Je suis une montagne
Eric Arnal-Burtschy (FR)
CHRONIQUES CRÉATION
Show
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Grand Plateau Friche la Belle de Mai Fri. Jan. 17, 2025 Sessions: 2pm, 4pm, 6pm, 8:30pm Running time: 1h30 Full price: €12 Reduced rate: €8 Capacity limited to 40 people per session
I tried to imagine what it would be like to be a tree. I sensed the passage of centuries and that the world smelled different when I was born. I’ve felt the changing seasons, the sun, the rain, the wind, the cold, the rumblings of the ground, the trickling of water between my roots, the fire that swept past me, the animals that brushed against me and inhabited me, the moss that colonised me. Never did I feel afraid, never did I protect myself. I accepted to be penetrated by the elements because I am element, I accepted to be affected by nature because I am nature.
In “Je suis une montagne” (I am a mountain), the stage will be filled with heat, rain, wind, muffled rumblings and the smells of plains and deserts. The light will create dawns, halos and dazzling suns, shimmering over our bodies before withdrawing to allow the night of other worlds to descend upon us.
Credits
DRAC Hauts-de-France, Région Hauts-de-France, Théâtre de Liège, Le 9-9 bis, De Grote Post, Le Volcan – Scène nationale du Havre, workspacebrussels, Centre Wallonie Bruxelles – Parsi, Comédie de Clermont – Scène nationale, La Ménagerie de verre, CCN de Grenoble, Seoul Performing Arts Festival, La Croisée – Rencontres professionnelles du spectacle vivant en Hauts-de-France, L’Oiseau Mouche – Roubaix, Le Gymnase – CDCN de Roubaix. With support from Onda – Office national de diffusion artistique.
Artists
Eric Arnal Burtschy
Eric Arnal-Burtschy studied history, philosophy and geopolitics before turning to dance and the visual arts. He creates immersive experiences in the form of performances, stage projects and installations. His work, driven by research into the physics of the Universe and a questioning of the human being, is presented in theaters, festivals and museums such as the Louvre Lens, Kanal Centre Pompidou, Hong Kong Arts Center, SPAF in South Korea, ImPulsTanz in Austria, La Bâtie in Switzerland, the Royal Flemish Theatre in Brussels, La Gaîté lyrique, scènes nationales and CDCN or the Philharmonie de Paris. His creations are considered ‘a fascinating, spectacular, immersive and experimental form’ (Sylvia Botella, L’Echo), ‘close to a new art form’ (Aude Lavigne, France Culture) and generating artistic, scientific and technological innovation (Timour Sanli, L’Echo). To this end, he collaborates with numerous creative centers, universities, research centers and major industrial and technological companies. His collaboration with Safran Aero Boosters and John Cockerill has led to the filing of several industrial patents, and he has been an associate researcher at the CNRS (Centre national de la recherche scientifique) with the Institut d’études avancées de Marseille and the Institut de recherche sur les phénomènes hors équilibre for the Genèse project.
He is regularly invited to give lectures and take part in symposia on research related to his work. Always interested in geopolitical and strategic issues, he is also a reserve officer in the French army.
He is Associate Artist at 9-9 bis Le Métaphone (2023-2025); Companion Artist at Théâtre de Liège (2024-2028); Artist in Residence at Théâtre de L’L (Brussels) and at WorkSpaceBrussels.