For the creation of Möbius, CIE XY, one of the most acclaimed acrobats’ company in France and in the world, was inspired by the movements of swallows’ flocks, of fishes’ shoals and of the nature’s mutability. With the complicity of Rachid Ourandame, 19 performers on the stage inscribe the practice of “acrobatic portés” within a swirling choreography characterized by reckless flights, cloud and towers of bodies and of their dizzying collapse. At the crossroads between dance and acrobatics, dream and gravity, the inauguration of the Ref20 (35th edition) is a leap into the unpredictable thrill of emptiness, where the strength and fragility of human condition meet the inscrutable charm of the nature’s rituals.
Möbius is a joint work of the CIE XY and choreographer Rachid Ouramdane. The choreographer is a returning guest at Trafó: Tordre is a memorable duet which was presented in 2017 in the house. This is the first circus show directed by Ouramdane, so it’s no surprise that the performance is mixing the elements of acrobatics, dance and theater. Moreover, these are barely separable from each other, in this poetic, breathtaking show.
Production: Cie XY
19 Acrobats:
Abdeliazide Senhadji, Airelle Caen, Alejo Bianchi, Arnau Povedano,
Andres Somoza, Antoine Thirion, Belar San Vincente, Florian Sontowski,
Gwendal Beylier, Hamza Benlabied, Löric Fouchereau, Maélie Palomo, Mikis
Matsakis, Oded Avinathan, Paula Wittib, Peter Freeman, Seppe Van
Looveren, Tuk Frederiksen, Yamil Falvella
Artistic collaboration: Rachid Ouramdane, Jonathan Fitoussi, Clemens Hourrière
Light design: Vincent Millet
Costume design: Nadia Léon
Acrobatic collaboration: Nordine Allal
Production and administration: Peggy Donck and Antoine Billaud
Coproductions: Plateforme 2 Pôles Cirque en Normandie – La Brèche à Cherbourg et le Cirque-Théâtre d’Elbeuf / Le Phénix – Scène nationale, Pôle européen de création à Valenciennes / La Maison de la Danse – Lyon / MC2 – Grenoble / Tandem – Scène nationale de Douai / EPPGHV – Parc de La Villette – Paris / Maison de la Culture de Bourges / TEAT – Champ Fleuri – La Réunion / Agora – PNAC Boulazac Aquitaine / Les Gémeaux – Scène nationale de Sceaux / Bonlieu – Scène nationale d’Annecy / Le Carré Magique – PNAC en Bretagne / Espace des arts – Scène nationale de Chalon-sur-Saône / Le Bateau Feu – Scène nationale de Dunkerque / Espace Jean Legendre – Théâtre de Compiègne / Festival Perspectives – festival franco-allemand des arts de la scène – Saarbru?cken – Allemagne
