May 23 through Fri 13 June 2025,
7 p.m.
Ircam
Espace de projection
Prices

Full Price : 45 €
Reduced rate : 40 €
Manifeste Pass : 30 €
Youth Pass : 20 €

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

Creation
Performance

L'Ombre: Blanca Li & Édith Canat de Chizy

As part of the Centre Pompidou's Constellation programme

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)
Glyslein Lefever, Rafael Linares choreographic assistants
Martina Consoli, Melissa Cosseta, Emma Guillet, Julien Marie-Anne, Coralie Murgia, Gael Rougegrez dancers from Blanca Li's company, with 4 dancers from CFA Pietragalla-Derouault and CFA Danse Chant Comédie
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.

Producted by Film Addict - Compagnie Blanca Li. Production Audrey Pacart. Coproduced by FRANCE TÉLÉVISIONS, Flash Forward Entertainment (Taïwan), IRCAM/Centre Pompidou – culture et création Department. In partnership with C-LAB Taiwan Sound Lab. With the support of CHANEL, TAICCA and the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée. With the support of AXA, a major supporter of Ircam. The Blanca Li company is based in the FAST (Fiminco Art Studios) cultural district in Romainville. This initiative is supported by the French State as part of the “Augmented Experience of Live Performance” program, within the cultural and creative industries (CCI) sector of France 2030, operated by the Caisse des Dépôts, under the Continuum project.
  • choreographer Blanca Li © Lalo Cortes
    choreographer Blanca Li © Lalo Cortes
  • composer Édith Canat de Chizy None
    composer Édith Canat de Chizy