ADN, Odyssée verticale Transe Express [FR]

Aerial theatre

3+ | 50′

May 22nd | 11:00 PM
May 23rd | 11:30 PM

Parque Urbano Condes de Fijô

Portuguese premiere

ADN is a vertical odyssey, an electro-opera that traces the epic journey of individuals confronted with their own path. Collective challenges and individual trials unfold at the heart of a monumental architecture in constant transformation, where ascending means building, dismantling, collaborating and taking risks.

Throughout the ascent, the performers reconfigure the space as they transform themselves. Between singing, music, aerial theatre and acrobatics, the climb becomes choreography and verticality reveals itself as both impulse and vertigo. The structure grows from the ground and connects the urban space to the sky, summoning ancient myths and deeply contemporary questions. Time seems to expand, space distorts, and the future ceases to be a promise to become a lived experience.

ADN proposes a gesture of elevation that offers no answers. It places the human being before the recurring desire to surpass limits and reminds us that imagining the future also means confronting risk, instability and the consequences of always building higher.

Artistic direction
Rémi Allaigre
Éléonore Guillemaud

Writing and direction
Rémi Allaigre
Éléonore Guillemaud
Matthieu Neumann

Set design
Matthieu Neumann

Musical composition
Yvan Talbot
Vanessa Hidden

Vertical choreography
Antoine Le Menestrel

Choreography
Yasminee Lepe

Dramaturgical support
Rocio Berenguer

Structural engineering
Pierre Garabiol

Construction of the aerial structure
Arnaud Grasset
Anaïs Rocher
Eve Baudvin
Marianne Ollivier

Costume design
Arnaud Jarsaillon
Clotilde Laude

Performers

Aerial acrobatics and vertical dance (6 selected acrobats): Lutz Christian, Eva Manin, Luah Marquez, Maëlys Rousseau, Fantin Seguin, Gal Zdafee, Emilie Grossi, Isabelle Falcomata, Aourell Krausse

Percussion (7 selected musicians): Agathe Bednarz, Audric Fumet, Aurélien Escala, Ivan Tziboulsky, Joel Catalan, Julien Ragaigne, Kahtwan Cheikh, Lucas Comte, Marie Frier, Olivier Mirande, Ornella Debono, Sylvain Esnault, Tiphaine Haouy, Tiphaine Moreau, Mario Allègre

Voice: Sara Giommetti, Vanessa Hidden, Anandha Seethanen

Stage direction
Thomas Boccard
Tintin Orsoni

Technical direction
Loïc Marijon

Riggers
Béatrice Contreras
Nicolas Lourdelle

Lighting design and operation
Arnaud Barbieri
Agathe Patonnier

Sound operation
Marc-Alexandre Marzio

General secretariat
Yannick Valin

Administration and production
Lucie Roibet

Production and touring
Mélanie Masson
Alexandre Rebiere

Co-production
Le Cratère – Scène Nationale (Alès)
Le Moulin Fondu – CNAREP (Garges-lès-Gonesse)
Atelier 231 – CNAREP (Sotteville-lès-Rouen)
Le Parapluie – CNAREP (Aurillac)
Nil Admirari / Nil Obstrat (Saint-Ouen-l’Aumône)
L’Abattoir – CNAREP (Chalon-sur-Saône)
Scène Nationale Espace des Arts (Chalon-sur-Saône)
Quelques p’Arts – CNAREP (Boulieu-lès-Annonay)

Support
French Ministry of Culture – DGCA
DRAC Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Additional support
Béal Company
SACD – Copie Privée
SPEDIDAM