La Ville de Contrastes

Megalopolises are worlds of information where everyone can connect with each other at an instant.  Yet, there seems to be a failure of communication.  In the public spaces, such as the subways, the individuals carry on their affairs without talking or looking at one another. They carry an air of solitude.

About the training behind the creation

After five intensive months of training, La Ville de Contrastes is the creative result of the corporeal and vocal training taught by Leela Alaniz.  Based on a mix of Corporeal Mime and Theatre Anthropology, the technical training allowed the actors to experiement and discover their own unique expressions. Unlike Method Acting, where the actor embodies a role of a character from a psychological investigation, the physical theatre approach searches for the inner impluses of the body and creates a role based on the truths of the self-discoveries.  The drama is based on action rather than words.

Duration of Program

January to May 2007, Paris

Presentations:
Festival Mime en Mai, April 2007
Paris 8 University, Amphi X, Mai 2007

Credits

Show conceived and produced in the research studio of company Pas de Dieux, directed by Leela Alaniz

Directed by : Leela ALANIZ

With:

Burcu CELIK

Ezgi COSKUN

Agnès DELACHAIR

Sergi EMILIANO

Linda HECQUET

Marie-Geneviève L’HER

Won KIM

Magali OHLUND

Lighting Design: Paul Divel

Lighting Technician: Cyril DESCOURS

Special thanks for the support from:

Centre d’animation Mercoeur

Espace Jemmapes

Centre d’animation Jean Verdier

Théâtre de la danse