Carolyn Carlson Company
Carolyn Carlson’s latest work takes the form of an ode to the natural world.
Carolyn Carlson | choreography & scenography
Aleksi Aubry-Carlson, René Aubry, Maarja Nuut, K. Friedrich Abel | music
Rémi Nicolas | lights
Gao Xingjian | projected paintings
Elise Dulac, Chrystel Zingiro & Atelier du Théâtre National
de Chaillot | costumes
Alexis Ochin, Chinatsu Kosakatani, Juha Marsalo, Céline Maufroid, Riccardo Meneghini, Sonia Al Khadir, Yutaka Nakata, Sara Orselli, Sara Simeoni | dancers
THE TREE, FRAGMENTS OF POETICS ON FIRE
Piece for 9 dancers (2021)
« We are not external to the universe; we are seeds developing in cycles and in rhythm, like the changing seasons which govern each creation ». This is how Carolyn Carlson defines her latest major work for her company. The Tree is a poetic meditation on humanity and nature on the brink of disaster. Following on from Water, Pneuma and Now, she is completing the cycle of works inspired by Gaston Bachelard. In The Tree, Carolyn Carlson’s dreamlike vision and the virtuosity of the dancers convey a powerful and dynamic expression of love for nature on the verge of collapse, in the hope it will be reborn like a phoenix rising from the ashes.
Coréalisation Quartier Libre Productions | Théâtre des Champs-Elysées
Production Carolyn Carlson Company
Coproduction Théâtre National de Chaillot | Théâtre Toursky Marseille | Ballet du Nord / Centre Chorégraphique National Roubaix Hauts-de-France | Equilibre Nuithonie Fribourg
