet, Alex Cantié, Patrice Carpentier, Isabelle Caron,
Michel Collin, Thierry Collin, Brahim Dhour, Ferdinand Doumerc, Gilles
Ecomard, Marc Etiève, Françoise Goujon, Frédéric Goujon, Jean-Philippe Hemery,
Frédéric Ibanez, Nicolas Llop, Marcel Lucas, Cyril Maddalena (Polychimères),
Marc Mirales, Christian Moreau, Jean-Marc Noirot-Cosson, Joris Purgatorio,
Alejandro Riquelme Lastra, Julietta Roulet, Guy Sahuc, Claude Samblancat,
Elisabeth Sonnendrucker.
show lenght: 1h
j
umping into the subject, I was surprised by the fascination
that it could bring. Although a bit daunting for the «uninformed» I am provoked not to boredom but rather a desire
to know the result, like in a good novel. I was also struck by
scientists’ need for images to make theories or discoveries identifiable and ac- cessible. We also spoke about “strange quark”,
“charmed quark”, and “beauty quark”, so called colourful constellations and nebulae ... Names that make you want to know more ...
I was also very surprised at the number of poetic and philosophical
citations in popular scientific works, where Haw- king put forwards
the idea of time when talking about quantum physics, that he also
wants to explain the complexity in a children’s book, and that Luminet
also establish a strong link between poetry and astrophysics ...
Through all this, there is a real willingness by scientists to be
understood by as many people as possible, to not remain
locked in their in their cliques. Suddenly it seemed interesting
to me that as artists we do the opposite, that poetry leads us
to the rational: crossing paths, we say roughly, from the scientific to the poetic for some, the poetic to the scientific for others.
Gaston Bachelard’s reflection confirms the common ground
between artists and scientists: the imagination. Although it
doesn’t have the same purpose for the two professions (one
distorts reality to create a poetic vision, the other dis- torts the
appearance that seems to be reality to discover a more “real”
or more “accurate” reality), one can imagine that these two
goals satisfy the same quest: to know and understand the world
Marc Bureau
Photo : Tiana Andriamirija
Photo : Guillaume Ramon
THE MOTIVATIONS, INTERROGATIONS
that leads us to create
Big Bang
Who are we ?
Where do
we come from ?
Where are we going ?
The impossibility of being neutral, the necessity to engage :
Gigantomachie - 1983
The dilemma of cultural origins. Humanity :
Cette année-là... (le combat de Tancrède et Clorinde) - 1990
Environment and society of spectacle :
Ezili - 1995
Madness, eccentricity, the interest and the need of fools :
Don Quichotte - 1997
Democracy after the search of a king : Simurgh - 2002
The benefit of the journey rather than the goal to achieve :
La Huitième Merveille - 2004
The history of the universe tackles very abstract concepts,
and the shape, and graphic design of the characters will be less realistic ;
this also brings us to change our skills.
The soundtrack is written with the the idea to discuss the
continuity of the evolution of the universe, from an atmosphere to another without break, accompanying some moments of drama.
It is not about, of course, recreating the 14 billion years of
evolution in detail of current scientific knowledge, but only to discuss
this development in its poetic dimension, to show the beauty of this
voyage through time and space ; and partially open the door to the great
questions that this poses to all thought.
Photo : Faust
Photo : Tiana Andriamirija
Is there a beginning ? If so ,what was there before the begining ? An end ? Perhaps, but then what ?
To share these questions, we chose the Roland Lehoucq’s suggestion : reverse chronology :
To start with the end : man ! / To end with the result : go back to the Big Bang by considering the beginning / And then, what’s else ?
scenario
Unidentified Flying Objects roam without rhyme or reason and then they
are going slowly in the center.
A human totem rises :at the top :a head :the Eye !
A clock starts up backwards.
A hemisphere inflates under the flying totem,
white and blue like the Earth.
There’s a shadow play inside it. The totem is breaking up...
Surrounded by lively little elements of the totem, two creatures appear
looking for devouring each other.
A big fish of the Abyss tries to swallow more and more.
In the same time we can see balloons inflating inside the Earth like cells
multiplying.
The fish bites the Earth that is changing to Sun.
Life ends, solar system puts in order little by little, life gives way to the
mineral things...
Perpetual movement without evolution. Fixed universe in a permanent
state.
A squadron of meteorites circulates all around the place before bombing
the planets.
The attack of meteorites concentrates on the Sun that is turning red :
Supernovae, it inflates while it rises up.
The sphere leaves the center of the place.The lower part of this sphere is
constituted by a network of muddled tubes. All the flying characters move
around the place.
From the infinitely great, we go to the infinitely small, symbolized by different
laboratory’s places in whom the audience may move.
Abundance, madness, disorder cause dizziness.
Twin inflating spirals appear by drilling the sky and reflecting in each other
like intricated quantum particles.
In the middle of the place a light that is more and more blinding spreads out.
The flying characters are attracted by it.
All of them disappear in the light. The light draws these glints onto itself.
Mirror diks rolling in the audience are approaching the light and they hide
it completely.
Then, there’s the ...Big Bang !
Still present, the eye closes up.
Only a sound interrogation persists.
And then what ?
Nothing...
nothing else except a history that bounces into the sparkle of eyes.
WE LIVE ONLY IN THE LOOK OF
THE OTHER
Axel Kahn
location
of the audience area.
Dimensions can be adapted to the available space to a certain
extent. There may be public behind the tower regie and outside
for a gauge of approximately 4 000 persons
diagram
Plasticiens Volants
Street theatre Company
We dreamt of writing our stories in the most beautiful stage : the sky !
And since then the moon and the stars are part of our decor and our spectators got used to
raise their heads for seeing the adventures that we tell. For that, we had to invent extraordinary
actors, giant inflatable puppets that are floating in the air and plunging us into the fantasy world
of childhood.They are extensions of the actors / dancers who handle from and into the audience.
Our shows are always held in open space without barriers and without limit...
They consist mainly in large pictures that everyone can see at the same time and whose music
highlights the intentions. The magic has operated, our dreams have come true and since 35 years,
we travel through the heavens of the world. Wherever they are, spectators first discover with
curiosity and then with pleasure these celestial epics.As we said in one of our shows : « No one
should remain neutral ! ».The images that we implement trigger strong and also soft emotions,
and by this way children and adults find themselves and vibrate together.Then everyone starts
dreaming and escaping.
There are glances lit up with complice smiles and everlasting dream traces...
Marc Mirales, fondateur de la Compagnie
Plasticiens
Volants
creations
1984 : GIGANTOMACHIE
1988 : KIRKENES
1990 : CETTE ANNEE-LA…Taken from « The Combat of Tancrede
and Clorinde » (Claudio Monteverdi)
1993 : NUIT ST GEORGES
1995 : EZILI
1997 : DON QUICHOTTE
1998 : LES OGRES
KEY dates
1998 : NGALYOD - Creation in Australia
2001 : SIMURGHinspired by the Persian folk tale written by Attar
1976 : Created in 1976 in Paris from the Julie Group, resulting from Théâtracide : First intervention with a hot-air
balloon in Aix, a city open to street acrobats
1980 : Participation in Falaise des Fous (Jura), one of the
first street theatre festivals
1985 : Establishment and structuring in Lavaur (Tarn) The
company changed its name to Plasticiens Volants
1999 : Established the company in Graulhet (Tarn) in an old
tannery
in the XIIIth century called “The language of birds”
2002 : LA FIANCEE DU DRAGON for Expo 02 in Switzerland
FESTIVALS
France
Avignon festival (final part 1983 with Ephémère and Els Comediants)
South Korea : Uijeongbu (2006) Chalon dans la rue festival (final part
1991 & 1993 with Comediants) Spain :
Festival Viva Cité à Sotteville lès-Rouen (ouverture 2003) Puppet festival
of Charleville-Mezières (2000, 2003, 2006) Festival Au Bonheur des
Mômes au Grand Bornand (2006)
Australie :
Sydney, Melbourne & Perth (2000)
Brésil :
Belo Horizonte Festival (1998)
Canada : Just for Laugh Montreal festival & Quebec Summer festival (2006
Holland : Heerlen, Cultura Nova (2005, 2008, 2010)
Mexico : International Cervantino festival of Guanajuato (2003)
Cultural festival of Zacatecas (2003)
2002 : PERLE
2002 : MOON (PECHEUR DE LUNE)
2003 : DETOURS D’EXPEDITION
2004 : LA HUITIEME MERVEILLE
2006 : BABILONIA
2010 : Book « De nos rêves occupons le ciel »
2011 : BIG BANG
Roumania : Festival international de théâtre de Sibiu (2008)
South Korea : Uijeongbu (2006)
Spain :
Forum 2004 Tarrega festival (several times)
La Merce festival in Barcelona (1991)
Fira Mediterrania de Manresa (2005)
Switzerland : Nyon, Paleo Festival (2008)
Taïwan : Taipeh (several times)
United Kingdom :
Edinburgh’s Hogmanay (several times)
Cardiff Festival Wow on the Waterfront (2007)
The Stockton International Riverside Festival (several times)
London Greenwich & Docklands (2004, 2007)
Venezuela : International Theater festival of Caracas (2002)
events.
Closing ceremony for the Olympic Games in Barcelona with Comediants (1992) Opening ceremony for the Mediterranean Games with Jérôme
Savary (1993) Inauguration of the ChannelTunnel in Great Britain (1994) Opera Mundi with Fura del Baus and Comediants in Rio de Janeiro (1994)
Parade for the World Football Cup Coupe in St-Denis, France (1998) Opening ceremony for the World Cycling Tour in Maastricht (1998)
Opening & closing ceremony for the Para Olympic Games in Sydney (2000) Production for Moon Festival Anniversary with Aeroplume in
Taïwan (2002) Expo 02 in Switzerland (2002) Centenary parade for the Tour de France in Paris (2003) Production for Nice Carnaval (several
times) The Year of France in China,Toulouse-Chongking (2005) Production for The Dreden 800th Anniversary (2006) Opening ceremony for
Luxembourg, European Cultural Capital (2006) Production for the Camp Nou Stadium 50th Anniversary in Barcelona (2006) Festa Tolosa !
Toulouse, European Cultural Capital (2006) Opening ceremony for Zaragoza Expo 08 with Groupe F (2008) Closing ceremony of TheYear
of France in Brazil (2009) Opening ceremony of the International Film Festival in Roma (2009) Opening ceremony for Istanbul, European
Cultural Capital (2010) Autostadt (vw),10th Anniversary with l’Orgue à Feu in Wolfsburg (2010) Bicentenary of Mexico Independance (2010)
Venise,Vivaldi,Versailles with Groupe F (2011) Parade for The 125 Kurfurstendamm Anniversary in Berlin (2011) Production for Parade Macao
(2011) Production for Parade Santiago du Chili (2011) Production for Finale of the League Cup at the stadium of France (2012) Inauguration
of a Factory Coca Cola in Chile ( 2012 ) Closing ceremony for the Olympic Games & Opening ceremony for the Paralympics in Sochi (2014)
Thanks to the partnership :
Philippe JUQUIN
Chargé de diffusion
plasticiensvolants@plasticiensvolants.com
Rachel MÉGISSIER
Chargée de communication
rachelmegissier@plasticiensvolants.com
PLASTICIENS VOLANTS
Usine de l’Emancipation - 81300 Graulhet - France
www.plasticiensvolants.com Tél. +33 (0)5 63 34 20 98