Creation 2010
L’homme de l’Atlantique
Choreographic piece by Olivier Dubois with Marianne Descamps
Premiered on 21 September 2010
Creation
Olivier Dubois
Interpretation
Marianne Descamps & Olivier Dubois
Creation Assistant
Cyril Accorsi
Music
Frank Sinatra
Musical Arrangements
François Caffenne
Lighting
Patrick Riou
Set design
L’Usine
Costumes
Cédrick Debeuf & Olivier Dubois
Sound and light coordinator
Séverine Combes
Duration of the show
60 minutes
Production
Compagnie Olivier Dubois
Coproduction
Biennale de la danse à Lyon • Théâtre national de Chaillot • Théâtre des Salins – Scène nationale de Martigues • L’Apostrophe – Scène nationale de Cergy-Pontoise • NEXT Festival • Le Prisme, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines • La Ménagerie de Verre
A creative performance to be seen and heard.
It all begins with the desire to meet a man and share a personal admiration, a joint concern a bygone era daring to remember his insouciance and the priceless value of talent.
But also talking about love, fascination, this Other, this mirror and so about hubris ambition and power.
A trio, a man, a woman, a voice … a love ballad from the initmate to the public.
It’s not a biography nor an homage, but when approaching Frank Sinatra, ‘The Voice’ one has to talk about talent, precision and the solace of an engraved voice, of course, but also evoke its delusional powers.
Should we elude the dark spots of talent that makes people dream and forget?
Can we afford to listen to the artist and not see the ambiguous human being?
Must we forgive the human being if humanity is not to be condemned to silence.
Singing, always singing… Dancing, always dancing …
An elegant stage set, a multitude of costumes … From a performance on cruise ship to a gig in Manhattan, from a gigantic stage to a small dark room, we sense the immoderation of an era and its talent – and in the midst of all this : dancing.
Immersing oneself in the dream and extracting from it, revealing the magnificent and hideous monster.
Two dancers imbued by this voice so as to capture the ambiguity of the character, the ambiguity of love.
Black, a lot of black … Dark, profound, troubling, brilliant, elegant, mysterious, mirroring … a black sea. Strangers in the night !
A few faces, eyes turned to the public… Who are you staring at?
The music? Frank Sinatra of course – hits, hits and more hits.