Carolyn Carlson Company
The Tree (fragments of poetics on fire)
Carolyn Carlson is back with her latest piece The Tree.
Dates
THE TREE, FRAGMENTS OF POETICS ON FIRE
Piece for 9 dancers (2021)
Carolyn Carlson | choreography and set design
Aleksi Aubry-Carlson, René Aubry, Maarja Nuut, K. Friedrich Abel | music
Rémi Nicolas | lights
Gao Xingjian | projected paintings
Elise Dulac, Chrystel Zingiro and Atelier du Théâtre National de Chaillot | costumes
Alexis Ochin, Chinatsu Kosakatani, Juha Marsalo, Céline Maufroid, Riccardo Meneghini, Isida Micani, Yutaka Nakata, Sara Orselli, Sara Simeoni | dancers
Recorded music
About
“We are not outside the Universe; we are seeds evolving in cycles and rhythm like the changing seasons that govern every creation”. This is how Carolyn Carlson defines her latest major creation for her company. The Tree is a poetic meditation on humanity and nature on the brink of disaster. Following on from Eau, Pneuma and Now, she is bringing her cycle of pieces inspired by Gaston Bachelard, with an American twist, to a close. Carolyn Carlson and the virtuoso performances of her dancers are a powerful and living expression of love for nature on the brink of collapse, in the hope that it will be reborn like a phoenix from the ashes. Following the success of her performances last season, Carolyn Carlson and her dancers are back for two more shows.
Corealisation Quartier Libre Productions | Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
Production Carolyn Carlson Company
Coproduction Théâtre National de Chaillot | Théâtre Toursky Marseille | Ballet du Nord / Centre Chorégraphique National Roubaix Hauts-de-France | Équilibre Nuithonie Fribourg