ON THE NECESSITY
OF GRAVITY

Concept and performance:
Karen Bourre and
Julien Lanaud

External perspective:
Frédérique Moreau de Bellaing

Set design:
Eclectik Scéno

Imagine, set at the back of the stage, a neat little tiny house inhabited by a slightly clumsy juggler.
Faced with a daily life that is constantly disrupted, she adapts with humour and panache to the gravity of the times.
She carries on, clinging on in this altered, windy, precarious world, without realising that her habits are partly to blame for the upheaval.
And even if, one day, everything were to fly away, she’d manage just fine and carry on making objects dance.
But what would she do if even gravity were disrupted?

*On the Necessity of Gravity* is a visual performance blending juggling, theatre and magic, which tackles the climate crisis and our relationship with the environment with humour and poetry. A production suitable for all ages from 6 years old, inviting young and old alike to share a thoughtful reflection on our changing world.

PAST DATES

To date, “De la Nécessité de la Gravité” has been performed 212 times at:

Chateau Rouge - Annemasse (74), Espace des Arts – Scène Nationale de Chalon-sur-Saône (71), Théâtre de Nîmes (31), Au bonheur des mômes Festival – Le Grand Bornand (74), Les P’tits Malins Festival, la MAL – Thonon-les-Bains (74), Boule de Gomme Festival – Angers (49) Maison de la Culture – Gauchy (02), Théâtre Gérard Philippe – Orléans (45), Le Dôme – Théâtre de Saumur (49), MJC Palente, Besançon (25), Centre culturel Jean Pierre Fabrègue – Saint Yrieix (87), Centre Culturel de La Chapelle Saint Luc (10), Saison Culturelle de Quetigny (21), Saint Appollinaire (21), L’écrin – Talant (21), Queulots Folies Festival – Saint Vallier (71), Théâtre Mansart (21), Espace Jean Bouhey – Longvic (21), Gueugnon (71), Semur-en-Auxois Theatre (21), Théâtres des Feuillants – Dijon (21), Théâtre des Forges de Fraisans (39), Le Triangle – Huningue (68), La Conserverie – Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie (85), Thouars Theatre (79), L’Imprévu – Saint-Ouen-l’Aumône (95), Le Trait d’Union – Neufchâteau (88), Le Manège – Vienne (38), Le Karavan Théâtre – Chassieu (69), Idéklic Festival (39), Art Rhena – Volgelsheim (68), Espace Aragon – Villard-Bonnot (38), Le Jeu de Paume – Vizille (38), Théâtre Théo Argence – Saint-Priest (69)…...
As part of ‘Arts et Scènes’, Lantenay (21), Clénay (21), Til Chatel (21)

Premiere in October 2021 at Le Cèdre – Chenôve (21)

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