IRISH PREMIERE

Act Company: Dyptik

Founded in 2012, this company are based in Saint-Etienne. Nonchalant and uninterested in consensus, Compagnie Dyptik dances its identity and revolt with force and authenticity. They are committed to alterity, people and the body. They explore what it means to be human and consider the intimate and the depth of things. They dig for the visceral, what is most powerful in each and everyone. Sometimes to exhaustion.

“Mirage”: Fences and barbed wire, rusty metal sheets on roofs of dwellings, hanging flags, solid footsteps striking the ground with elegance, chins up and colourful clothes, carefully put together This is the image of the Balata camp in the West Bank. That unreal, absurd, and magical place is the inspiration for their new artistic creation.

An immersive setting questions the standards, the stage itself and the audience. The impulse of the traditional dances, in its concentric shape, embodies the scenography. The energy circulates between the fringes and the centre of the stage.

Inhabited by this collective force, the movement becomes a projectile to expose torture and injustice. A hanging image inspired by a so violent desire that exceeds reality… A mirage.

Mirage is a 360° dance performance. We invite you to sit in a circular and acoustic space, with surround sound.

Artistic Direction and Choreography:  Souhail Marchiche and Mehdi Meghari
Sound Designer:  Patrick De Oliveira
Scenography:  Charles Boinot
Costumes & visual universe:  Julie Cherki
Dancers:  Charly Bouges, Santiago Codon Gras, Yohann Daher, Alexandra Jezouin, Camilla Melani, Carla Munier, Anabella Pirosanto, Konh Ming Xiong.