Language: French with German surtitles
Gisèle Vienne is a master of playing with our perceptions and perspectives. With her works The Pond, This is how you will disappear, The Ventriloquist's Meeting, Jerk and The Pyre, the celebrated French choreographer thrilled audiences at the Kaserne. In her latest premiere EXTRA LIFE, which is celebrating its premiere at this year's Ruhrtriennale, she once again breaks up common schemes of perception.
At the end of a night of partying, a pair of siblings meet again whose connection was severed by a tragic event 20 years earlier. Three actors and dancers uncover all the layers and facets of this decisive moment: the past meets the future, memory meets fantasy. In Vienne's hypnotically precise work, body, light and music not only tell an intimate story, but also provoke a new awareness of our viewing habits and systems of thought.
As part of VoyageVoyage.
Under the label VoyageVoyage we regularly offer bus trips to our neighbouring theatres in France. Theatre ticket and bus journey are included in the standard price. Please bring valid travel documents.
Meeting point: Box Office Kaserne Basel at 18h
Departure: 18.15h
Duration: Approx. 5 hours (incl. return journey), piece: 110 minutes
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Credits
Concept, Choreography, Stage Management and Design
Gisèle Vienne
Created in collaboration with and performed by
Adèle Haenel, Theo Livesey and Katia Petrowick.
Original music
Caterina Barbieri
Sound design
Adrien Michel
Lighting design
Yves Godin
Text
Adèle Haenel, Theo Livesey & Katia Petrowick
With the participation of
Dennis Cooper
Costumes
Gisèle Vienne & Camille Queval
Stage direction
Antoine Hordé
Sound direction
Adrien Michel
Lighting direction
Samuel Dosière and Iannis Japiot.
Technical direction
Erik Houllier
Production and distribution
Alma Office Anne-Lise Gobin, Camille Queval and Andrea Kerr.
Administration
Cloé Haas and Giovanna Rua
Acknowledgements to
Sophie Demeyer, Elsa Dorlin, Étienne Hunsinger, Sandra Lucbert, Romane Rivol, Anja Röttgerkamp.
Production
DACM / Compagnie Gisèle Vienne
Co-production
Ruhrtriennale / Théâtre national de Bretagne - Centre européen théâtral et chorégraphique / MC93, Maison de la Culture de Seine-Saint-Denis / MC2 : Grenoble, Scène nationale / Théâtre national de Chaillot / Maillon, Théâtre de Strasbourg - Scène européenne / Tandem, Scène nationale de Douai / Points Communs, Nouvelle Scène nationale de Cergy Pontoise / CND Centre national de la danse / Comédie de Genève / Le Volcan, Scène nationale du Havre / Centre culturel André Malraux, Scène nationale de Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy / NTGent / Printemps des comédiens - Cité du Théâtre Domaine d'O Montpellier / Festival d'Automne à Paris / Comédie de Clermont / International Summer Festival Kampnagel, Hamburg / Triennale - Milan / Tanzquartier Wien / La Filature, Scène nationale de Mulhouse.
Support
Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels / Institut Français (tours abroad).
The Compagnie Gisèle Vienne is conventionalised by the Ministère de la culture et de la communication - DRAC Grand Est, the Région Grand Est and the City of Strasbourg.
Gisèle Vienne is an associated artist of Chaillot - Théâtre national de la danse, MC2: Grenoble, Le Volcan, Scène nationale du Havre and the Théâtre national de Bretagne in Rennes.