Azimut

Aurélien Bory & Le groupe acrobatique de Tanger

Dates

Prices

5 — 22 €

Location

Onassis Stegi

Time & Date

Day
Time
Venue
Day
Sunday-Tuesday
Time
20:30
Venue
Main Stage

Information

Tickets

12, 18, 22 €
Concs 8, 10, 15 € | Unemployed 5 €

Duration

1 hour (no interval)

Flight and the return to earth: acrobatics meet contemporary art in a magical, gravity-defying production.

In Morocco, they say Sidi Ahmed Ou Moussa, a great Sufi teacher who lived in the 16th century, found the spiritual path to heaven one day. But looking down at the Earth from on high, he decided he wanted to go back. This legend, which symbolizes the acrobatic arc, lies at the very heart of “Azimut”, a work which tackles return, gravity and the search for our spiritual path.

What does it mean to be an acrobat in Morocco today, in an ever-changing political and social context? Which road should we choose? It is questions like these that fuel this production directed by Aurélien Bory, one of France's most authentic artists, in this, his Greek premiere. Between Earth and Sky, the acrobat is sometimes an observer, sometimes a heavenly body. Gravity and its defiance —flight, man's age-old desire to take to the air— is transformed into a game which involves legendary acrobats, theatrical machines, images awash with poetry and magic, spiritual allusions to Sufism, scenes of contemporary Morocco and a 16th-century legend, and transports us far, far away, up into the heavens. Aurélien Bory is an artist whose paints are the stage...

Aurélien Bory & Le groupe acrobatique de Tanger Azimut

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Le Groupe Acrobatique de Tanger was formed at the initiative of Sanae El Kamouni in 2003.

Her aim was to initiate Tangiers’ acrobats to new circus routines, based on Morocco’s unique tradition of acrobatics, with its own special history, practised to a very high standard by numerous troupes and families. Convinced that a new history could be invented with these performers, she asked director Aurélien Bory to devise the first contemporary Moroccan acrobatics show in Tangiers. “Taoub” was created in June 2004 and has been a resounding success worldwide ever since, with more than 300 performances to its credit.

The Groupe acrobatique de Tanger then met with the Swiss directors Martin Zimmermann and Dimitri de Perrot, who created “Chouf Ouchouf” for them in 2009, boosting the Group’s fame among the public and theatres.

In 2013, the Groupe acrobatique de Tanger worked again with Aurélien Bory on his new creation “Azimut”.

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Parallel events

After performance talk with Aurélien Bory & Le groupe acrobatique de Tanger

29 December 2014

Moderated by:
Christiana Galanopoulou, art historian, artistic director of MIRfestival.

Workshop with Aurélien Bory

Monday 29 December 2014
11:00-14:00 | 12 €

The artist approaches theater as a form of spatial art and his workshop will focus exactly on this concept. More specifically, the participants will develop a deeper understanding of the relation between body and space —two fundamental aspects of theater and dance— by exploring the full spectrum of dynamics that occur from their interaction.

Addressed to:
Dancers, choreographers, students of dance and drama schools
Language: English
Reservations:
T: 213 017 8002 | Email: stegi.education@onassis.org

Credits

  • Idea, stage sets and direction

    Aurélien Bory

  • With the artists of the Tangiers Acrobatic Company

    Mustapha Aït Ouarakmane, Mohammed Hammich, Amal Hammich, Yassine Srasi, Achraf Mohammed Châaban, Adel Châaban, Abdelaziz El Haddad, Samir Lâaroussi, Younes Yemlahi, Jamila Abdellaoui

  • And the singers

    Najib El Maïmouni Idrissi, Raïs Mohand

  • Leader of the Tangiers Acrobatic Company

    Younes Hammich

  • Director of the Tangiers Acrobatic Company

    Sanae El Kamouni

  • Lighting design

    Arno Veyrat

  • Original music

    Joan Cambon

  • Sound design

    Stéphane Ley

  • Costumes

    Sylvie Marcucci

  • Research & adaptation

    Taïcyr Fadel

  • Technical directors

    Arno Veyrat

  • Stage technicians

    Mickaël Godbille, Thomas Dupeyron

  • Lighting

    Carole China

  • Sound

    Joël Abriac

  • Stage sets

    Pierre Dequivre and Atelier La fiancée du pirate

  • Stage mechanisms

    Marc Bizet

  • Executive production until June 30, 2014

    Grand Théâtre de Provence

  • Production

    compagnie 111- Aurélien Bory

  • Coproduction

    Grand Théâtre de Provence - Aix-en-Provence, Marseille - Provence 2013 - Capitale européenne de la culture, compagnie 111 – Aurélien Bory, Scènes du Maroc, Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Le Grand T théâtre de Loire-Atlantique - Nantes, Le Volcan scène nationale du Havre, Théâtre du Rond-Point - Paris, CIRCa Pôle national des arts du cirque Auch Gers Midi-Pyrénées, Agora Pôle national des arts du cirque – Boulazac Aquitaine, La Filature scène nationale - Mulhouse

  • With the support from

    Conseil Général des Bouches-du-Rhône – Centre départemental de créations en résidence, Fondation BNP Paribas,Assami, Deloitte and Fondation d’entreprise Deloitte

  • With the help of

    L’Usine, scène conventionnée pour les arts dans l’espace public – Tournefeuille Toulouse Métropole

  • Scènes du Maroc benefits from the support from

    Fondation BNP Paribas, Fondation BMCI and Institut Français du Maroc

  • Compagnie 111 – Aurélien Bory is under funding agreement with

    Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication - Direction Régionale Midi-Pyrénées, Région Midi-Pyrénées, Ville de Toulouse, Conseil Général de la Haute-Garonne

Aurélien Bory is associated artist of Le Grand T - Théâtre de Loire Atlantique in Nantes.
Aurélien Bory is invited artist of TNT – Théâtre National de Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées.
Aurélien Bory is supported artist by Théâtre de l’Archipel scène nationale in Perpignan.

Production of the tours Compagnie 111 – Aurélien Bory

  • Production direction

    Florence Meurisse

  • Production administration

    Léonor Manuel, Christelle Lordonné

Production of the Groupe acrobatique de Tanger Scènes du Maroc

  • Head of production

    Sanae El Kamouni, Marie Reculon

  • International development

    Barbara Suthoff

  • Press

    Dorothée Duplan and Flore Guiraud assisted by Eva Dias (Plan Bey)

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