Les Grandes Personnes

Better Tomorrows

Christine Schultz-Touge — 2018-01-13T03:24:26Z

The show will be created in two stages, a first short version, was proposed at the end of May 2017. Nourished by these first encounters with the public, we will rework and complete the project to achieve a complete show in April 2018.
The production of Better tomorrows is supported by DRAC Ile-de-France, the Ateliers Frappaz, the Moulin Fondu and the Villa Mais d'Ici.

While street theatre brings the show to meet an audience that rarely steps into a theatre, thanks to its lightness, mobility and brevity Better tomorrows, proposes to reach even those people who don't have the time, who don't feel concerned, and who don't often stop to watch. Creating a tiny fleeting scenic space in a magical box, the actors want to share a poetic and artistic minute or two, that is full of hope, with passers-by or people running errands. It can be performed at the market or for those waiting in a long queue. And with a bit of luck, the experience of sharing a very accessible subject around a utopian box will make them want to see another, then another, among the eight boxes proposed, and that might encourage them to see other shows.
The envisaged scheme is based on one of the oldest and least-known street theatre traditions, that of “curiosities” shown by the Savoyards.

A Demain - 1 - Illustration : Sigolene de Chassy

Illustration : Sigolène de Chassy

A Demain - 2 - Illustration : Sigolene de Chassy

Mixed Identities

Christine Schultz-Touge — 2017-12-30T06:15:12Z

Mixed Identities is a strolling street show project including several workshops along the way of its creation.

Convinced that, without others, we are no-one, the Grandes Personnes want to celebrate the exchanges brought about by even the most fleeting encounters. Mixed Identities, a visual and choreographic strolling street show, will use the manipulation of photo modules to form masks, giant puppets over three meters tall or even carnival floats. Inspired by collage, the process is however more kinetic and dynamic, since the elements making up the faces and bodies, affixed to banners, placards, signs or shields, can be freely moved, repositioned, exchanged, within a developing choreography. Thus, it is possible as for Les Yeux de la tête (2015-2016), the first attempt of its genre, to exchange the frown of an eyebrow, share a smile, give a glance, slip a wink or catch a contagious laugh.

The continually expanding stock of eyes, mouths, noses and ears, based on iconographic research and photographic series by Sophie Madigand, is itself a celebration of diversity.

Photo : Sophie Madigand

A first Mixed Identities workshop, led by Matisse Wessels and Quentin Blondel, assisted by Clémence Minot, was held in Aubervilliers, a city rich with nearly 108 nationalities, in the schools of J. J. Rousseau, F. Dolto, and the Maison pour Tous B. Albrecht. Teachers and group leaders participated in a training session that continued with open workshops at the Villa Mais d'Ici, on Wednesdays. It culminated with a city parade on 1 July 2017, avenue de la République, starting at 11am.
The many possibilities offered by the programme continue to be explored.

Project supported by the City of Aubervilliers and the Région Ile-de-France

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