from Friday May 23 to Friday June 13
Tuesday to Friday, 7pm, 9pm
Saturdays 5pm, 7pm, 9pm
Sundays 3pm, 5pm
For ages 10 and up
Spectacle
Length: approximately 1 hour
L'Ombre
L'Ombre is a live, augmented performance, an innovative and ambitious project bringing together dance, live and electronic music, mixed reality, video, light and immersive sound, using cutting-edge technology from IRCAM. Hans Christian Andersen's emblematic fairy tale The Shadow is the inspiration for this creation. In it, a scientist offers his shadow the chance to take on life and autonomy, freeing himself and ultimately relegating humans to the shadows. Choreographer Blanca Li and composer Édith Canat de Chizy came up with this hybrid performance inspired by the obvious resonance with our contemporary world with all its fascinating and troubling innovations. Facing the dancers and a percussionist, equipped with mixed reality headsets, the audience wanders through a fantastic universe where the tangible and the virtual merge.
Blanca Li artistic direction and choreography
Édith Canat de Chizy original music, commissioned by IRCAM-Centre Pompidou
Vincent Chazal visual direction
Arthur Bechet, Florent Jodelet percussion (in alternation)
Dancers from Blanca Li's company
Victor Bigand, Matéo Fayet, Serge Lemouton IRCAM computer music design
Clément Cerles, Koré Préaud IRCAM sound diffusion
The Shadow, creation 2025
Based on the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen
Please arrive at least 30 minutes before the start of the show as virtual reality headsets are required.
