Performing arts

Faire Fleurir FR

Nicolas Fayol + lie-down concert by Mont Analogue

1m50 challengeElectro beatGround-levelTouch the skySwiss premiere

2 performances

11-12.02

11.02 - 20:30 |

12.02 - 19:30 |

Nyon

Usine à Gaz

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CHF 12 with the festival pass

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Trapped in a space that rises no more than 1.5 metres off the ground, Nicolas Fayol dances humanity in its purest form, bound by the rule that he must never stand upright. This staggering performance shows how one might gain height while staying close to the floor.

What is a man when he can no longer stand? Hemmed in by his surroundings, homo erectus reinvents his physicality through a series of twisting, shifting motions. A surprising dialogue sprouts between hands and feet, brought together by the forced proximity of all four points of support. Bathed in a halo of light, this folded figure moves with suppleness and harmony, carried along by a live soundscape. Both acrobatic and tender, borrowing as much from yoga as from hip-hop, this performance by a reformed biped redefines the human condition through the emergence of entirely new postures. Gathered around his cave, the audience travels through ancient time, guided by the metamorphoses of a body becoming by turns animal, child, stone, prehistoric man.
Let the enchantment linger as you drift into Mont Analogue’s lush world of sound and image. Surrender your footing and feel your spirit float upward.

In collaboration with l'Usine à Gaz

Mont Analogue is a duo formed by Alexander Van Pelt and Ben Lupus in 2011, alongside their activities within the indie rock collective ComingSoon.
Three EPs and two albums have taken the group from DIY electro-pop with a few guitar pedals and a sampler to a unique, synthetic sound in search of transcendence: an intimate proto-techno that draws its inspiration from the great psychedelic flights of its elders, science fiction film soundtracks, and all types of ethnographic field recordings.

He grew up in the countryside, far from the usual hotbeds of hip-hop culture. Trained in academic dance at the Rick Odums school, he began his career as a performer at the age of 20, working notably with Bruno Geslin, Montalvo-Hervieu, Christian Rizzo, and Vania Vaneau. At the same time, he competed in international battles and won Juste Debout in 2009 in the experimental category. Invited by Lilas Nagoya, he co-founded the Hinterland collective with Laura Fanouillet in 2016, creating Bye-Bye Myself (2017), OHHO (2021), and Tones & Bones (2022). For Faire fleurir (2023), he is joined by the composer duo Mont Analogue.

Choregraphy and performance

Nicolas Fayol

Composition and interpretation

Mont Analogue (Alex van Pelt et Benjamin Lupus)

Outside eye

Rebecca Journo, Christian Rizzo

Residences

Le Hangar Computer Club – Vénissieux, Le Garage d’Octon

Video-ligthing

Jeronimo Roé

Administration, production

Elise Remy

Production

Collectif Hinterland

With the support of

The Drac Occitanie as part of project support.
The Occitanie Region as part of creative project support.
The Adami as part of creative support.

Co-production

Kidderminster, La Place de la Danse – CDCN Toulouse, Les Scènes croisées de Lozère – scène conventionnée d’intérêt national – Art en territoire, ICI – CCN Montpellier, Collectif En Jeux, Collectif FAIR-E/ CCN de Rennes et de Bretagne, MILLE PLATEAUX – CCN La Rochelle, le Théâtre de Nîmes-scène conventionnée d’intérêt national – Art et Création - danse contemporaine, La Maison -CDCN Uzès Gard Occitanie, Attitude – Montpellier.

Supported project

Project supported as part of the Etape Danse programme, initiated by the French Institute in Germany - Theatre and Dance Office, in partnership with:
La Maison, CDCN Uzès Gard Occitanie
The Théâtre de Nîmes – a nationally recognised theatre – Art et Création – contemporary dance
La Fabrik Potsdam
Interplay International Festival contemporary dance (Turin) in collaboration with La Lavanderia a Vapore / Fondazione Piemonte dal Vivo (Piedmont)
and with the support of the DGCA – Ministry of Culture and the City of Potsdam.
And supported by Occitanie en scène as part of its support for the Collectif En Jeux.

Duration: 45min + 50min

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