"UN TRAIN PEUT EN CACHER UN AUTRE"

INTERPRETED BY ALL THE COMPANY
DURATION OF SHOW : 1h20 without interval.

"This creation by Gigi Caciuleanu is a trip through the periods, the styles and the experience of each one of us".A photo album, passing from the individual to the collective, a wonderful adventure exploring a portrait gallery, as varied as, it seems, contradictory. Life, with its' little private moments to the unified eruption of the mass, tensions between conflicting uncertainties, persistent tension and the tensions that spill over, chance and the unforseen playing out their impetuous urges.

Lifes experience, played out choreographically, through sarcasm and irony, where tendereness is both the underlying driving force and the final consequence of the interwinning of forgotten memories and anger.

It is the evanescent which finally persists, and the project which becomes reality. From each new meeting, on the station platform, a hearthbreak is left behind, and only time will finally sort them out. Solitude in the heart of the group may often be more wonderful than the selfish image in the mirror, while space too may be transformed to silence. The actors move in a background of sounds, surrounded by pratical accessories. The choreography completely overlays the music : the musical fragments, the spoken texts and suggestive silences are subtly interwoven.

"Letting myself be completely submerged in certain texts of Proust does not prevent me appreciating Greek or Latin poetry, while listening to Stockhausen, Bério or Pendereckiat the same time. Cultural norms may, of course, have some influence, but culture cannot be acquired in tidy deep-frozen packages, each on its own shelf. For me, the addition is not simply the product of a few specific components, but also a new world, with its own characteristics. You need to analyse it, but my aim is still to make a synthesis".

The choreographer continues : "If a group is to be situated in time and space, the range of sound passages can be very widely conceived : opera, folklore, jazz, variety music, sounds, whale vocalizations, mediaeval choruses, contemporary music, pop music, songs, etc...I take music as a partner with the choreography and the dancer, but always as the servant of the world so created". Leaning with his elbows on the crossing-gate, Gigi CACIULEANU seeks to contemplate the trains of live, his own and those of others. Dan MASTACAN.

technical info

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 10 m, Depth 9 m, Height under gridl 4 m,
1 stage curtain
1 set of black curtains (above stage curtains, lateral curtains, taps)
1 vinyl dance mat (can be supplied by the company)

LIGHTING :
70 de 1KW PC projectors
10 projector stands (1,60 m)
10 projector stands for rasans
1 hand operated setl (3 options) or 3KW 48 circuit memory minimum
1 tracking spotlight (575 HMI)
filters : 151, 106, 119, 134. (LEE FILTER)

SOUND :
1 two-track tape recorder, 1/4 inch, 19 cm/s. (B 77 REVOX)
2 powerful sound-back systems for the stage(2X100 W)
1 sound broadcasting system for the stage

VARIOUS :
Headphone communication between: Light production, Sound production, Tracking spotlight, Stage.
Dressing rooms for 12 dancers with hot water showers.
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 :
Loading and unloading :
2 helpers(time 0h30)

Preparation :
3 electricians (time 8h)
4 machinists (time 4h)

Performance :
2 electricians (time 1h30)
1 tracking spotlight operator
1 sound operator
1 machinist

Dismantlement :
2 machinists (time 0h30)