t u m u l u s
International festival hit with mesmerizing dance and polyphonic singing
François Chaignaud & Geoffroy Jourdain (FR)
In t u m u l u s, thirteen singing and dancing bodies move around on a burial mound, as if inhabiting a single body. This project is a unique collaboration between the choreographer Francois Chaignaud and artistic director Geoffroy Jourdain, born from a dream to bring together music and dance in an all-encompassing work of art.
The performance revolves around the paradox of a tumulus (burial mound) incorporating the bodies of the living and the dead as well as of any future life forms that grow on top of it. Death always contains new life. The outcome is a musical organism that honours those who are absent with the never-ending movements they are actuating in our bodies. With French, Flemish, Italian, English, and German vocal music ranging from the Renaissance to the 1970s.
“A fascinating performance that sees dancing and singing fuse into a unique experience that encompasses a gorgeous mix of musical styles.” – Guy Coolen, artistic director O.
choreography: François Chaignaud, musical direction: Geoffroy Jourdain, performance: Simon Bailly, Mario Barrantes, Florence Gengoul, Myriam Jarmache, Evann Loget-Raymond, Marie Picaut, Alan Picol, Antoine Roux-Briffaud, Vivien Simon, Maryfé Singy, Ryan Veillet, Aure Wachter, Daniel Wendler, technical manager: Anthony Merlaud or Marinette Buchy, sound operator: Aude Besnard, Camille Frachet, Alban Moraud, Jean-Louis Walfart, stage operator: Laure Montagné or François Boulet, wardrobe mistress: Alejandra Garcia or Cara Ben Assayag, stage design: Mathieu Lorry-Dupuy, lights conception: Philippe Gladieux, Anthony Merlaud, costume design: Romain Brau, dramaturgy: Baudouin Woehl, musical assistant: Louis Gal, choreography assistant: Anna Chirescu, CNSMDP intern dancer: Esteban Appessèche, administration – production – diffusion: Mandorle productions (Garance Roggero, Jeanne Lefèvre, Emma Forster) & Les Cris de Paris (Antoine Boucon), international distribution: A PROPIC – Line Rousseau – Marion Gauvent
Co- productions: Bonlieu scène nationale (FR), La Villette, Paris – Initiatives d‘Artistes (FR), Wiener Festwochen(AUT), Kunstenfestivaldesarts (BE), Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne (CH), Points Communs, scène nationale de Cergy-Pontoise (FR), Théâtre de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (FR), TANDEM Scène nationale (FR), Berliner Festspiele (DE), Théâtre Auditorium Poitiers (FR), Malraux. scène nationale Chambéry Savoie (FR), l’Opéra de Dijon (FR), la Maison de la Danse à Lyon (FR) la Scène nationale d’Orléans (FR), la maisondelaculture de Bourges / Scène Nationale (FR), Le Manège, scène nationale – Reims (FR), La Cité musicale-Metz (FR), la Ménagerie de Verre (FR), le Théâtre Molière > Sète, scène nationale archipel de Thau (FR), le Théâtre de Cornouaille (FR), le Ballet national de Marseille – CCN (FR) et la Scène Nationale du Sud-Aquitain (FR), Festival d’Automne à Paris (FR), Festival d’Avignon (FR),
Supports: This project benefited from an exceptional production grant from the DGCA, With the support of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels. This show is supported by “PEPS” Plateforme Européenne de Production Scénique Annecy- Chambéry-Genève-Lausanne within the framework of the European program of cross- border cooperation Interreg France-Switzerland 2014-2020, supporters: Jeune Théâtre National, MC93 – maison de la culture de Seine-Saint-Denis (FR), L’échangeur CDCN Hauts-de-France (FR), la Fondation Royaumont, Asnières-sur-Oise (FR), CN D Centre national de la Danse – accueil en résidence, Le Regard du Cygne, Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, soutien en résidence de création de la vie brève – Théâtre de l’Aquarium, construction of the set Ateliers de la maisondelaculture Bourges/Scène nationale. Fusalp supports the realization of the costumes.
Mandorle productions is subsidized by the Ministry of Culture (DRAC Auvergne-Rhône- Alpes) and the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
François Chaignaud is an artist associated with Bonlieu Scène nationale Annecy and with Chaillot, Théâtre national de la Danse, Paris
Les Cris de Paris is subsidized by the Ministry of Culture / DRAC Île-de-France, la Région Île-de-France et la Ville de Paris. They are artist associated to Théâtre de Saint-Quentin-en- Yvelines, in residence in Région Grand Est via l’Opéra de Reims, and in residence at Points communs, Scène nationale de Cergy-Pontoise / Val d’Oise
