vertical emotion

Lâcher de Violons plays on the opposition of mediums: the weight of the drum in contrast to the fragility of a string quartet and Diva. The dialogue between sky and earth is established where struck hides that stick to the ground play with malicious bows suspended 30 meters above them.
Tense chords and harmonious curves play with chance, evoked by the ballet of moving, balancing, beams. Enveloping music and vertigo voice marry the classic esthetical inspired by the violin with Calder’s naive deliria of modernism.

© F.Caulet

UNVELING
Suspended by an outsized pendulum, two human jacquemarts alternately beat the hide of this immeasurable drum. Like a heartbeat, the rhythm flows. Filled with electrical music like the unique escapee from a medieval techno parade, the rhythmic cortege melts into the crowd. On ground level, the wave of drummers gives colour to the rhythm and the horde advances like the tide at equinox to the traditional meeting point of the city. Suddenly, a cluster of violinists appear in the sky balancing tentatively, suspended by an airborne structure. A melody sparkles and plays with the weight of the drummers… The magic fusion of an intense moment…

FORMAT
Twilight or nocturnal show
Duration: 60 to 75 minutes in two segments
- Parade through the streets : 35 to 45 mins
- Finale on an non encumbered site : 25 mn
Lifting capacities necessary: 80 tonne telescopic crane with inclined fly jib
LX / Sound / Stage: Technical brief available on demand

COPRODUCTION
Lieux Publics, Centre National des Arts de la Rue, Marseille, France
Le Fourneau - Scène conventionnée Arts de la rue [en Bretagne], France

Sounds (drums)