HYPERTERRESTRES

The master of metamorphosis Benoît Lachambre will be performing at the Festival for the sixth time, shifting between hyperrealism and science fiction with the fabulous French alchemist Fabrice Ramalingom. This carnal, provocative duo grabs hold of the spectator’s senses as they continue to expand the frontiers of dance, tuning the audience to the frequency of mysteries, of life in movement.

Under the thick skin of a womb bathed in light, they are barely seen but are certainly felt, twins in a strange space struggling to be born. Lovers swept away by the fiery wave of a lovers’ embrace, liquid bodies hovering between floatation and eruption. Their rasping breath scrapes against the skin. Their voices merge in sublime harmonics. The sounds and sensations comprise the channel connecting us to these Hyperterrestres. And when the veil is raised on their habitat and their animated conversations, we have the strange feeling of being given access to a secret part of our humanity. A mind-blowing phantasmagoria.

PRODUCED BY PAR B.L.EUX
CHOREOGRAPHED AND PERFORMED BY BENOÎT LACHAMBRE + FABRICE RAMALINGOM
MUSIC COMPOSED AND PERFORMED BY HAHN ROWE
SET DESIGN EMMANUELLE DEBEUSSCHER
LIGHTING DESIGN MARYSE GAUTIER
COSTUME DESIGN ALEXANDRA BERTAUT

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER (FRANCE) R.A.M.A
COPRODUCTION FESTIVAL TRANSAMÉRIQUES + FESTIVAL MONTPELLIER DANSE 2015 + CDC UZÈS DANSE IN THE FRAME OF R.A.M.A RESIDENCY IN 2012-2015 + MUSÉE DE LA DANSE – CENTRE CHORÉGRAPHIQUE NATIONAL DE RENNES ET DE BRETAGNE + CENTRE CHORÉGRAPHIQUE NATIONAL DE FRANCHE-COMTÉ À BELFORT + LA MÉNAGERIE DE VERRE (PARIS)
WITH THE SUPPORT OF USINE C AS PART OF PROGRAMME D’ARTISTES EN RÉSIDENCE DE CRÉATION
PRESENTED WITH THE SUPPORT OF INSTITUT FRANÇAIS + CONSULAT GÉNÉRAL DE FRANCE À QUÉBEC IN ASSOCIATION WITH FUGUES + USINE C

WRITTEN BY FABIENNE CABADO
TRANSLATED BY NEIL KROETSCH

PREMIERED AT FESTIVAL TRANSAMÉRIQUES, MONTREAL, ON MAY 28, 2015