Six Pieds sur Terre
Circus, bricks and eggshells.
On tour
Indoors – All ages from 6
A trolley creaks.
They, carefree, push.
Together they think up playgrounds made of “bits and bricks”. They build up (wobbly) towers, (weak) bridges, (twisted) monuments. Obviously everything wipes out. Between falling bodies and wasted clouts, juggling clubs fly, unicycle zigzags and eggs crunch.
In a joyful and playful mess, six pairs of feet walk upon this Earth Cause after all, teasing a lot each other means loving each other a bit, isn’t it ?
With : Jonathan Gagneux, Stéphane Fillion, Gwenaëlle Traonouez, Vincent Bonnefoi, Guilhem Benoit, Julien Amiot – General manager, lighting Matthieu Sampic – Sound and visual design: Marek Hunhap – Stage direction : Johan Lescop – Costumes : Noémie Letilie – Dramatic art help : Eric Durnez – Photos: Spictacle, Louis Montero ● Associates : La Grainerie, fabrique des arts du cirque et de l’itinérance (Balma), L’Espace Catastrophe (Bruxelles), Zelig (Torino), Mirabilia (Fossano), La Central del Circ (Barcelona) dans le cadre du projet TRANS-Mission, avec le soutien du programme culture de la Commission Européenne École de Cirque de Lyon ● Other associates : Ville de Toulouse / Direction Régionale de la Jeunesse des Sports et de la Cohésion Sociale / Ramdam, lieu de créations et de ressources artistiques (Saint-Foy-lès-Lyon) / Le Centre des Arts du Cirque de Lomme / L’Arrosoir à piston Mécénat: Entreprise Megevand / 6ème Sens / Bernard Matériaux
Contact : Cécile Imbernon
Technical rider
Duration : 1h05
Stage: 9×9 m
Minimum height : 5 m
Set up: D-1 / 2 shifts
Take down : 2 h
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An explosive show with subtle light effects, which combines juggling, acrobatics on the ground, hand to hand and unicycle. The Lapsus Company offers a performance that reminds us of pieces such as Oh les beaux jours or En attendant Godot.
Sometimes, in a soft light, around fragile eggshells that looked like dead leaves, the troupe created a beautiful feeling of melancholy, bringing us back to our childhood memories, to those days when our simple (but much less virtuoso) games filled us with happiness
This club of six doesn’t hesitate to take up the foundations of the circus, without seeking innovation at all costs, without seeking performance at all costs. It sounds simple, so simple. What’s important is what it says about human beings, about their ever-renewed capacity to destroy, to tear to pieces. And then, on a pile of rubble, a work of art is born. It’s as beautiful as a field of ruins.
The stage had become a playground for all the human dimensions: friendship, love, group behavior, and the pleasure of being together. The show was like a moment of grace, even a fusion with a very enthusiastic audience who applauded them warmly.
Company
Lapsus [Fr]
They met at the end of the 20th century, at Lyon school circus . After spending many years in an amateur creation studio then they had a training helping them to find their artistic identity and a strong friendship.
From 2003 to 2005 everyone had scatter between Lido school in Toulouse and Lomme school in the north of France in order to find out new dynamics and meet news looks. Their first professional experiences give themthe desire to get back together, to work together. The company Lapsus was created in 2010 in order to embody their desires of game all converging.
By the same company, see also: Boutelis, Le chant du vertige, Les grands vertiges