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Drache Nationale
Cie Anoraks [Be]
Juggling & rain
« Drache nationale » is a popular name given to the heavy rain that sometimes falls on Belgium on the national holiday.
Tom, Gaëlle and Denis get together around a question that is essential to them: “How to be positive when everything sucks?” They will try to answer it with a queen in the rain, a slow dance at a first party, the death of a best friend, failed dreams, small victories, the list of the worst shit in the world and above all: juggling.
Nominated for the prize Maeterlinck 2024 (Be) in the category “best circus performance”
Credits
by and with Tom Boccara, Gaëlle Coppée, Denis Michiels Coach Bram Dobbelaere artistic coach Gaël Santisteva clown coach Christine Rossignol-Dallaire Lights Thibault Condy Costumes Héloïse Mathieu Production & diffusion Chantal Heck, La chouette diffusion Coproductions et résidences Maison de la Culture Tournai, Perplx, Latitude 50 – Pôle des Arts du Cirque et de la Rue, UP – Circus & Performing Arts, Festival International des arts de la rue de Chassepierre, Centre Culturel Wolubilis, Centre Culturel du Brabant Wallon, Archipel 19, Centre Culturel d’Uccle, Maison de la Création, La Batoude Supported by Risotto, réseau pour l’essor des arts de la rue et de l’espace public en Île-de-France Subventions Wallonie-Bruxelles Théâtre-Danse, Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles
The company
Cie Anoraks [Be]
La compagnie Anoraks est fondée en 2024 par Tom Boccara, Gaëlle Coppée et Denis Michiels.
Gaëlle et Denis ont évolué durant 10 ans au sein de la compagnie Scratch. Ils sont rejoints en 2022 par Tom pour la création du spectacle Drache Nationale. Ce trio donne alors naissance à une nouvelle compagnie : La compagnie Anoraks. La compagnie Scratch, quant a elle, se termine en 2024 pour devenir le collectif Scratch.
Company Anoraks currently carry the performances Mousse and Drache Nationale. Circus, juggling and clown shows. Shows about the little things that make up everyday life: failures, hesitations, doubts, attempts, small victories, aspirations. Shows to remind us that we don’t need to be heroes to dare to throw ourselves into the void. That you can build your dreams from nothing. And that life is undoubtedly easier to get through when you’re with your friends, around a barbecue and a good beer. Company Anoraks won’t be presenting anything incredibly impressive, but their shows will always be accompanied by great conviction.
In short, company Anoraks puts on shows for the pleasure of sharing a good time together.
In 2021, Gaëlle Coppée received the SACD Prize for the author of a juggled creation in France.
