Cailloux

The evening will begin at 7 p.m. with Basalte by Sandra Français

Cabbages, owls, knees, lice, jewels and, of course… stones! Remember this list from the schoolyard, where words are already slipping toward poetry... With CAILLOUX, choreographer Joachim Maudet continues his sensitive exploration of fragments of childhood that persist and run through us into adulthood.

Here, everything draws inspiration from the sandbox, that great site of first fictions, where wondrous worlds and outlandish stories are invented... Five performers embark on a choreographic adventure that is both physical and intuitive; the stage space then becomes a testing ground where the unexpected guides their movements. Balances waver and impulses collide with hesitation. Above this joyful agitation, polyphonic voices float. Faces remain motionless, but sounds, whispers and babblings create a strange cloud that opens onto other worlds. Together, the characters seek to rediscover that way of being in the world unique to childhood: playing, daring, starting over, without always knowing where it will lead.

Between joy, unease and discovery, CAILLOUX explores the tensions of childhood and their persistence in each and every one of us. It is about love, encounters and freedom. Where even a heart of stone can beat in a way other than stone.