After several years of creating Vertical Dance buildings, my strong rapport with nature inspired me to try it in trees. I wanted to experience new sensations, particularly flying around a tree.
My perceptions are stronger than my rational thoughts about trees. It is a living being. It was there before me and It will be there after me. I don’t want to hurt it. It seems to be strong but it is fragile, vulnerable. Nobody hesitates to cut it down to build their house. Do human lives mean more? Do we have the right to kill them?
When I see a tree, I would like to caress her, to listen to her, to love, honor and protect her. I don’t want to use her just for my floor. I feel her soul. I would like to guide the audience to caress her, to listen to her, to love, honor and protect her with me.
I hope that we can come together in unison to protect trees and recognize that we are all the children of the Earth.
The Tree Spirit: a duet with tree and dancer, a poetic hymn to nature
This hymn to nature begins with a walk through the forest, guided by a Forest Spirit. He will lead the audience into his world and show them the beauty and the fragility using the senses: touc, smell, sound and sight, helping them discover that in this place everything has a spirit. He is an intermediary between the Tree Spirit and the human spirit. He helps connect one to the other. He will lead the audience to the Tree Spirit.
The TreeSpirit appears once a year to invigorate the tree with energy from a ceremony. But this year, the ceremony doesn’t work. The spirit has cared for and nurtured the tree, but the tree is still suffering. The Spirit will invite humans to go into her world. She is going to heighten their awareness and open their hearts. She will invite the audience to lend their positive energy to help heal the tree.
With a dancer and an actress. Possible only with the dancer.
Duration: 30 minutes dancing + The walk led by the actress depending on the environment: from 15 to 30 minutes
As the show ends with the dance in unison with the audience, it is possible to brief some volunteers beforehand.
Music_: Armand Amar
Workshops are suggested : dance in the nature or creating with plants : it’s possible to create the costume of the actress during a workshop : participants become co-creators and eco-creators.
Safety: Our rigger will draw up a health assessment of the trees with objective criteria in order to check the solidity of the trees before the performance.
We are committed to the environment
This creation is meant to honor trees, nature, our planet and our universe. It is an invitation for the audience to become connected with their environment, to love respect and protect it. This isn’t possible without a deep reflection on our environmental impact.
Our first concern was: will we hurt the trees on which we are going to anchor? Jean-René, our rigger and pruner (when necessary), has a diploma from the ONF ( National Office of Forestry). He answered: “The weight of the dancer applied to a tree at an angle of less than 30° is insignificant compared to a strong wind perpendicular to the trunk, or compared to the weight of a branch. The dancers are like a feather compared to these natural forces. Our whole purpose is to protect the trees. “
Costumes and Accessories: The evidence shows that we should limit our environmental impact by using recycled materials ( used costumes, remnants of fabric, old newspaper, boxes, pieces of wood_) and natural materials. The artist Cécile Ciaramitaro realized this with the students of Gattières’ elementary school. Our goal is to inspire children to be creative with up-cycled, reused and repurposed items in the creation of art and in their daily lives.
Transport: The choreography has been created at home -no driving, no pollution.
Rêverie Vertical Dance
La compagnie a besoin de soutiens pour poursuivre la création. L’association est reconnue d’intérêt général : les dons sont défiscalisés à 66% pour les particuliers/ 60% pour les entreprises.
