"MASKED BALL"

Danced by the whole company.
Length of dance : 1 hour 20 mins (without interval).

Choreography : Gigi Caciuleanu
Music : Manuel Wandji
Stage Director : Dan Mastacan
Costume Designer : Frédérique Petit

"I am often surprised that I have compared dance to a football match without the ball. " Where that idea is further developed a choreographic work becomes virtual and inventive, projected towards astonishing aesthetics, rising from the energy of the dancers in the absence of a ball (the abstract). The result is a powerful dance asserting its place between a desperate combat and the effervescence of the game.

"game" in its basic meaning - "joc" as used in Eastern Europe, meaning both "dance" and "game".

"My idea is to explore the limits of football (the positions, the atmosphere, tensions, sensations, ambitions) and the game areas - the stadium as theatrical stage. "I have no wish simply to illustrate a sporting game, nor to create a pantomime heavy with anecdotes; my ambition with this creation is to concentrate on the choreography of certain fleeting images which startle the imagination - not by copying the image but more by creating a series of energetic moments, whether it be the dynamism of confrontation, the hunger to win no matter the price, the aesthetics of energetic effort, and to create this within the language of dance - in particular contemporary dance - with both its rules and its freedom of expression which brings it closer to the public and in particular the young." Gigi Caciuleanu

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If your theatre cannot supply all these technical options, get in contact with us! Some alterations are possible.

contact us:
Tel 01 49 70 06 01. Fax 01 49 70 08 25.

STAGE :
Dimensions where possible: Width 12 m, Depth 10 m, Height under grid 6m
1 black backdrop
5 gap in the masking color dark
5 dark friezes
1 vinyl dance mat (can be supplied by the company)

LIGHTING :
Lighting board with memories: 56 dimmers 2kw each one and 2 dimmers 5kw each one
2 5kw Fresnel
8 PC de 2KW
45 PC de 1KW
20 PAR 64
1 BT 500W
12 profile spotlight (1kw each) of which 8 with Gobo frame
10 lightstands and 10 supports for shinbusters
filtres : 115, 116, 117, 152, 195, 200, 201, 242 (LEE FILTER) 119 (ROSCO)

SOUND :
Sound on the audience in front of the stage
Sound monitors in 4 corners of the stage
Supporter music : Compact Disc
2 Shure SM 58 microphones
1 Headphone communication between: Light production, Sound production, Stage

VARIOUS :
Dressing rooms for 12 dancers with hot water showers.
Provide room for dresser close to stage.
A plan of the stage must be returned without fail, together with a road access plan with the technical specification form, and request for technical information.

PERSONNEL :
Presentation :
A lighting technician
A sound technician