Bell Square Calling is a new annual festival dedicated to showcasing exceptional outdoor artists from a single country or region and creating opportunities for international artistic exchange.
NEW OUTDOOR COMMISSION
THURSDAY 24 September, 7pm (60 mins)
CIE POINT.BART (la ROCHELLE) - Fièvre (Fever)
“They dance endlessly, until they are exhausted.”
Fièvre (Fever) is inspired by the real events of Strasbourg in 1518, when hundreds of people were gripped by an uncontrollable compulsion to dance. Six performers allow themselves to be carried away in continuous excitement; a common pulse, almost crazy. Together, they create, fall, get up, support each other, exhaust each other, merge into each other. The individual dissolves into the energy of the group, beauty is born in a shared chaos.
Choreography: Clémentine Bart
Musical creation and arrangement: Julia Suero
Dancers (alternating): Antoine Audras, Sarah Maréchal, Zoranne Seranno, Clémentine Bart, Pauline Dixneuf, Anli Adel Ahamadi, Mathilde Rader, Eglantine Bart, Esteban Appesseche
About Cie Pont Bart
Compagnie Point Bart was founded in 2021 by dancer and choreographer Clémentine Bart. She imagines and creates choreographic performances rooted in reality.
From the company's first creation, Eddy, she asserted a clear artistic commitment: to make bodies speak; to tell the world and to approach reality with poetry, softening its brutality without ever erasing it. Clémentine designs her projects off the beaten track, outdoors, in unusual locations. She creates by walking, by riding, by moving forward. More than 3,000 km by bike across Europe have fuelled her artistic approach: exploring the limits of the body, listening to the land, and collecting stories. The company's work questions the physical and mental boundaries of the body.
Thursday 24 - Sunday 27 September
A new festival celebrating outdoor artists from France.